May 2012
5 posts
“And to be totally honest, I almost always skip that track with the mother...”
– Alien Still Hasn’t Gotten Around To Listening To Whole Voyager Golden Record | The Onion (via thisistheverge)
April 2012
6 posts
“Open over 30 file types right in your browser—including HD video, Adobe...”
– This is my biggest take away from the Google Drive announcement. It furthers my complete and total faith that in the near future, everyone will own a series of screens, and which screen you own doesn’t particularly matter. Look at OnLive as an example. I was blown away at how well it worked....
Tupac 'Hologram' May Go on Tour →
dbreunig:
“It’s great to be here in CITY NOT FOUND.” (Via WSJ)
March 2012
11 posts
1 tag
“If we are unable to produce accurate and timely financial statements, our stock...”
– “If the market decides that our product is no longer needed, our stock price may be adversely affected.”
Unintentionally hilarious line in Groupon’s 10-K filed today. (via baddeal)
1 tag
“I’m not the only rich guy who’s into ocean stuff!!!!”
– http://gizmodo.com/5897222/jeff-bezos-exploration-team-just-found-the-apollo-11-rockets-at-the-bottom-of-the-ocean
“With regards to this discussion of so called ‘Pink Slime,’ or...”
– Me
1 tag
“Money does not grow on trees when it comes to smartphone game development,” said...”
– Since the days of, well, the gold rush, every new industry has seen stories of a few massive successes fuel the dreams of exponentially more also-rans, causing an industry to mature.
Developers, looking forward, how do you plan to make your money back?
The Hardships Of iOS Development -...
3 tags
“The Oatmeal made an unintentional point that was just as important as the first,...”
– Truth.
Heavy Hangs The Bandwidth That Torrents The Crown – Andy Ihnatko’s Celestial Waste of Bandwidth (BETA)
February 2012
6 posts
Moneyball Comes to Publishing →
Sabermetrics!
I hope that this not only improves publisher incomes, but leads to a better viewing experience for sites that rely on advertising. If they can make more money with less banner ads, pop ups, pop unders, etc, I’m in.
joshsternberg:
JumpTime’s a company that is looking at publisher’s data in different ways. Basically, they argue that the metrics publishers use (pageviews,...
“What she and her colleagues found out was that [the number of mentions of a TV...”
– So the take away is that the more people talk about the different facets of a show in social media, the more popular the show will be. As opposed to real life, where the more people talk about the different facets of a show in social media, the more popular the show will be.
A VC: Dispersion and...
January 2012
19 posts
“The cries from the media blaming Apple for the conditions at Foxconn are getting...”
– This is disingenuous at best. After more than a few days of talking about the astronomical profits that Apple hit in Q4, and then comparing it to everyone else, The Loop turns around and put them on equal footing when it comes to corporate responsibility? If they are making the most money from...
“A much narrower lesson of Kodak’s bankruptcy: that the tech industry and Wall...”
– “Alright everybody, show’s over, back to innovating.”
A Bankrupt Kodak Signals A Patent Bubble Burst | Epicenter | Wired.com
“The IPO market is dying,” he said. “You see companies achieving robust...”
– One of these is useful information, and the other a dishonest way to get page views:
Financial Media: Due to a number of forces, IPOs are becoming less attractive as a way to make a splash, or raise capital.
Tech Media: IPOS ARE DEAD!@!#!@$@!%
joshsternberg:
Barry Silbert, CEO of SecondMarket,...
“I say to you that the VCR is to the American film producer and the American...”
– I say to you that comparing VCRs to the Boston Stranglers is as dangerous to your movement’s credibility as DC sniper was to people who lived in DC.
Jack Valenti Testimony at 1982 House Hearing on Home Recording of Copyrighted Works
“I feel that way too. More than most, probably. I’m forever wanting...”
– Blah, blah, blah. That’s so deep. Two years ago it was e-readers, last year it was 3D-TVs, this year it’s, “CES sucks.” So many jaded writers acting like they don’t know that conferences are for talking and selling, not blowing your mind.
Fever Dream of a Guilt-Ridden...
“While most startups are focused on allowing users to share information as...”
– In the “I mean, I get it…” news category, Neko.io is a way to post secrets to a public form. Sounds plausible.
Neko.io Adds Private Sharing Layer To Social Media
Mouth To Mouth Marketing
I discovered the app Blip.Me on an Android Blog. Blip.Me is voice texting, similar to HeyTell, but dead simple and fun to use. I didn’t have any other friend using, so I told my girlfriend about it. As she has AT&T in the city, we can never call each other, and within days Blip.Me became our dominant digital communication tool. As we began using Blip.Me in public, people started asking...
“Also referred to as “spillage” in the industry, TowerGroup found...”
– The Unused Value in Gift Cards is Shrinking - ABC News
“Is it possible that actual human beings respond to a barrage of vagina jokes...”
– This is a great article about laugh tracks.
Coincidentally, there’s a very interesting, and very sad, story about the history of professional laughers, or people who get paid to sit in on sitcoms and laugh on queue. After two armed men broke into her house and brutally raped her and a friend,...
“We’re comfortable buying apps from third parties. Curated, third-party app...”
– Huge ups to my employer, GetJar for having a monster Q4, a very promising 2012, and hiring me full time as of today.
By the numbers: Mobile apps in 2011 — Tech News and Analysis
“Imagine an NFL coach,” writes Roger Martin, Dean of the Rotman School of...”
– People underestimate how much the social sciences play into how the stock market works. The issues with the market aren’t just about unchecked greed and the 1%. It’s about inherent, unavoidable quirks in human behavior and psychology.
The Dumbest Idea In The World: Maximizing...
December 2011
15 posts
White Supremacists Exchanging Recipes for Chicken... →
hman:
“Anyone have a really good recipe for Chicken Tikka Massala?”
“Ever wonder why shower curtains blow inward when taking a nice hot shower? So do...”
– So, apparently there are 4 competing theories for why I yell at a sheet of plastic every morning.
The Shower Curtain effect