“I find the colloquialism “You must join the conversation” a tired phrase legacy of 2006. It’s overused, oversold, thrown around and just not accurate.” –Blogger Jeremiah Oywwang, Web Strategist, writing about how rankings, ratings, and even reading can be among the greatest behaviors within a community.
“Ideally, you want to look the person who is growing the food in the eye, and then you really know where the food came from and how did the chicken that laid the eggs live, But not everybody wants to meet the chickens. So we need some surrogates to meet the chickens for us, particularly… Continue Reading
“The Tech Industry is what happens when really smart people get paid to have so much fun that they lose touch with reality.” — Sarah Dopp, blogger, tweeting away.
“I can’t think of a company that I am more impressed with than Google, but they are coming to grips with the fact that “startup energy” can’t be faked. There’s nothing quite like going from five people to fifty or a hundred.” _VC Fred Wilson, issuing an open recruitment call to Google employees who want… Continue Reading
“How do you know if you’re in over your head in a healthy way as compared to an unhealthy one? One entrepreneur gave me a good rule of thumb for this just yesterday. He suggested that entrepreneurs follow an 80/20 rule – they should always feel in command of 80% of the business, but feel… Continue Reading
“The excellent thing, and good news, for publishers is that there is life after print — in fact, a better life after print.” — Pat McGovern, founder and chairman of IDG, a large trade publisher that’s moving print magazines online, and now has 52 percent of its revenue is from online ads, 48 percent still… Continue Reading
“I know you don’t believe me, just like you don’t believe Mom when she tells you that you are beautiful. But I’ll say it anyway: One day you will lead a very fancy life. Yes! A girl like you whose parents work multiple jobs and barely make ends meet can grow up to live in… 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
“In fact, if I were Microsoft, I’d be using a good part of that $40-odd billion to hire a SWAT team to help Windows Vista. I’m not talking about hiring more developers; I’m talking about finding folks who could creatively find a way to market downgrades to XP as a selling point. Microsoft should be… Continue Reading
” I think anyone currently developing sites using XHTML-MP markup, no Javascript, geared towards cellular connections and two inch screens are simply wasting their time, and I’m tired of wasting my time.” –Russell Beattie, announcing the end of his start-up, Mowser, and his general disgust with where mobile’s gone–or not gone–in the US. Susan sez:… Continue Reading
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