May 2009
22 posts
May 26th
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“In filmmaking and many other kinds of complex product development, creativity...”
– HBR.com
May 24th
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“If there is any error in iTunes’ ways, it is their initial belief that people...”
– videobusiness.com
May 24th
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“Using popularity rankings to make decisions, however, has downsides. These...”
– WSJ.com, ironically I found this on Techmeme, which is described as “Techmeme spotlights the hottest tech stories from all around the web on a single page.”
May 20th
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May 19th
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“Stone said on Monday that Twitter would remain free for consumers and...”
– reuters.com
May 19th
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May 18th
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Blogging Evolution
It all started with Normal Blogs containing paragraphs, pictures and videos. Then Micro-blogs containing shorter paragraphs, but still pictures and videos. Micro-blogs containing 140 characters, with links to pictures and videos. What’s Next? Outsourced blogging where we have someone blog for us because we’re too busy.
May 15th
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Two Doc Weekend
This weekend I watched two documentaries: 1. Young @ Heart and 2. A State of Mind I recommend both for different reasons. Young @ heart because it is entertaining, makes you feel good and challenges your assumptions about your own life (and how much fun you can have) as you age. A State of Mind because it provides a rare look inside the very secret world of North Korea, but does it via two...
May 11th
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“I have come to call this approach to discovering the emerging markets for...”
– Clayton Christensen, The Innovator’s Dilemma, p.182
May 10th
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“…it is precisely when emerging markets are small - when they are least...”
– The Innovator’s Dilemma
May 8th
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“Rupert ­Murdoch expects to start charging for access to News Corporation’s...”
– guardian My question: if newspaper sites charge me a subscription fee, will I still have to look at banner ads?  I hope not.
May 7th
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May 7th
May 7th
Use The Public Channel For Better Customer Service →
One of Mike Bloomberg’s greatest achievements is the creation of the 311 service here in New York City. These 311 services operate in many large cities in the US and Canada. The first one was in…
May 6th
Use The Public Channel For Better Customer Service →
One of Mike Bloomberg’s greatest achievements is the creation of the 311 service here in New York City. These 311 services operate in many large cities in the US and Canada. The first one was in…
May 6th
Beyond ownership →
Tristan Louis asks, Is ownershp passe? Or, from his first paragraph, “…our ownership society seems to be started a slide towards a new mode of being: a rental society.” He uses the examples of…
May 6th
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“Startups don’t seem to spread so well, partly because they’re more a...”
– paul graham
May 6th
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Gladwell: How David Beats Goliath →
Excellent article by Malcom Gladwell about strategy, innovation and underdogs.
May 4th
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“The half-life of a microblog, it turns out, is even briefer than the half-life...”
– Rough Type
May 4th
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May 1st
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“From month to month, Nielsen data says, just 40 percent of Twitter’s users...”
– CSMonitor.com.  As the article points out, repeat visits isn’t the best metric to use as a retention metric for Twitter, but nonetheless I’m sure Twitter has a problem keeping people engaged.  Why?  It’s so simple that it’s complex.
May 1st