January 2013
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Heaven — Depeche Mode
Brand new Depeche Mode. Oh,...
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Does your app make us proud and/or smile ?
There are many reasons why some mobile apps take off and others do not. The team, user experience, timing, luck, network effects, speed and a lot more.
This post isn’t meant to be an exhaustive analysis of what makes a great mobile app.
But there are two things in particular that I’m fond of discussing with startups these days.
Make us proud
Are your users proud of their profile...
Pretty Boy — Young Galaxy
heard this one on...
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Sleep on it
We all have our warts.
Mine is the desire to make decisions quickly. Probably it comes from my days in startups where time is scarce and a decision needs to be made.
Or its just my personality. Whatever.
It’s an area where I’ve been making steady improvements over the years. But sometimes the old ways creep up when I’m not looking.
One of the many lessons I’ve learned is the notion of...
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One Way Trigger — The Strokes
new strokes. just...
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Fun little mobile shortcuts
Some of my favorite mobile apps have these little gems tucked inside.
For example, in Tumblr’s iOS app, you can swipe up from the new post button and automatically get into camera mode. It’s a brilliant, fast way to take a new photo and post to Tumblr.
In Twitter’s iOS app, you can swipe up from the “Me” tab and get to the DM/messaging area. I love Twitter DM and...
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So Many Details — Toro Y Moi
shared from exfm
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via david-noel:
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club |...
A new theme and a new passion
This blog has taken me in a few unexpected directions since I first jumped into the Tumblr pool some five years ago.
It has been a place to share my personal life and my work life. Basically a place to share who I am, what I’m thinking about and what I’m interested in at any given time.
One of the first communities that got me completely hooked here was the music community. It was...
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“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t...”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, author of Le Petit Prince. (via zachklein)
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Winter day at Walden Pond
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined
-Henry David Thoreau
This afternoon we took a walk around Walden Pond. It’s about a mile or so. Such a great place. We’ve been going there for years.
Several parts were frozen over. But you could spot some nice reflections.
I don’t know what it is about that place. But it...
The First Time I Ran Away — M. Ward
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“In the end, the President didn’t speak from the bully pulpit. He didn’t even...”
– Obama Leads National Move Against Guns : The New Yorker (via davehyndman)
A tale of two ad units
This is a Blackerry ad on Facebook
And this is a Samsung ad on Tumblr
I hit the heart button the latter. It’s such a sweet photo. Samsung gets Tumblr, that’s for sure.
Some thoughts on the future of search (beyond...
Me: “just think of what Siri will be like when you are grown up!”
Ellie (age 11): “it should be pretty cool. you will like it if you are still alive”
Every Friday morning I take the kids to breakfast before school. With my travel schedule it’s a nice way to bring the week to an end.
The above was a memorable line from todays chat.
I’ve been...
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fred-wilson:
Age of Consent (New Order) by...
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“One thing I like about film is that is has life, even without doing anything to...”
– Film vs. Digital — 120studio.com
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Dropla — Youth Lagoon
One of my favorites from...
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This Sporting Life — The Decemberists
shared from...
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“It’s called stealing or piracy, as if sharing a wealth of knowledge were the...”
– Aaron Swartz, a Data Crusader and Now, a Cause
Song For Zula — Phosphorescent
what a beautiful...
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Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream) — Icicle...
Why don't Microsoft alumni use their own products?
Last year, I wrote about the contrast I noticed in hiring practices in startups vs larger organizations. Specifically, some of the best startups in our portfolio hire straight out of their community and user base. Twitter, Tumblr, Stack Exchange and others do this often. (In the early days it was basically the unwritten rule at Tumblr).
And yet, I noticed at the time of my post that pretty much...
lecollecteur:
The Replacements - Can’t Hardly...
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Borrowed Tune — Neil Young
shared from exfm
“It turns out Facebook’s doing just fine with the kids these days — in fact,...”
– Garry Tan, cofounder of Posterous, did a survey on Tenth Grade Tech Trends (via evan)
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A day in NYC
It was one of those wonderful mild winter days in New York City today.
I’m really loving our NYC office. We opened it up last summer and it’s so great having our own place here.
In between some interesting meetings, I was able to walk around and take a few photographs in the hood.
David and I made it up to the roof of our building.
After dinner I went over to Dumbo...
Hallway Chat, #12.
Our longest podcast so far!
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