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‘President of the Americas’, for what was it, on...

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:57:34 -0500

‘President of the Americas’, for what was it, on LinkedIn?” Oh yes…that bankrupt company I helped bankrupt!

Via someecards

Have you ever heard such crap?

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:31:07 -0500

Discovered on a LinkedIn job description. And I know better because once upon a time I worked with him:

I am in God mode here. I am the best at everything. I have done everything and nobody is better. Well that’s the crap that other people put in their CV’s.
Me … I am honest, what I say I can do, I can do, what I say I have done, I have done.

quotumbler: Into That Head Know the feeling ;-)

Sun, 11 Nov 2012 05:38:27 -0500

quotumbler:

Into That Head

Know the feeling ;-)

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:50:29 -0400

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

Hitchcock The Movie…

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 08:42:50 -0400

Hitchcock The Movie…

The only thing worse than being laid off from my job was my...

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 11:29:48 -0400

The only thing worse than being laid off from my job was my job.

Via someecards

fred-wilson: Three White Horses - Andrew Bird Very...

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 06:52:28 -0400

fred-wilson:

Three White Horses - Andrew Bird

Very smooth…

Is Klout all it’s hyped up to be? Apparently someone...

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 05:36:29 -0400

Is Klout all it’s hyped up to be? Apparently someone thinks not!

Now that’s an identity lockdown!

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:04:05 -0400

Now that’s an identity lockdown!

So there is a future for e-commerce!

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:50:49 -0400

So there is a future for e-commerce!

Start me up, again and again and again!

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 04:37:37 -0400

I have a disruptive suggestion for all those startups with proofs of concept, genius ideas and no money, and who are tempted to put their faces in front of investors, the media and others, just to get noticed.

Forget it! Learn to code (if you can’t already) and get on with acquiring customers. That was my mistake last time around. I wasn’t proficient enough to code and I was obsessed with getting funders to be interested, taking anything that came my way. Smart money? Nope!

There is no substitute for a pitch that says, “I have customers, and these are the acquisition metrics”. Case closed.

I realized this time that I don’t have the time to attend these events, the money to buy the tickets and travel, nor the inclination to ‘shoot the shit’ with investors who want to rape my brain, insult me and ultimately say ‘No’.

And the funny part…if you keep your head down and get on with it, they’ll find you anyway.

Twelve Moons by Jan Garbarek Gorgeous piece of music. shared...

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 06:01:32 -0400

Twelve Moons by Jan Garbarek

Gorgeous piece of music.

shared from exfm

Reminds me of past board meetings.

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 08:32:29 -0400

Reminds me of past board meetings.

Danmark's Radio P1 interview on startup failure

Tue, 18 Sep 2012 06:47:54 -0400

Denmark labels software startups that fail as a pariah when they don’t get to revenue before folding. Regardless of the fact that they create employment and raise capital thy are about as far from Google’s ‘Failure is a feature’ philosophy as possible.

Will the pendulum swing to bring the social support system within reach of entrepreneurs who are taking a gamble on their future to meet the Danish government’s wish to have startups and small businesses as the engine of recovery.

http://www.dr.dk/radio/player/?id/67953

‘That looks like a great place to work’.

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 07:43:55 -0400

‘That looks like a great place to work’.

Why is it so F***king Difficult to Simplify?

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:32:29 -0400

We just bought a new washing machine. It has all the bells and whistles we need for better washing results. At least for the moment.

What was so inadequate about its predecessor that we need a control panel with more chip power than Apollo 13? (Actually it finally died last week after 12 years). We only ever used one program anyway.

The new one has settings I’ll never use either. It has a 6th Sense (at least it flashes that it does), as well as green and red flashing lights and an almost imperceptible whine when it spins. The family all stood around to watch the commemorative launch. Well, most of us did until it became obvious the interface was not quite as intuitive as it appeared. Apparently, 6th Sense tells me how much washing liquid we need to use, depending on the weight and distribution of contents. It took twenty minutes to figure out the most basic of settings and that same setting has been used for every wash that has followed this past week. I’ll only ever use one setting from now on.

When I’m not figuring out the simplest and easiest way to get things done around the house, in the car, or just going about my daily life, I am building web applications. I build web applications for users who share the common denominators of short attention span, various educational backgrounds, fat thumbs and no will to pay for anything. They need simple, simple, simple.

I have vowed never to complicate the interface. I’ll offer no more choices than are necessary to get the job done. Why use two buttons when one will do just as well? What app needs ‘user settings’ input with fat thumbs when the data can be pulled from numerous other repositories during authentication? Complicated (read sophisticated) ‘enhancements’ don’t enrich the value of the data I collect, nor do they leave the user any happier than before they fired up the app on their smartphone. They want to get in and get on to the next one before the traffic light turns green.

Why is it so F***king difficult to simplify?

What is it about the word 'NO' you don't understand?

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:46:19 -0400

NO: I will not open my LinkedIn connections for you to ‘rape’ my contacts.

NO: I will not ‘Friend’ you on Facebook so you can read my mind.

NO: I will not unblock you on ‘Twitter’.

YES: I do know when you are crawling all over our new website and LinkedIn profiles.

newyorker: Cartoon of the day by Roz Chast. For more from this...

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 09:08:15 -0400

newyorker:

Cartoon of the day by Roz Chast. For more from this week’s issue: http://nyr.kr/NRUPiy

The startup story: Crash and Burn.

newyorker: Cartoon of the day by Ariel Molvig. For more from...

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 04:58:57 -0400

newyorker:

Cartoon of the day by Ariel Molvig. For more from this week’s issue: http://nyr.kr/TenPT0

Someone has a sense of humor.

Evolving the business model...

Thu, 06 Sep 2012 04:25:37 -0400

It takes time to evolve a model that will stand the test of time and ‘be’ a business.

We’ve found the user community. We’ve found the customers. We know where the revenue will arise. So let’s get back to the code.

As so many have said before, ‘It’s not about being first to market, it’s about being best to market’.

klusterr will be just that. Now back to that PDF Writer for Ruby……