Archive for August, 2006
Rules for Entrepreneurs
David Sifry (from Technorati) posted a presentation from 1991 called Rules for Entrepreneurs. It’s a PDF, and doesn’t have any notes, but the rules are great. Reposted here for discussion:
15. Never Fear Mistakes14. There are no dumb questions13. Serendipity is your friend12. Know yourself11. Know your customer - listen10. Know your competition9. Vision is easy. [...]
Spark Interview Transcript
A while back I was interviewed by John Winsor for his book Spark. He’s just posted the transcript on this blog, and it’s a fun read. Part 1 and part 2.
I thought I’d repost part of it here. I’ve never really talked about my "Community as a Dating Relationship" concept on the blog before, but [...]
Refresh Dallas needs speakers
Just today I volunteered to take on the even coordinator role of a fun group here in town, Refresh Dallas. What is Refresh, you ask?
Refresh is a community of designers and developers working to refresh the creative, technical and professional aspects of new media endeavors in the Dallas area.
Do you feel like the web needs [...]
iTunes annoyance
Even though I don’t (yet) have a video iPod, I went TV show shopping on iTunes today. I’ve been noticing that iTunes has had a number pilot episodes for new shows downloadable for free, and thought I’d take advantage of them. This lead me to check out a few other paid shows too.
But after [...]
TechCrunch: The 24 Minute Documentary
TechCrunch has posted a fun 24 Minute Documentary interviewing a number of CEOs from Web 2.0 startups about the Web 2.0 concept. Well worth 24 of your minutes. Great content, and terrific editing.
The topics discussed included:
What is Web 2.0?
Are we in a bubble?
What are the business models that will work on the web [...]
Great service! (x2)
In a world where delivering on customer expectations is surprising, and over delivering is unheard of, I am pleased to report two such over deliveries in a period of 48 hours. Think OutsideI have a rockin cool Bluetooth keyboard for my Smartphone. It allows me to type nearly as fast as I do on my [...]
Apple is dead wrong
I really hope this story is an example of internet gossip gone off the deep end.
Apple Computer has decided to do away with its discussion support team, a group of forum hosts that have monitored and moderated its user discussion boards, a new report has confirmed.
According to an article at The Mac Observer, the [...]
LEGO Co-Creation Presentation
While doing some random googling, I came across this video of a presentation from an ex-colleague at LEGO, Mark William Hansen. Mark’s been a powerhouse behind pushing co-creation concepts within the company for years. He does a great job in this presentation of summarizing the concepts of working together with your community/fans/consumers. His input can [...]
Where’s the rest of the marketing?
How many times do you stop and ask yourself, "Why isn’t there more marketing around this _______"? That’s right, almost never.
So you can imagine my surprised when I asked myself that very question this morning. My wife and I went to see Miami Vice last night (not bad, very fun, cool cinematography) and they [...]
Quoted in Star-Telegram
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram has always been a solid paper when it comes to writing about technology. So it’s with great pleasure when I’m quoted. Here’s the latest:
Jake McKee, a Web developer in Garland who works with online communities, said AOL was once the premier way for early adopters to get online. It has since [...]
