January 2008
39 posts
SEOmoz | The Definitive Reason Why Facebook is... →
Seth's Blog: Tribe Management →
Is the Tipping Point Real? →
Case Study: How Sony Leveraged A Popular “Vampire”... →
Logic+Emotion: Influence Ripples, Tipping Points +... →
Watchstate of the union in 60 seconds.
Break.com Launches Ad Network For Dudes →
apparently 18-24 year old men now have a special ad network.
Astonishing Societe Generale transcripts... →
wow/haha
“…Doctors are sadists who like to play God and laugh at the lesser...”
– Allison Janney as Bren MacGuff in Juno
Cheat sheets for Wordpress, HTML and CSS at... →
theses are pretty clever “cheat sheets” for html and css.
Futuristic Play by Andrew Chen: Why bloggers and... →
Futuristic Play by Andrew Chen: Quantitative... →
some interesting points about metrics for consumer internet cos
Google May Knee Cap Domain Tasting →
Redeye VC: After the Techcrunch Bump →
good insight about marketing for consumer internet, specifically around making a product viral. “I believe a viral product is one where a consumer’s basic usage of a site/product brings new users (and therefore additional utility) to the site/product.”
10 Benefits of Rising Early, and How to Do It →
seems impossible. but has some logic.
Burning Out →
Facebook digital gifts worth around $15m/year «... →
its really amazing that they sell so many of these “gifts.” what other kinds of virtual goods could they sell?
The First Penny →
relationship between demand and price is not linear. particularly when talking about consumer internet businesses
Porn only 6% of search terms « Lightspeed Venture... →
search buckets.
Can uJogo Make Money with Free Online Poker? -... →
Interesting story about making it as a free online poker site. they have some clever ways to make the experience engaging but still legal. includes some good data about online poker usage. wow people spend a lot of time playing poker online. even at the f
Seth's Blog: Layering →
the changing process of launching a business…
Delicious Integrated Into Yahoo Search Results →
now this could be something useful. I haven’t said that about yhoo in awhile, but this looks like a very handy feature to enhance the search experience.
Big ups to google for adding IMAP to Gmail
Rolling out IMAP support for gmail made my life better. I know it came out a while ago, but i finally got around to getting it set up. I got my PC and my laptop outlook clients synced up with gmail effortlessly. I create a folder on outlook and it adds a label to my gmail. I flag a message in outlook and the message gets starred in gmail. sweet!
more info...
Manila Envelope Macbook Air Case (funny) →
this is pretty clever/funny.
17 internet games design principles « Lightspeed... →
a good list of game design principles that apply broadly
Workaholics →
some thoughts about working for passion & curiosity rather than obligation & fear. but it isn’t easy to find… “Designing jobs like that is obviously smart. Finding one is brilliant.” I think it is hard, but believe it is possible. definitely a worthwh
Is blogging worth it? What's the ROI? →
Casual Games + Social Networking = "Social Games"... →
thoughts on the hot trend in “social gaming” paradigm = user engagement/retention of casual gaming (easy-to-learn games with a broad audience target) + viral distribution of social networks.
Watchsome clever kids made a bat for their wii remote. but the bat didn’t have a safety strap. hilarious!
Seattle Startups Blogs →
Ultimate Guide for Seattle Entrepreneurs to Get... →
good list of resources for seattle entrepreneurs.
Little Things: Tone of Error Messages →
good insight about tone in customer communication… even the little things
Zynga Game Network →
interesting to see how casual gaming will evolve with the use of social net platforms (namely facebook). Esp. to see what kind of revenue models are implemented.
The Long Tail Of Business Models →
Zen Habits →
very cool blog about keeping it simple. just started reading it