March 2010
45 posts
a bit more on CSVemail →
a few people asked me about CSVemail the tool I referenced in “overvalue your time” — so I figured maybe a quick and dirty walk-through would help… congrats, now you have a quick and easy way…
CSVemail →
, (view it on drop.io at http://drop.io/swl/asset/csvemail)
February 2010
49 posts
lessin: the type-ahead in gmail search is a really... →
lessin: fair trade porn? →
lessin: hilarious, I just went to my sketchy gym... →
lessin: brian myers and I did this case in vegas a... →
service-consumer asymmetry: forget a customer bill... →
Jon Steinberg wrote a good post he entitled ‘the rule of no’ about the stress on the dynamics between customers and service providers. I really enjoyed the post, largely because I have had my own…
lessin: written while on hold w/ delta: we don't... →
The Medium is the Message: Facebook and Twitter... →
I am starting to think we need to consider the possibility that facebook and twitter are actually content creators, not content aggregators. Nothing new here phenomenon wise… the same pattern of…
lessin: this is awesome because I tried to do the... →
lessin: some workspace adjustments after reading... →
it isn't that people don't care about privacy, it... →
Andrew Parker recently wrote a ‘mea culpa’ on his 2006-2007 conception that people cared about privacy… he writes:
But, where I “Got It Wrong” regarding privacy was assuming that other users…
the cycle of expectations to perceived reality and... →
comes up in all sorts of ways… the ipad isn’t interesting to me because I expect it — it is on my technology-expectation-line… I get excited when someone busts the model — , (view it on…
expectation-reality-new expectation.png →
, (view it on drop.io at http://drop.io/swl/asset/expectation-reality-new-expectation-png)
lessin: does it make sense to hire attractive... →
lessin: I just paid for an NYC cab with euros when... →
lessin: colorbind is my new addiction, it is the... →
The Gong Show: Got It Wrong #1: Privacy →
I’m going to start a new series of posts on this blog. All my favorite VCs in the industry are generally pretty humble and intellectually honest. In that spirit I’m going to recall a few occasions over the past few years working in VC, where I was quite wrong (and, hopefully, what I learned since…
this is interesting — i have thoughts… must respond later
Optimize for Flow, a Response to Lessin’s Over... →
(via kortina)
lessin: the future is in staging.drop.io ;) →
consciously and aggressively "over-value" your... →
I am not sure what my time is “worth” per hour (aka what someone else would pay for it), but I am relatively certain that I behave/live life based on overly optimistic assumptions, especially with…
lessin: I just looked up the sizing chart and... →
lessin: @Y30 on food is coming up fast... →
lessin: kind of shocked by http://www.time.gov/ -... →
lessin: PleaseRobMe.com -- I was joking about... →
lessin: very impressive amazon, you just rec.ed my... →
heli ridein →
, (view it on drop.io at http://drop.io/swl/asset/heli-ridein)
Golden BC heli skiing with Purcell →
I was in Golden BC Heli Skiing for a very good friend’s bachelor’s party last weekend. We went out with Purcell and had a blast. The second day I took my garmin GPS/heartrate watch out just to see…
heli ski day →
, (view it on drop.io at http://drop.io/swl/asset/heli-ski-day)
lessin: RT @dropio: "If they built it with... →
If they built it with drop.io: SquarePic http://tinyurl.com/ya8o2ox via drop.io
lessin: I really wish that phonebooths still... →
lessin: wow - @shafferj is blowing my mind right... →
lessin: extremely proud of and excited for JEV,... →
lessin: @kellan - If flawed, it is b/c of the... →
lessin: this is really interesting - it shows how... →
lessin: feeds open on my desktop: gmail X2, buzz,... →
lessin: my office head wound, it been a hard 24... →
lessin: just incurred a head wound in the... →
lessin: so long @jetblue - this time I am serious... →
lessin: the 'Awesome Foundation' of New York is... →
lessin: the new facebook design is intense -:... →
lessin: this new facebook is really different - i... →
Longterm Thoughts at NYT Meetup .pdf →
, (view it on drop.io at http://drop.io/swl/asset/longterm-thoughts-at-nyt-meetup-pdf)
lessin: phones dead, 5 min of laptop battery left,... →
“the basic idea is that when you are just one or two standard deviations above...”
– sam lessin: modest proposals - a log on information, privacy vs. publicity, communication, change, people
kortina’s bit: Sam is spot on here. Actually, by tuning in to the signal, I think I am already approaching this state of consumption. I find myself actually reading only a few exceptional...
lessin: still kinda pissed i failed to get postfix... →
lessin: RT @dropio: a warm welcome to the newest... →
