February 2009
“If creating original art is defined by throwing paint through a jet turbine on a...”
– Shepard Fairey
“I wasn’t thinking about markets or fortunes. I was making better shoes a foot at...”
– Bill Bowerman Co-Founder of Nike
I think all business should be like this. Solve a problem, focus on quality and innovation and surround yourself with good people.
(via jamesnord) (via tedr)
Sync Your iPhone/iPod With Any Computer →
I cant wait to set this up
via @kortina
“The only difference between guys in bands and guys in startups is that guys in...”
– Joseph Weisenthal @thestalwart
via @fromedome
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Kortinas comment reminded me of this quote
Musicians Rockstars and Entrepeneurs
“What many entrepreneurs are after is not money. I guess it’s not unlike musicians that want to be rockstars. Yes, they want to make money, but I would bet having millions of people enjoy their music is worth so much to them that they don’t mind handing over most of the revenue to labels, even though they could probably run more efficient businesses by staying indie. “
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“This is superdistribution — content moving from friend to friend through the...”
– Clay Shirky
Why Small Payments Won’t Save Publishers
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This is the exact reason why I evangelize and try to use the Gyminee iphone website instead of the Lose It! from my iphone.
Gyminee allows me to share my food intake + workout routine with friends and strangers. Simple as that. Granted I...
“What’s the worst that can happen? You’ll fail?”
– Chris Wanstrath
Founder of GitHub gave a great talk [transcript] at StartupRiot of how he started his company.
I found the link via Bryce
I’m still a relatively green web entrepeneur with nobody to worry about but myself and I have trouble understanding how people handle failure when they...
WatchMy slides from last night’s Ignite event in NYC
Will be sure to post video as soon as I get word it was uploaded
“Deals fall through. One of the most useful skills we learned from Viaweb was not...”
– Paul Graham (via entrepreneurwisdom)
WatchHow to make an iPod in Raven
Aviary recently released a web-based vector editor. We decided we would let everyone play with it before all of the features were completed. One of those features was the text tool. This video exemplifies how resourceful ppl can be. olevonpeter did with out the text tool feature and decided to create the text on his own. If you watch the video you will see his clever...
Watch99 Dollar Music Videos
La Strada - The Sun Song directed by Jack Ferry.
This is the first music video that is part of the new show by NNN called 99 Dollar Music Videos where as you might have guessed from the clever name $99 are spent on creating a music video. [Doesnt include labor]
I especially love the behind the scenes video for this delightful song
In case you dont make it to the...
“This is the best time in history to have a worst time — the time at which...”
– Cory Doctorow
Gainesville Photobooth →
via gtmcknight:
After successfully running two make-shift photobooths in a closet (Halloween 2007 and The Green Party) and having such a blast at my Uncle’s wedding I felt like there was a good opportunity to do the same thing professionally in Gainesville.
This also came at a time when I was helping my family a great deal financially. It’s better to teach a man to fish…. so I figured instead...
“But love is not enough - you need to be damn good at it, too”
– Iridesco - Job Opening: Interface Designer
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I always tell people they should do what they love and if they are not good at it I believe that means they dont love it.
PS My friends over at Iridesco are looking for an Interface Designer.
“Theses days, it’s a rare case (usually proven entrepreneurs an investor has...”
– Nate Westheimer
Common Email
“Why would they make such pretty clothes during a recession? I’ve loved...”
– Jenna in RE: Fashion Week
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Will people stop being creative because people wont be able to afford their stuff? I hope not!
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Truthiness
Fred Wilson opened the can of Truth on his blog today
“There used to be a mantra at the upper right of this blog. I can’t remember what it said exactly, but the gist of it was that there is no absolute truth, just your truth and my truth. I post my truth here everyday and I hope you’ll drop by and share your truth with me. This is the promise of social media. It’s revolutionary. When you give...
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