last twit of the night
“got tons done today, feel much less overwhelmed, loving my new basecamp to do lists, almost through a couple of the big hoops.”
“got tons done today, feel much less overwhelmed, loving my new basecamp to do lists, almost through a couple of the big hoops.”
“Usually the way startups die is that they launch something, users ignore it, investors are lukewarm, and they get demoralized and give up. Sometimes there are other forces encouraging them to give up, like the pull of school, or the push of founder conflicts. It’s normal for users not to like what you first launch… Continue Reading
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace I like to think (and the sooner the better!) of a cybernetic meadow where mammals and computers live together in mutually programming harmony like pure water touching clear sky. I like to think (right now please!) of a cybernetic forest filled with pines and electronics… Continue Reading
So I drove down to Santa Cruz and spent the day talking with some of the Web 2.0 tech and product folks there, including Margaret Rosas, Sol Lipman and friend and Yahoo! co-conspirator David Beach. In some ways,Santa Cruz strikes me as being like Shangri-La–it’s beautiful, but isolated and somewhat remote, with the big hill… Continue Reading
Well-know Israeli blogger Miriam Schwab was among the myriad people who have had trouble getting authenticated to post comments on my blog (sorry), so I am posting this note for her re my interview with Ayelet Noth: “I’m sure Ayelet didn’t quite mean what it sounds like she said, but in any case I would… Continue Reading
Like any app, twitter has a learning curve, and after about six weeks of active use, I feel like I’m crossing the threshold of being comfortable. What have I learned about successful tweeting, aka, rules to twit by? Here goes: Personality rules; voice and tone trump URLS It’s the (cyber virtual) watercooler–ask and ye shall… Continue Reading
“Two months ago, I was doing what I had to do. Now I’m doing what I want to do. And looking back, it was a change I’d always wanted to make, but as long as I was drawing a steady paycheck, I didn’t see it as a change that I could afford to make-for me… Continue Reading
Mashable has a post tonight that Jajah has done a deal with Yahoo! to be the first client to use their Managed Services suite (based on a story by Alec Saunders, here). I’ve been a fan of this company since I first talked to them in late 2006, and it’s good to see they finally… Continue Reading
I learned recently that my old and dear friend Rochelle Ratner died at the end of March. I have a piece about her posted at BlogHer, but I want to share these two poems I wrote for her on this blog. I didn’t send her this one– Cancer Patient in New York“There is no cure,”… Continue Reading
Interestingly, I’m finding that twitter is in the lead as the most compelling guilty pleasure.
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