iPod Has Only 8% of Market in Taiwan
Not nearly as ubiquitous as we may think living here in the States. »
Americans Seen Living Large in 'Micro Homes'
An ABC report on Americans across the country seeking to live in smaller homes. However, even a 700 sqft home would be considered extra roomy by New York City standards here. Watch the video. »
My overdue contribution to the Road Trip project. »
somewhere in Mt. Airy, NJ »
While on a training ride, my legs decided they could do no more. So I pulled over and read the Sunday times instead. »
silos in the farmland of new jersey. »
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"Free To Choose" TV Series by Milton Friedman
“The legendary economist Milton Friedman’s television show ‘Free to Choose’ is now available on Google Video for free.” »
Kevin Smith on his worst sexual experience
Quite the comedic speaker that Kevin Smith. All is okay for Kevin though because it was an experience he shared with his future wife. »
Business Development Through Action, Not Words
This little anecdote provided by Caterina of Flickr/Yahoo helps to illustrate that sometimes when you’re selling yourself, you need to go beyond the conventional means.
Several companies — probably more than a dozen — have approached us to provide printing services for Flickr users, and while we were unable to respond to most of them, given the number of similar requests and other things eating up our time, one company, QOOP, just went ahead and applied for a Commercial API key, which was approved almost immediately, and built a fully-fleshed out service. Then after the fact, business development on our side got in touch, worked out a deal — and the site was built and taking orders while their competitors were still waiting for us to return their emails. QOOP even patrols the discussions on the Flickr boards about their product, and responds and makes adjustments based on what they read there. Now that’s customer service, and BizDev 2.0.
And sometime when you want to do something, just do it and work out the fine details afterwards. This has been a somewhat proven model as illustrated by Napster’s free-for-all file sharing, ringtone businesses not clearing music rights at first, or YouTube’s dominance in video delivery with its sketchy copyright violations, etc. »
NPR : Does Age Quash Our Spirit of Adventure?
The story ponders why (backed by research) from ages 14-21, we are open to exploring our musical horizon, but by 29 and after, we all just about had it with listening to any unfamiliar stuff. Does growing old equate to stagnating? »
Getting traffic
Guy from lovelyblogs.com talks about how he got traffic. »