Now let’s look at servces where the users provide all the value. Wikipedia, Craigslist, YouTube, Flickr, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, WordPress, etc, etc. There is no value to any of these platforms if the users don’t create the content. The users create the service, curate it, and make it what it is. I do not […]
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http://bijan.tumblr.com/post/27120314702/audio_player_iframe/bijan/tumblr_lpnzu2d1hF1qmmopu?audio_file=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fbijan%2F27120314702%2Ftumblr_lpnzu2d1hF1qmmopu Fleet Foxes – Can’t Help Falling In Love With You via kevinthau: chels: Can’t Help Falling In Love With You – Fleet Foxes Great song, great song. Cover Friday. That’s a thing on Tumblr right? It’s a wonderful thing.
Continue readingYouTube users upload 48 hours of video, Facebook users share 684,478 pieces of content, Instagram users share 3,600 new photos, and Tumblr sees 27,778 new posts published. How Much Data is Created Every Minute? (It’s actually 46,732)
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According to Google Analytics about 18% of the folks that visit my Tumblr at bijansabet.com are using a mobile device (phone or tablet). Google Analytics only sees a small subset of the traffic because most people that check out this site follow me on Tumblr and view the content via the Dashboard. Regardless, I’m guessing […]
Continue reading "Mobile optimized sites"What are your favorite non-tech blogs?
I noticed that much of my daily reading is about technology and startups lately. I’m way off balance. So I’ve been reading books more at night before crashing. I just started Hunger Games (better late than never) And I’m trying to find more non-tech blogs to follow. I’ve been enjoying Jonathan Flemming’s photo blog. He’s an […]
Continue reading "What are your favorite non-tech blogs?"What’s in your Facebook News Feed?
A number of years ago, I trimmed back the number of friends I had on Facebook. You can say, I turned FB into Path before there was a Path :) This morning I went through my Facebook News Feed. The vast majority (well over 70%) of posts came from third party apps. And a signficant […]
Continue reading "What’s in your Facebook News Feed?"Core iOS apps being replaced, one at a time
The home screen on my iPhone has changed quite a bit over the years. The most obvious thing is Apple’s very own core apps have been replaced by 3rd parties. The default camera app has been replaced by Camera+, Hipstamatic and Instagram The default notes app has been replaced by Simplenote The default messenger app […]
Continue reading "Core iOS apps being replaced, one at a time"Is 20k installs per day the new norm?
Thanks to the combination of smartphone proliferation, the app store distribution model, FB Open Graph integration and Twitter, we are seeing mobile apps reach incredible metrics very fast – particularly in daily installs and sign ups. It’s has me thinking about a number of things: FB Open Graph integration is clearly paying off for developers. […]
Continue reading "Is 20k installs per day the new norm?"Thanks John.
The best part of this job without a doubt is the opportunity to work with extraordinary people. One of those people is John Maloney. I met John more than four years ago shortly after our first round in Tumblr. David (then 20 years old) was thinking about hiring a business partner and John was a […]
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There are people you meet in business or online (or both) over the years that go into a relationship. And that relationship builds over shared experiences in both tough times and in good times. You may follow them on Twitter and Tumblr, see pictures of their friends and loved ones, read their posts and you […]
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