Writing on TechCrunch, Duncan points out how small and connected and vicarious the world has become–even those with no ontention of getting an iPhone soon got to experience the energy, vicarious thrills and humor of the release and the huge interest it generated. D writes: “The difference on iPhone Day was that instead of turning… Continue Reading

“At times, sure, I’m bored. Who isn’t? But you talk about it with your spouse and you can switch things up. People are so used to everything being disposable. They throw out diapers, lighters, coffee cups, so they can throw out a marriage.” –Connecticut therapist (and husband) Sean Meehan, quoted in a NYTimes article on… Continue Reading

“Leaving your apartment for a day in ny feels oddly like preparing for a day on the playa (especially in summer). You prepare for weather elements like heat and rain, make sure you’re well equipped with money, umbrella, blackberry and charger. You find refuge (bathrooms, ac, water) in the various offices you visit and truly… Continue Reading

I was meeting a friend in downtown Palo Alto last night and saw intense commotion at the Apple store, folks waiting for iPhones and tons of press activity. If I’d known it was Robert and Patrick doing their own brand of geeky street theatre, I’d have gone over and said hi. (Photo by Norbert von… Continue Reading

Fred Wilson writes: Facebook apps sell for the number of users who have installed the app. The price was $0.10 per user last week. Now its $0.25 per user. The CPMs that Facebook apps are getting are what you’d expect. Less than $1. The churn rate is high. Some apps are down as much as… Continue Reading

“There are a total of 1,131 apps. Of the last 500 to be approved, only 5 have over 100,000 members, and none have over 200,000. And it’s not as if there are a lot of apps close to 100,000 – in fact there are only 5 apps within the last 500 to have between 10,000… Continue Reading

“I bet that many of the members of the Facebook generation are secretly wishing for the old Facebook where it was more about them and their friends and less about being a social operating system.” –VC Fred Wilson, describing the explosion in Facebook usage among the digerati tribes, particularly the over 25 crowds

This is 17 year old Nicole Snyder, tractor pull queen, from a NYTimes story on tractor pull competitions that reported that Nicole is one of just 8 women among the 1,100 drivers who compete in the United States and Canada at events organized by the National Tractor Pullers Association,. (That’s cool, but what I really… Continue Reading

As I’ve said in the post about this that just went up on the Yodel Anecdotal blog, I have done my share of online dating–and wanting to improve that experience was definitely one factor in my joining the Y! Personals team. So it’s both as a product lead and as a dater that I’m all… Continue Reading

So, I’ve been mulling over an interesting question about Facebook: If the people you accept or invite into your network are your *friends*, what level of confidentiality or privacy does that imply? In other words, if you mention something in your Facebook feed that a friend sees, is that fair game for someone in your… Continue Reading