August 2008
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“Insure that your team has regular ongoing exposure to disruptive insights...”
– Hard Times Demand Teamwork — Not an MVP - Tammy Erickson
“Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band? You wore...”
– Gerard Way (via kaiticalamity) (via danw)
Tennis, Chess and War (and Startups)
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One of my father’s favorite sayings is “Tennis, chess and war are lost through one’s own mistakes” (translated from German). Growing up, I used to really dislike this saying, in retrospect mostly because I lost against my Dad at tennis for a long time excactly because of my own mistakes. Yesterday afternoon, I took the kids to the US Open to see some of the first and second...
MMA Global - Article - Educating your Clients on... →
The starting point is to convey the five mobile mechanisms available to connect the brandâs message and identity with the engaged consumer. The five mechanisms are very simply: messaging (SMS/MMS),…
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Facebook | Questions for me? →
Watch“Damn, It Feels Good to be a Banker: A Wall Street Musical”
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“The thing I find most interesting about how much money a company is raising is...”
– Raising Venture Capital: How Much Money Matters - VentureBlog
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“Innovation is about solving old problems in new ways.”
– Everyday Innovation - Scott Anthony
U.S. on Track to Top Mobile Web Market, Study Says →
After years of lagging behind European countries, the U.S. is poised to take the top spot for mobile Web usage by month’s end, according to data collected by technology firm Bango, which provides…
Is the internet fucking awesome? →
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“I’ve argued for years that one of the critical architectural decisions we can...”
– Tim O’Reilly
Agree. The challenge for some right now is visibility into the business model - as these are businesses - the “one ring” model had clear economic levers (see Microsoft) and while the realities of the market today may not make those levers attainable, they were understandable. But...
The BBC’s Fifteen Web Principles →
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Fantastic list. May I add Getting Real?
“You could say that the best thing to happen to new media is old media.”
– Nigel Hollis » Blog Archive » The new media dilemma
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#3 – It’s Not the Mistakes, But How You Fix Them
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patriciahandschiegel:
While I’ve been able to see some success in my work, I have made plenty of mistakes. Two important deals weren’t handled right in the past, costing me a lot of time, aggravation and money, I’ve failed during meetings and calls, all kinds of things. It hasn’t been because I wasn’t good at what I do, that I didn’t try or wasn’t paying attention. I was just new and...
Would you hire him? →
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“Like the brain, a social network at critical mass enables higher level...”
– Networks Don’t Grow Forever — Not Even Social Networks - Jeff Stibel
Next Generation Telecom: The Road Ahead →
Asia Pacific which is home to the largest internet user base today is at an interesting stage with various countries at different states of maturity in terms of the broadband infrastructure. At one…
Top Ten US Wireless Carriers →
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“Word on the street is that with its supersaturated cell phone market, Japan is...”
– MobileCrunch » Japan to market cell phones abroad?
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Facebook’s Dedicated Button on 3 UK Phone; New... →
“When I pay for Starbucks what I’m paying for is the infrastructure that...”
– Hacker News | Eight pricing strategies
The Un-Dying of the Microsite - Advertising Age -... →
10 Staggering Data Visualizations (Three Minds On... →
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Independent Street : Should You Outsource Your... →
How Disruptive Innovation Changes Education — HBS... →
The lesson from all industries is that the most promising areas for innovation are pockets of what we call “nonconsumption”âareas that appear unattractive or inconsequential to the industry…
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DEEPSPACE mobile - Presentations →
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writing | ben fry » History of Predictive Text... →
Gentleman-Like - But With An Edge...
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Hey Eric, Thanks for the offer.
Here you go:
What was your first car? 2002 BMW 325ci
Any significant memories w/that car? Regretting that it was an automatic. :)
What’s parked in your driveway now? 2006 Audi A4 2.0t, with a few modifications of course. (http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3253/2599156936_307943d381.jpg)
Does your car reflect your...
The Golden Goose Called SMS | Mark Evans →
SMS is a perfect example of how the wireless industry is so good at the âHoney Potâ sales model. They lure in consumers with a sweet service such as SMS, get you hooked on its usefulness, and…
What made Twitter do it: the essential difference... →
In Europe you only pay for sending the text message. So Twitter is bleeding with every message sent. The costs of sending huge amounts of messages still is around 3 a 4 euro cents per message. So…
“If you’ve got a list of 20 things you should be doing, pick the most important...”
– Sivers/Ferriss to 37signals (via deplorableword) (via marco)
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