December 2010
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5 Reasons I Won’t Be Investing In Skype’s... →
Rafer sez: #6 Because it’s unwise to EVER invest in ANY IPO within 18 months of its issuance unless you flip very quickly. The promotion of the security almost always exceeds the merit of the security.
“Would you be upset if the dominating belief system in your country was...”
– From the threads of /r/atheism on Reddit, argument given to a Christian trying to say God is not the issue, it’s organized religion. This is how atheists are treated in America. I myself have never been treated this way for my lack of belief, but I know it’s waiting for me. (via bulletproofcupid)
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“There’s too much stuff. It seems to me that almost all tools we rely on to...”
– Evan Williams: The Challenges of a Web of Infinite Info: Tech News and Analysis «
Completely agree. This is a huge opportunity for entrepreneurs to figure out.
(via bijan)
Rafer sez: -1. Oh well. I guess Evan ages like the rest of us. #informationabundance
“There’s too much stuff. It seems to me that almost all tools we rely on to...”
– Evan Williams: The Challenges of a Web of Infinite Info: Tech News and Analysis «
Completely agree. This is a huge opportunity for entrepreneurs to figure out.
(via bijan)
Rafer sez: -1. Oh well. I guess Evan ages like the rest of us. #informationabundance
“Here’s the country I want to be a citizen of: the one that decides to buy...”
– ongoing by Tim Bray · No More Fear
Rafer sez: Reblogging the entire beautiful post that is my every wet dream.
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“For Google, nearly all of whose profits depend on advertising revenue, dominance...”
– Kontra (via Daring Fireball)
“In the end, openness is only as important as the user experience it enables.”
– brycedotvc (via betaworks)
Rafer sez: I think this particular statement is true but is missing the element that VCs can’t afford to leave out. @fredwilson’s posts on Android and Invest in the Mess both apply here. Developers that are willing to invest a lot time and OPM on building new...
MediaPost Publications Online Ad Revenue to Grow... →
Rafer sez: US online ads are going to grow more than $2.6B next year.Both Groupon and CPC pricing would need to absolutely crash for 2011 to turn out this poorly.Just FB could grow by $1B. DoubleClick exchange + Google Local + YouTube will do at least as much. And, non-IAB media’s going to start rocking from the little guys.
“Apple will totally do a 7” device. Anyone who’s spent quality time reading...”
– ongoing by Tim Bray · Year-end View of the Mobile Market
Rafer sez: Unusually, @tbray is comingling the problem and the solution. Yes, there needs to be an Apple device between the phone and the v1 tablet. Jobs is perfectly capable of finding a form factor better than Samsung’s for that...
“An unencumbered high-end handset at around $500 is cheaper than the same device...”
– ongoing by Tim Bray · Year-end View of the Mobile Market
Secession! What Would It Look Like If Red States... →
Rafer sez: I’m in.
“A good portion of early stage startups that raise money will have a board...”
– 14 Ways To Be A Great Startup CEO
Rafer sez: Good post but never agree to this board construction.
Sawickipedia: And @Rafer just for the sake of clarity for everyone else - I assume you’re suggesting a 2 founder/1 investor board structure.
(via rafer)
Rafer sez: Yes.
“A good portion of early stage startups that raise money will have a board...”
– 14 Ways To Be A Great Startup CEO
Rafer sez: Good post but never agree to this board construction.
“A decade ago, these companies would be public by now.”
– S.E.C. Scrutinizing Stock Trading in Facebook and Twitter - NYTimes.com
Rafer sez: Which is exactly the reason for scrutiny. How’re those y2k IPOs treating ya?
“Who in senior leadership has earned promotions or raises during this time? I’m...”
– What Microsoft gets for the $2 billion it lost this year on MSN « Scott Berkun
Rafer sez: So the rest of the “leadership” doesn’t also leave to drive Yahoo! into the ground.
“Too many of us are too focused on what we want to produce and how we expect...”
– It’s Not Me, It’s You « (Re)Structuring Journalism
“An anarchist is someone who doesn’t need a cop to make him behave.”
– This is a beautiful quote. Anarchy = order.
Ammon Hennacy (via creedminusgun)
“An anarchist is someone who doesn’t need a cop to make him behave.”
– This is a beautiful quote. Anarchy = order.
Ammon Hennacy (via creedminusgun)
“I replied: “it depends on whether we should believe my beautiful theory or my...”
– Gaurav Dhillon 2.0 and His All New Integration Company // ben horowitz’s blog
Rafer sez: My lying eyes appear to be winning out over a beautiful theory too, dammit.
“This is why I’m not a Catholic anymore. This is what they think of women.”
– My mother, upon hearing about the hospital in AZ losing its Catholic affiliation because it performed a life-saving abortion on a young terminally ill woman. (via kittencoaster)
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Go Mom!
(via timekiller-s)
“He also specifically calls out one Yahoo executive, Marco Boerries, as being...”
– Flickr Should Have Built Instagram. But They Didn’t. Here’s Why.
“He also specifically calls out one Yahoo executive, Marco Boerries, as being...”
– Flickr Should Have Built Instagram. But They Didn’t. Here’s Why.
“In an article entitled “The Economics of Superstars,” he argued that...”
– Income Inequality and the ‘Superstar Effect’ - NYTimes.com
“In an article entitled “The Economics of Superstars,” he argued that...”
– Income Inequality and the ‘Superstar Effect’ - NYTimes.com
“Better to take the time (or, invest in lines, not dots, in Susterian parlance)...”
– Information Arbitrage - Thinking backward and looking forward: The year in review
Rafer sez: @msuster gets a richly deserved adjective.
“Better to take the time (or, invest in lines, not dots, in Susterian parlance)...”
– Information Arbitrage - Thinking backward and looking forward: The year in review
Rafer sez: @msuster gets a richly deserved adjective.
http://seanbonner.tumblr.com/post/2464725892/this-i... →
seanbonner:
This is kind of funny, but given that there is no mention of Santa Claus in The Bible, nor does Jesus have anything to do with any of the Santa-related xmas lore, and today’s version of xmas is all about capitalism and $$$ I think xmas is a pretty atheistic holiday anyway, which may have co-oped the date and some of the practices from the more Christian holiday which came...
“Diplomats have become weak in the way that musicians are weak. Musicians...”
– The Blast Shack
“Diplomats have become weak in the way that musicians are weak. Musicians...”
– The Blast Shack
“All I can say, looking back, is that when history takes a look at the lives of...”
– ASCII by Jason Scott / Yahoo!locaust (via pukomuko)
“All I can say, looking back, is that when history takes a look at the lives of...”
– ASCII by Jason Scott / Yahoo!locaust (via pukomuko)
“Bradley’s gonna become a “spy” whose “espionage” consisted of making the...”
– Bruce Sterling’s thoughts on Wikileaks (via zachklein)
very interesting essay by bruce sterling. i don’t understand his bitterness but it is worth a read.
(via pukomuko)
Rafer sez: As an American nerd over 40, I’d bet shame and learned helplessness are better descriptions than bitterness....
“In feminist circles, these social, political, and economic changes are always...”
– - Hanna Rosin, The End of Men Next: parthenogenesis. (via underpaidgenius)
vruz: “most advanced” economy. and “privilege”. if you can’t even agree on what’s really happening, or what has been going on in the last few years, people are ill-prepared to deal with what’s next.
“most advanced” or...
“The FCC vote is a textbook example of industry capture of a federal agency....”
– Timothy Karr (via azspot)
vruz: this is the sort of Obama accomplishment you won’t see Maddow cheer for, because after all she works for MSNBC.
(via vruz)
“In Hollywood, it seems, Google has had a people problem.”
– Why Netflix has content and Google TV doesn’t | Media Maverick - CNET News
Rafer sez: Google always has a people problem. They are awesome at algorithms and ignorant of humans.
“hey i know this is shameless but since you’re a really popular blog on...”
– Rafer sez: I got messaged by someone who seems worthwhile, and I’m being holiday lazy. A reblogged tumblr message how lame.
bijan sabet: Your Tumblr reach is likely bigger... →
john:
bijan:
Many folks on Tumblr add Google Analytics to their page. That way they can get some useful data from Google about who is coming to your site.
I do this as well. And the data is quite interesting.
But it really doesn’t tell the whole story.
A huge (understatement) part of the traffic &…
Well said, Bijan
Rafer sez: @john May we ask for more than that answer? How about a...
BBC News - Kodak's patent spat threatens photo web... →
Rafer sez: If you are too incompetent to join ‘em, sue ‘em. Starting in late 1995, I was Kodak Hollywood’s first Internet product guy. Kodak had hundreds of legitimate, meritocracy-based chances to own photo capture, storage, sharing, and transmission standards for the web. The film sales execs, usually but always the consumer group, intentionally and explicitly undermined every...
“I told him that if they’re going to drip feed you (at $100k he’d have less than...”
– Startups and VCs Should Avoid “Pier” Funding | Both Sides of the Table
