February 2012
3 posts
The creative battle
“The willing endurance of pain is a key factor not only in human dignity, but also in human creativity. It would seem to follow that individuals who spend their lives in the persistent avoidance of pain are not likely to amount to much… The process of achieving their professional level is usually full of pain. Such mastery demands endless practice of technical operations, endless...
January 2012
1 post
“The Motion Picture Association of America, which is counting on Mr. Dodd to...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/02/business/02dodd.html
Ahh ok, now I get it!
December 2011
2 posts
Goodsie Blog: Feature Release: Developer API →
goodsie:
Today, we are excited to release the Goodsie Developer API, which has comprehensive read support for Products, Order History, Coupons, Pages and most other aspects of the Goodsie system. The API is ideal for use with 3rd-party accounting and shipping systems, or to enable more sophisticated off-site integrations with websites or blogs.
The API is JSON-based and RESTful, uses OAuth 2.0...
“It’s one part foursquare and four parts onesquare,” Mr. Lodwick said.”
– Exclusive: Jake Lodwick Raises $1-2 M. To Build Elepath, a Software Studio | Betabeat (via rickyv)
This is why Jake is awesome.
November 2011
2 posts
October 2011
5 posts
Mimeo →
Chill name…cough
September 2011
4 posts
“The hot companies come and go. You can’t create lasting value on hype. It...”
– http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2011/09/after-the-hype.html
This article by Fred Wilson is spot on. Every day I wake up and think how I can make our products better. I don’t really care if we have the most users, but I do care if those users love the product. I’ve seen countless examples of...
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August 2011
2 posts
6 tags
CollegeHumor's Sarah Schneider Hired as a Writer... →
streeter:
collegehumor:
Hey!! This happened!! Congrats Sarah!!
And congrats to SNL for hiring one of the finest young comedy writers in the business.
Congrats Sarah!!
July 2011
5 posts
June 2011
5 posts
Andrew Pile: Oops →
blakewhitman:
From: XXXXX Date: Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 2:07 PM Subject: Hello From YouTube Engineering: checking in To: XXXXX@gmail.com Hi XXXX, It’s a new year — already halfway over! and I thought I’d check in to see if you may be interested in exploring engineering opportunities with YouTube? I hope…
No, he only runs Vimeo.
May 2011
2 posts
“It’s an action: stop talking, start doing. Start small and ship. Also,...”
– I know Sox posted a quote too, but this quote from Ted really stood out to me. It’s dead on. I remember us not telling anyone about Flavors until it was very very close to launch, same with Goodsie, we kept it very close to the vest until it was ready to be shown to anyone else.
Bravo Mr...
April 2011
1 post
March 2011
9 posts
“…it reminds me that we’re now viewing each other as “influencers” and have...”
– I’m Already Sick Of SXSW via Techcrunch
This article is spot on. Before being in the startup world, I worked at design firms, where I didn’t know 99% of these startup deities. At the end of the day, all of us in this industry still have to sit down and figure out why that js function...
February 2011
9 posts
A Portrait of American Millionaires
“The Millionaire Next Door” is a fantastic book which gives some eye-opening statistics.
Many of the types of businesses we are in could be classified as dullnormal. We are welding contractors, auctioneers, rice farmers, owners of mobile-home parks, pest controllers, coin and stamp dealers, and paving contractors.
Most of us have never felt at a disadvantage because we did not...
“people who want to watch Flickr videos without having to download Flash are out...”
– http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/20/technically-yahoo/
Michael Moore Sues Weinsteins for 2.7 million Over... →
Even though he makes movies about the evil of Capitalism…
