The most popular business model has been to offer a free service and then shut down
Maciej Ceglowski, the guy behind my bookmarking service of choice, talking about the business of running such a service. [via]
Bookmarks for November 28th through November 29th
- Watch a VC use my name to sell a con. | jwz
- We are star stuff. | MetaFilter
- Felix Salmon: Why Apple’s Customers Cripple Its User Experience | Epicenter | Wired.com
- Apache considered harmful
- geistiges eigentum als kampfbegriff – wirres.net, fachblog für irrelevanz
- In der Tat. Kluge Gedanken. RT @diplix: warum der begriff „geistiges eigentum“ ein kampfbegriff ist: http://t.co/q9uX6g2i
Bookmarks for November 16th
- Cycle Gap: John Gruber Has Some Career Advice For Developers
- Untitled (http://media.campdavid.de/media/catalog/category/1_2348_bild42332.jpg)
- @klicktrend @poolie ?
- Life Below 600px | Paddy Donnelly
- @poolie ja gut, der ist ja auch above the fold.
- Camp David – Wikipedia
- @klicktrend @poolie @RockYour und ich dachte daran: und war verwirrt.
- More coffee! More coffee! More coffee! | pixi.li
- More coffee! More coffee! More coffee! ☕☕☕☕
- 5by5 | Back to Work #41: Carpal Tunnel Diem
- @mrc
- Don’t Call Yourself A Programmer, And Other Career Advice | Kalzumeus Software
Bookmarks for July 3rd through July 6th
- Stross’s Rule 34: pervy technothriller about the future of policing – Boing Boing
- "Spammers are being killed worldwide and this police officer is trying to stop it? That's too much of a stretch for me."
- Oh Land – Wolf & I | Listen to Free Music Online | dominik – Blip.fm
- This would be a great song for a James Bond movie. And I mean this in the best way possible. ♫
- (404) https://plus.google.com/112582225715252882265/posts/C4XNXHF36va
- Conversion! /cc #allekollegen
- Untitled (http://i.imgur.com/vNSBn.png)
- Seriously?
- Asian fast food artistry | MetaFilter
- This is relevant to my interests:
- Original Blogger Identity Design | Flickr – Photo Sharing!
- RT @fraying: Original Blogger design from 10 years ago.
- Solipsism
- Lucky teddy bear is lucky:
- Untitled (http://i.imgur.com/aayGL.png)
- @antischokke nope.
- Untitled (http://i.imgur.com/vZmi6.png)
- Yes, of course. Sounds like me.
- I’m such a hacker. – Tumble upon johl
- I'm such a hacker.
- I’m such a hacker. – Tumble upon johl
- I'm such a hacker.
- Gallery: First Boeing 787 Dreamliner arrives in Japan | CNNGo.com
- Conference organiser’s handbook
- Mongolian Diptychs Tell of Profound Change: A Yin and Sim Chi Yin Talk About His Work – NYTimes.com
- No One Admits To Singing, Writing, Producing Nation’s No. 1 Song | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
- RT @TheOnion: No One Admits to Singing, Writing, Producing Nation's No. 1 Song #OnionMusic
- Robyn – Don’t Fucking Tell Me What To Do | Listen to Free Music Online | dominik – Blip.fm
- Look at this while listening: ♫
- Untitled (http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnl7dbqMyl1qh4cslo1_500.gif)
- Look at this while listening: ♫
- Sometimes I get a bit emotional when playing Words with Friends. | pixi.li
- Sometimes I get a bit emotional when playing Words with Friends.
- Aachen | pixi.li
- Aachen
- Coffee | pixi.li
- Coffee
Consumerization of IT
Vision Statement
Most companies don’t actually have a ‘vision’ though. Their vision that is actually driving them is ‘I think I/we should be rich’ and that’s it. You can start a software company to make life easier for people, or you can decide that ‘make life easier for people’ sounds like a good way to get rich. Your ‘Vision statement’ (which at this point is a barely-thought-out prefunctory ‘they showed us this is how you do it in Business 101′ chore in most businesses) and what the vision of the people leading the company actually is are two different things. Often, two very different things.
Damn!
The Importance of Giving a Damn – yes, yes and yes. If you look around at the success stories, most of them have that little bit that sets them apart from their competitors: they give a damn.1
- Well, or they are really smart and evil. [↩]
Why Fun Is a Serious Issue
Yes, yes, yes and again: yes. "Seriousness without fun is the sign of an exaggerated ego. There's no room there for a soul."
Leroy Stick – the man behind @BPGlobalPR
Leroy Stick – the man behind @BPGlobalPR
Why he does it.
Why I Steal Movies… Even Ones I’m In
Why I Steal Movies… Even Ones I’m In
"Like a billion other people, I download things illegally. I'm also an actor, writer and director whose income depends on revenue from DVDs, movies and books. This leads to many conflicts in my head, in my heart, and in bars."
Why Betterness Is Good Business
Why Betterness Is Good Business
"Striving to do more good is associated with greater profitability, equity and asset returns, and shareholder value creation."
Fred Wilson’s 10 Golden Principles of Successful Web Apps
Fred Wilson’s 10 Golden Principles of Successful Web Apps
Actually these are very obvious – so why do we (as in: we, the developers/designers) often not follow them?
Steve Blank On How Startups Evolve Into Large Companies
Steve Blank On How Startups Evolve Into Large Companies
Interesting. And kind of obvious.
The Twitter Ad Model Revealed (What Were You Expecting, a Pony?)
The Twitter Ad Model Revealed (What Were You Expecting, a Pony?)
Not too bad and as expected.
Foursquare’s Dennis Crowley Talks Revenue, API, Brands, and “Beyond the Badge”
Foursquare’s Dennis Crowley Talks Revenue, API, Brands, and “Beyond the Badge”
"annoying Foursquare superusers present their phones to a baffled local merchant showing them that they are the 'mayor.' If this happens enough times, the business wants to get involved with Foursquare."