May 2012
1 post
“For tech entrepreneurs and managers, there is no “right” major or field of...”
– Silicon Valley needs humanities students | VentureBeat
April 2012
2 posts
toddsampson:
Friday was our last day at BigDoor.
Eric, Steve and I had a great time working with the BigDoor crew; so much so that we ended up staying on two months longer than initially planed when BigDoor acquired OneTrueFan. We built some cool shit, made new friends, and learned a ton — can’t ask for much more than that.
Thanks guys! It was a pleasure working with you all. Keep kicking...
March 2012
3 posts
“Do you know that Antarctica is balmier and wetter than the surface of Mars? Yet...”
– 10 Questions for Neil deGrasse Tyson - TIME
yongfook: Design is Horseshit! →
yongfook:
In direct response to: http://designerfund.com/infographic
I’ve created products / services in the past that have garnered praise for their design. I love good design in all forms - copywriting in particular fascinates me. I’ve never called myself a designer.
Here’s my pitch. This…
“The concrete lesson to be learned from this is: In the modern era, business...”
– Why I doubted Facebook could build a billion dollar business, and what I learned from being horribly wrong | Andrew Chen (@andrewchen)
February 2012
12 posts
“1) “Down-trading” Is Declining—Consumers are migrating to higher priced...”
– Richard Edelman - 6 A.M.: India
“Bailey and Geary found population density did indeed track closely with brain...”
– If Modern Humans Are So Smart, Why Are Our Brains Shrinking? | Human Evolution | DISCOVER Magazine
“Redefining Engagement to be More Engaging
It starts with redefining...”
– Engagement Ain’t Nothing But A Number | PandoDaily
“You’ll never win on features against a market leader
The other important part...”
– Don’t compete on features | Andrew Chen (@andrewchen)
“few years ago, Isaac Kohane, a researcher at Harvard Medical School, published a...”
– Brainstorming Doesn’t Really Work : The New Yorker
“The best Broadway shows were produced by networks with an intermediate level of...”
– Brainstorming Doesn’t Really Work : The New Yorker
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thejakers: Ogilvy's 10 Tips on Writing →
thejakers:
From a memo to Ogilvy & Mather to all agency employees in 1982:
The better you write, the higher you go in Ogilvy & Mather. People who think well, write well.
Woolly minded people write woolly memos, woolly letters and woolly speeches.
Good writing is not a natural gift. You have to learn to…
We Wonder: 12 steps to better copywriting. By... →
wewonderatmba:
April 19, 1955
Dear Mr Calt:
On March 22nd you wrote to me asking for some notes on my work habits as a copywriter. They are appalling, as you are about to see:
1. I have never written an advertisement in the office. Too many interruptions. I do all my writing at home.
2. I spend a long…
Hadoop, HBase and R: Will Open Source Software... →
nosql:
Harish Kotadia:
Predictive Analytics has been billed as the next big thing for almost fifteen years, but hasn’t gained mass acceptance so far the way ERP and CRM solutions have. One of the main reason for this is the high upfront investment required in Software, Hardware and Talent for implementing a Predictive Analytics solution.
Well, this is about to change – […] Using R, HBase and...
Why marketing channels don’t matter →
When it boils down to optimising conversion, regardless of the channels, there is one thing that matters: consistency and relevance across all touch points. To achieve that and maintain value and what Bryan Eisenberg calls ‘scent’, one of the pillars of conversion, we must look at every interaction a (prospective) customer has with our brand. Online and offline.
World's 25 Best Ski Towns →
Thanks to the near-constant storm cycles pumping out of neighboring Siberia, the mountains on the Japanese island of Hokkaido are globally renowned for having some of the most consistent, lightest powder on Earth. Niseko is the preeminent spot here, an amalgam of four independently owned, interconnected resorts that girdle 4,291-foot Mount Niseko Annupuri (skiable with one lift ticket). Averaging...
March 2011
2 posts
“What Did Marketing Ever Do For Us?” Asks Sales |... →
February 2011
11 posts
“To get at the relation between amygdala size and social networks, researchers...”
– When It Comes to Our Social Networks, Brain Size Matters | Psychology Today
brunch - with coffee →
Looks like a very interesting alternative for smallish projects
Mark Lanegan - Man In The Long Black Coat -... →
Love the crackling voice
“Few of the men I admired had achieved success or painted their incredible...”
– Gym Jones - Knowledge - 11/25/70
“Acquiring the spirit necessary to win, which includes a positive acceptance of...”
– Gym Jones - Knowledge - Private
Rise of the Marketing Technologist →
We’re taking over the world.
Ehdom – The Procrastination Flowchart →
Why Designers Need Smart Marketers to Build... →
This makes me think of business websites that work with small businesses and look like they’ve been built in 1999. There’s a reason for that most of the time - that’s what small businesses expect.
September 2009
2 posts
Cost Of Machines vs Cost Of People →
Challenging Assumptions: Tractor vs Horse →
August 2009
5 posts
[uberVU Blog] Does More Data Lead To Better... →
[uberVU Blog] The State Of Social Tracking →
Band Of The Week: Bent →
How YouTube Does A/B Testing And How YOU Should Do... →
Visiting Basic Web Analytics →
July 2009
1 post
The Marathon →
June 2009
8 posts
“The skills you bring to the table are vision, taste and a knack for seeing...”
– Seth’s Blog: How to be a packager
“If the Internet is our collective nervous system, and the Web is our collective...”
– Welcome to the Stream: The Next Phase of the Web | Twine
“In an age of digital perfectability, it takes quite a lot of courage to say,...”
– THINK / Musings» Blog Archive » Distribution … now
“In a blinding flash of inspiration, the other day I realized that “interactive”...”
– THINK / Musings» Blog Archive » Distribution … now
The water that gave us life →
It’s here, isn’t it? →
“As the physical world takes on more of the characteristics of a simulation, we...”
– Rough Type: Nicholas Carr’s Blog: Twitter dot dash (reissue)
February 2009
6 posts
“You have mastered women and the world when no desire either to avoid or attain...”
– David Deida
Second Week Of Training →
The First Week Of Training →