March 2009
“‘Web-Based Time Machine’ The Web-based design tool Aviary also had a...”
– Top 7 Web and PC Pranks - ABC News
Way to put pressure on us ABC News. Not sure we are going to top Aviary’s Dodo App from last year.
PS We still get an email a week asking for access to Dodo, I guess it was too believable.
“But knowing that the community I connect with on Twitter can (a) now answer...”
– Dennis Crowley
explaining his love for the twitter koolaid in Jeeeeez when did I become such a Twitter fanboy?
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WatchThe Laws of Constructive Capitalism presentation by Umair Haque
Strategy is a Commodity
Competition is Obsolete
There is Nothing More Asymetrical than an Ideal
Tomorrow is Today
Connections Not Transactions
People, Not Product
Creativity, Not Productivity
Outcomes, Not Incomes
Advantage is in the DNA
The Next Revolution is Institutional
Related Blogpost: Why Ideals are the New Business...
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“Even before they respond to a tickle, most babies will laugh at peekaboo. It’s...”
– The Peekaboo Paradox - washingtonpost.com
via sleuth : givemesomethingtoread
There's No Time Like The Present
Spark Capital announced a new seed program today called Start@Spark.
mokoyfman:
Having helped incubate a number of start-ups in the past, I am personally very excited for this new initiative. There is no greater challenge or bigger thrill than trying to build something from nothing. We at Spark look forward to supporting entrepreneurs at the earliest stages of ideation and innovation.
It is...
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“Most entrepreneurs travel down the startup path without a roadmap and believe...”
– Steve Blank (via betaworks)
WatchOn the flight back from SXSW I had the pleasure of sitting next to Jason Anello the guy behind the YBike project. purplepedals.com/
He mentioned that one of the bikes ended up in Africa and stayed completely powered for an entire month because it had direct sunlight and didnt need to be charged.
After browsing around I found it. www.flickr.com/photos/mikaels_bike/
Its cool to view it on the...
Instapaper's READ LATER feature on NYTIMES.com por...
Instapaper’s READ LATER feature on NYTIMES.com por favor
Hey saucy:
You know what would be really awesome! If NYT implemented Instapaper’s READ LATER API for a true read later. I provided a mockup to help the designers out.
NYT Read Later by Michael in Aviary.com
“direction is more important than speed”
– Bryce Roberts
“Just because it’s difficult, don’t assume it’s valuable.”
– Rafer
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“Adulthood in the past meant that you finished learning most of what you needed...”
– Joi Ito
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I was watching* Tim Brown’s TED talk on creativity and play and he mentioned the word neoteny and I remembered that Joi Ito’s company was called Neoteny but I never knew why he named it that, until now.
Neoteny also called juvenilization, is the retention, by adults in a...
WatchHey Look Mom I’m on theinterwebs
On Day 4 of SXSW, Adam and Nate high-fived Michael Galpert of Aviary.com for their Web Award, and then we caught up with Gary & AJ Vaynerchuk to talk about VaynerMedia, their newly announced consultancy.
PS Aviary won the SXSW web award for technical achievement. GO TEAM!
MaxDelivery →
mokoyfman:
This is game changing folks.
Kozmo 2.0 - AWESOME
“Not everything worth doing is worth doing well.”
– Tom West on the value of quick-and-dirty solutions in Tracy Kidder’s The Soul of a New Machine (via jackcheng)
WatchAt SXSW this week, I feel like all my friends are going to broadcast and rebroadcast all my other friends who will be broadcasting rebroadcasts.
Congrats to Nate and Quirk on their sponsorship.
theinterwebs:
Heading to SXSW!
We’re heading to SXSW to shoot 5 days of the most important week of The Interwebs. We also got a sponsor! Angelsoft.net will be covering our costs so we can bring you the...
“Fame is a digital good because ownership of it doesn’t bring any real...”
– @innonate
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“Until we realize that we are not one inside, but many, we will not make even a...”
– Paul Budnitz
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$MSFT /FAIL?
MSFT vs AAPL
bryc3:
in a demo and noticing that I haven’t seen any MSFT icons in the app tray of entrepreneurs under 30 yrs. old for quite a while.
gbattle:
This is a very interesting insight on two intuitive accounts. It presupposes that nearly every entrepreneur under 30 is using Mac rather than PC. However, it also shows a lack of deep experience with Excel, quite possibly the best...