December 2009
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What's a Facebook Fan-page Worth?
A “Sushi” page has nearly 1.5 million fans. It’s benign enough; its info page points to Wikipedia article, it’s not cluttered with apps or posts. What’s this web property worth? This page has permission to reach 1.5 million people predisposed to enjoy sushi news & content. Anyone done the calculation? Should we be rushing to carve out the...
Dec 23rd
“When Evan was at Pyra Labs they ran out of money. He laid off the team (actually...”
–  Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up. | JonBischke.com (via hiten) Lots of interesting stories and links, beyond just Ev’s. In the words of team Galaxy Quest: “Never give up! Never surrender!”
Dec 23rd
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Zynga & Facebook & DST. Conflict of Interest,...
giantrobotlasers: aaronwhite: Last night news broke of Zynga scoring a huge new investment of $180 million more dollars… from the same Russian Venture firm, DST, that invested $200 million dollars in Facebook earlier this year. Conflict of interest, anyone? The incentives are actually well aligned to make everyone money. It wouldn’t benefit facebook to make a decision that helps zynga but...
Dec 16th
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Zynga & Facebook & DST. Conflict of Interest,...
Last night news broke of Zynga scoring a huge new investment of $180 million more dollars… from the same Russian Venture firm, DST, that invested $200 million dollars in Facebook earlier this year. Conflict of interest, anyone? It’s one thing when two companies grow a shared market & community, but it’s another thing when when they are becoming bonded at the hip to the...
Dec 16th
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WatchWatch
Riding the Reindeer (Holiday09) by CaptainOinkers, made at DoInk.com Can’t begin to describe how much labor & love goes into a 2+ minute animation… it’s not for the lazy. At any rate, this DoInker produced a great mini Christmas-epic :) Hope you enjoy, & Happy Holidays
Dec 14th
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Dec 4th
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Dec 1st
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The Metrics Driven Life
Everyday I further piecing together the elements for a “metrics driven life”. Roughly, you can break down your life into three wellness-spheres: Health, Wealth, and Happiness. Happiness though simple to understand, is the hardest to measure, so I’m deferring tracking it (for now). For wealth, there are loads of tools available (though my favorite is Mint.com) Capturing health...
Dec 1st
Dec 1st
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