August 2010
4 posts
“they have for years used advanced detection techniques devised by the US...”
– How hedge funds analyze your earnings calls | IR Web Report
“We’ve underinvested severely, for example, in next-gen transportation and...”
– Umair Haque / Bubblegeneration
July 2010
8 posts
“Oppenheimer: “We do not create a shortage for buzz. I don’t know...”
– Apple to analysts: Supply issues ‘a good problem to have’ | Technology | guardian.co.uk
lol
“With stellar credit and a solid job, Dr. Budde said she had been notified via...”
– Seeking a Mortgage? Don’t Get Pregnant - NYTimes.com
Sickening. I’m gonna get involved in some disruptive fin svcs company at some point or another. Walk the talk, ya know?
Scott Adams Blog: High Ground Maneuver 07/19/2010 →
This is a pretty great analysis…
“I can’t help but see this move in the context of the slow but steady...”
– A VC
By far the most interesting take on this event…
“Let’s say you want a loaf of bread.
How many of us will pay an extra...”
– Umair Haque / Bubblegeneration
“Schmidt noted that Google and Apple still have important partnerships in various...”
– Google’s Schmidt undaunted by Apple or Facebook | Reuters
I hope that all the echo chamber tech bloggers take notice of this comment. However I’m sure they won’t ;-)
“GDP alone doesn’t, hasn’t — and won’t — create incentives for...”
– Real Prosperity Doesn’t Come From Stimulus — Or Austerity - Umair Haque - Harvard Business Review
“Government regulators, retailers, manufacturers and consumer experts are...”
– Officials worry about consumers lost among the recalls
Privatize gains, socialize losses, rinse, repeat…
“We think now is the right time to join with Amazon because, quite simply, every...”
– Woot’s Deal Of The Day: Woot! — Amazon Buys It. Price? $110 Million
Genius
June 2010
5 posts
“It is clear that the Framers … counted the right to keep and bear arms...”
– Supreme Court rules that all Americans have fundamental right to bear arms
Note that the Framers also agreed that slaves counted as three-fifths of a person, Constitutionally.
I just don’t get the strict constructionist viewpoint…reminds me of people that arbitrarily pick and choose...
“In his tweets, Attorney General Shurtleff implicitly references these views and...”
– On Faith Panelists Blog: Tweeting Death - Mathew N. Schmalz
Relatedly, I saw someone had uploaded a sonogram of their unborn child to facebook the other day. Probably a bit much.
““We’re just looking to make cool pieces of entertainment and just arbitrarily...”
– Marketing Venture From Bateman and Arnett Takes Off With Orbit - Media Decoder Blog - NYTimes.com
Brilliant
“At work, special information rectangles help men and women silently complete any...”
– Report: 90% Of Waking Hours Spent Staring At Glowing Rectangles | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
May 2010
12 posts
WatchWebsite Editors Strive To Rein In Nasty Comments : NPR
“If we force hedge funds and the like to compete for talent on a more level...”
– A VC: Why Taxing Carried Interest As Ordinary Income Is Good Policy
“I kind of want to be an outsider,” she said, eating a truffle-flavored French...”
– The Ten Harshest Parts of Lynn Hirschberg’s M.I.A. Profile — Vulture
“By the way, I always thought Facebook’s best option would be to sell...”
– The underlying flaw in Facebook’s business model - broadstuff
While Google fights on the edges, Amazon is... →
Facebook is about to try to dominate display ads... →
“The market is, like raptors in Jurassic Park, testing the fences. It has...”
– Raptors at the Liquidity Fence, and the Big Whoosh
Facebook, Zynga, and buyer-supplier hold up →
Facebook's Privacy Erosion Strategy →
The Mating Game Theory →
Tweet test:
“HP and Palm: announcing an acquisition social media style” v insightful analysis from @IRWebReport http://bit.ly/cj9KHI $HPQ $PALMless than a minute ago via webEthan Bauley ethanbauley
Twitter / Ethan Bauley: “HP and Palm: announcing a …
April 2010
3 posts
“Three years ago at our first f8 conference for developers, I introduced the...”
– Facebook | The Facebook Blog
LOL
“The iParadox is this: Apple should be striving to commoditize products if it...”
– Apple’s Strategic iParadox - Umair Haque - Harvard Business Review
“Yelp’s getting its choreography wrong, failing to build a better dialogue...”
– From Social Media to Social Strategy - Umair Haque - Harvard Business Review
See the diff?
March 2010
7 posts
8 tags
How Twitter's @anywhere might kill the advertising...
Previous to the Evan Williams keynote at SXSW this week, there were rumors that Twitter was going to reveal a new “advertising platform” during the talk. But after @anywhere was announced, there was universal disappointment.
That disappointment is misplaced. Semantics aside, @anywhere encapsulates the major threat social media poses to the advertising and marketing industries as...
Nurse Anesthetists salaries now surpass those of... →
jayparkinsonmd:
Money of course drives everything in healthcare. The federal government has led the movement to systematically devalue primary care over the past two decades mostly by specialists influencing Medicare reimbursement rates.
As a response, for the past decade, only about 5% of graduating medical residents pursued primary care— mostly because they feel like they should earn more...
“My proposal is this: if we could disaggregate the logs, while providing the...”
– Interview: Eben Moglen - Freedom vs. the Cloud Log - The H Open Source: News and Features
He continues on in detail about using little $99 plug-in servers to create a P2P social networking service:
And so, basically, what I am proposing is that we build a social networking stack based around the...
5 tags
The economics behind why attending SXSWi is...
(Note: Revised this slightly following SXSWi’s conclusion; if you had a great time and feel ready to take over the world, this post may, in part, explain why that is ;-)
John Furrier had a typically great post over on SiliconAngle on Friday, riffing on the latest Twitter research du jour. The original coverage on Mashable reports on the facts, but John expands on the larger point…and...
“Scientific specialisation is now so extreme that even people studying...”
– The trouble with trusting complex science | George Monbiot | Comment is free | The Guardian
Interesting take for sure
“But in the announcement about the HTC lawsuit, he has a different perspective:...”
– Would 2010 Steve Jobs Sue 1996 (Or 1984) Steve Jobs Over Patents? | Techdirt
Nuff said on that. See Fred Wilson/USV posts on software patents and startup litigation for the rest of the story.
February 2010
4 posts
Op-Ed Contributor - Free viral videos -... →
Here’s the most lucid piece on the music industry I’ve read in a few years. Not surprisingly, from an a) actual musician with b) experience in the trenches, not making it who c) eventually got signed to a label and d) experienced some success due to a social media/”viral” marketing wave.
This is the profile of someone who should be listened to. Great stuff!
WatchHere’s a little flavor from work…Prith Banerjee of HP Labs talks to McKinsey…
The News From Grammytown →
January 2010
5 posts
WatchThis is so hilarious. I had a chance to see Aziz a few times at Largo but I blew it, one of my [few] LA regrets…
The Scale Every Business Needs Now →
I link therefore I am - and other myths of the... →
No one makes money off of creating private... →
The Real Criticisms of Social Media →
December 2009
10 posts
“Everybody views it as a terminal career decision if you get it wrong,” said...”
– Netflix Envoy Pitches Online Films to Wary Studios (Update1) - Bloomberg.com
Great article…it’s tough to make changes when you’ve had it sooooo good.
For a truly incredible look at the history of the film business and its various revenue models, I recommend The Big Picture by...
“The point is simple: assuming only x% of people will become active prosumers...”
– Umair Haque / Bubblegeneration
Bubblegen posts are like fine wine