February 2012
7 posts
“Twitter is about you. Facebook is about you and your friends. Google is about...”
– You, Apple and Steve Jobs | Tnooz
“Ecommerce sites should consider how they can personalize their sites using...”
– 50% Of Ecommerce Site Visitors Are Logged In To Facebook | TechCrunch
The Chill Blog: Sunset Blvd. →
chilllive:
We’ve built something new at Chill. We’re calling the feature Sunset Blvd.
The concept is simple: you’ve got friends on Facebook and Twitter who aren’t yet on Chill (shocking, we know). So we decided to make it easy for you to find and watch the videos these folks are sharing. Any video links…
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Wake up Barnes & Noble!
Growing up, my parents often took us to Barnes and Noble. Whether it was Friday evening after dinner or a rainy Sunday afternoon, trips to the bookstore were a rare occasion that fed the curiosities of everyone in my family — something they believed should be practiced often.
These trips to B&N planted seeds to learn something new. My sister would head over to the fashion section; my father to...
“Again doesn’t just define the things and experiences we love, though....”
– Brian Bailey | Again
January 2012
22 posts
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TechCrunch misses the point on personalization →
caterpillarcowboy:
TechCrunch published an article yesterday about the challenges of personalization and why no one has been able to innovate beyond what Amazon did 10 years ago. Leena Rao makes a good effort in trying to understand the challenges, mentioning the need for intent-based data, making sense of social, and privacy concerns. All are true. But the framework with which she’s approaching...
“Life is about skydiving every single day. Taking good risks that make your heart...”
– “Embrace your good fears” ─ revolutions.is
“Later, he referred to Airbnb riding a ‘third wave of the Internet’. Chesky...”
– DLD 2012 – Brian Chesky: “Average Airbnb Host In NYC Pockets $21,000 A Year” | TechCrunch
“Every two days now we create as much information as we did from the dawn of...”
– How Tumblr Drove the Evolution of Content into an Image Dominated Experience - Forbes
“And don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens—The main thing is not...”
– Advice of John Steinbeck to his son in love.
Letters of Note: Nothing good gets away
“The larger shift here that comScore is talking about is this: users are...”
– December Presents: Record Traffic For Social Interest Sites Tumblr And Pinterest | TechCrunch
: 28 days later: Our improvements after Ask HN →
gtrot:
At gtrot, we’re working to build the best city discovery tool on the web. In order to make it the best, we constantly ask feedback from our customers online, in person and across the web. 28 days ago was no exception. We asked the incredibly tech-savvy and generous community at Hacker News to…
Feedback - in action.
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Capture your next trip with gtrot! →
gtrot:
Any travel plans in the coming months? Tell us where you’re headed for your chance to win a Flip video camcorder and a gtrot travel pack!
Giveaway Rules:
1.Tweet @gtrot where you’re going this year using the #gtrotfliptrip hashtag. Be creative, just make sure the tweet has a…
We’ve got some goodies to give to one lucky traveler!
“Tonight, the rapper drilled his audience of 6 million followers on a new dream...”
– bobbyhundreds of The Hundreds
I agree. Dream out loud.
(via keepsdiary)
“Mercadona is unique in several ways,” says Zeynep Ton of Harvard University, who...”
– Mercadona: Spanish aisles | The Economist
“Keeping information this dense while also having it be comprehensible and...”
– Foursquare: Today’s best-executing startup - Anil Dash
CNNMoney Tech Tumblr: Startup You →
Must read! Fake Grimlock take on how to win in 2012.
December 2011
15 posts
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“More important than building a product, we are in the process of architecting a...”
– Steve Jobs and NeXT: Rare PBS Documentary circa 1986 | Brain Pickings
“The entire company operates with what you might call a game mind. Not a...”
– I’ve long been a huge fan of Amazon. Great look into the company: Why Amazon Is The Best Strategic Player In Tech - Forbes
“[Customer data] is a hugely valuable part of our business. I think we have the...”
– The Rise, Stumble and Future of Gilt Groupe’s Business Model
Personalization is the new social.
“Not so the new breed of e-commerce sites. They obviously optimize for...”
– The new new commerce — Tech News and Analysis
“Fab.com founder and CEO Jason Goldberg tells me social activity is mighty...”
– Now At 1.4M Members, Fab.com Turns Up The Social With A ‘Live Feed’
Social commerce is fact not feature at Fab.com
“So go ahead, question everything if you have to, but remember that impossible is...”
– Another great story of inspiration from revolutions.is
“Your plate is full, right?
You’ve been at this for a while.
Life is your kind...”
– Why We Need to Stop Using the Word Overwhelmed | EcoSalon | Conscious Culture and Fashion
Stay with me.
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In Chicago? Want to see what we've been building... →
“One third of all ecommerce in the US is travel based.”
– Where is the consumer interest in a limited Google Flight Search? | Tnooz
If you count the ‘local’ industry it gets even bigger.
November 2011
10 posts
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WatchGreat interview with Bloomberg - work hard and look to the future.
“To encourage the next generation of tech innovators to pursue bold ideas now,...”
– Peter Thiel Opens Application Period for “20 Under 20” Thiel Fellowship - MarketWatch
Encourage any entrepreneurs you know under 20 to apply. I’m a Thiel Fellows mentor and the impact these fellows will have is incredible!
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“You know, one of the things that really hurt Apple was after I left John Sculley...”
– Steve Jobs (via victura)
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“Travel is not reward for working, it’s education for living.”
– (via ignitelight)
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