November 2010
50 posts
Pandora moves from page 6 to page 1 of my iPad. iOS 4.2 iPad update finally makes it a usable/great app!
Morgan Stanley Tech Analyst Mary Meeker Joins Kleiner Perkins As Partner http://tcrn.ch/fWMaNA by @leenarao RT @TechCrunch:
Thank God football season is over for Cal fans. Now we can focus on… uh…hey Cal plays FB next yr at AT&T Park!
Boy-is-he bummed. Neva-da chance by missing 2 easy field goals. Congrats to the Wolpack for an epic win. #brotzman
Milk innovation fills a store fridge: nonfat, 1%, 2%, D, lactose free, organic. Chart clears it up: http://bit.ly/e9AZy5
So the TSA scanners are really called Rapiscan? What, were Gropemaster and Feelupatron both taken?
RT @Lounibos: Welcome Betsy Zikakis, former VP of Marketing at RightScale, as SOASTA SVP of Marketing!
“We’re not dead yet!”: Blockbuster to advertise its way out of bankruptcy with $20M ad campaign http://lat.ms/ePWznH
Revenue reality is always clouded by the optimism of low probability deals
Its great 2 show big logos as customers, unless ur not that meaningful 2 them. Consider what theyll say bout u when asked
Wary of TSA scans? Here’s the ultimate package protection: radiation blocking underwear! http://bit.ly/cIJPty
Took a power outage at home last nite during kid sitting session for my Dad to get completely immersed with the iPad
Had a classical radio station on today during drop off at school. From the back seat: “Oh cool, Tom & Jerry music!”
Peter Rip was a friend and I was lucky to know him http://bit.ly/bSvLRn
When a presenter uses so many buzzwords that I have no idea what he’s saying, I think of Oswald Bates http://bit.ly/cdMBJt
Whenever I hear a presenter that uses so many buzzwords that I have no idea what they do, I think of Oswald Bates (Damon Wayans) for some reason. Classic. Click here if you cannot see video below.
Instead of free shipping, how bout free ‘pick it up at my house, exchange/return it for me or just give me a gift card’?
Does your reseller sell other things because they sold your product, or do they use your product to sell other things?
Does your customer consider you a vendor or a partner? Vendor: On the outside looking in. Partner: The inside looking in.
Nice apps: Mashery customer Comcast lets subscribers discover new content w/ Xfinity app for iPad http://bit.ly/ayiPuk
Finding out u got a design win can take months but discovering you’ve been designed out can happen in a split second
The New Enterprise Customer is a lot Like the Old Enterprise Customer (via @techcrunch) http://tcrn.ch/av7sC3 <- totally agree
RT @OrenMichels: Mashery is going to have record bookings this quarter. How do I know? We’re not even halfway thru 4q and we’ve already …
Is Silly Bandz the Kleenex of the silly bands market? They certainly think so http://bit.ly/aGvReg
Free ship could mean Oh Sh*t! (for those not offering it & whose sites crash because of it) http://bit.ly/cE3GVI #walmart
Here’s a bonus: You’re Fired. Google sacks engineer who leaked memo re: across the board pay raises http://bit.ly/aV3xZt
Dogs, sport stacking & a Rube Goldberg machine! Awesome vids from Treadmill video guys (OK Go) http://bit.ly/dmYg0u
2 awesome videos from the guys who brought you the...
These two videos make their original Treadmill Video (Here It Goes Again) look basic!
OK Go’s “White Knuckles” video - fun with dogs and sport stacking!
Click here if you do not see the video.
OK Go’s “This Too Shall Pass” video - State Farm version with the best Rube Goldberg Machine!
Click here if you do not see the video.
.@radboxme and @veebeam should know each other to wirelessly bring web videos to your HDTV http://on.mash.to/cZygwQ
Imagine your sales pitch, given by someone you know at the customer, delivered to someone you don’t know at the customer
Publishers take note: At 7% of the mkt today & growing, e-book readers consume 41% of books digitally http://bit.ly/916XZl
Weather was fair last nite as Stanford dominated Arizona. So were the fans w/ 15,000 empty seats. #EnjoyJimWhileUHaveHim
Hmm… chips, candy, lifesavers, crabs. Yes, crabs. From a vending machine. Get em sleepy, but alive http://bit.ly/atIXMP
Neustar acquires Quova http://bit.ly/93iWcv
About the only the better than getting an order from a new customer is renewing one from an existing one
I don’t know about you, but “Adios, Pelota!” hasn’t gotten old for me yet #sfgiants
Why did Panasonic invest $30M into Tesla? To own 40% of the Li-Ion mkt in 5 years http://bit.ly/dbrSR7
What's in Store for Social Business in 2011
Interesting presentation from Jeremiah Owyang, Industry Analyst from Altimeter Group on the Social Business Stack for 2011, presented to the NVCA in 11/10.
Industry Reference: Social Business Stack for 2011
View more presentations from Jeremiah Owyang.
The whole concept (it is still a concept) of being always on just means that we’ll be never off…
RT @Mashery: Congrats to the SF Giants! We’re talking Apps, APIs and #Baseball today! http://yfrog.com/ncnxyyj | http://yfrog.com/mvmz1 …
I wonder if a year or two from now you will want the word Cloud in your company name
Brian Wilson brings the beard to Jay Leno’s The Tonight Show on Thursday night! #sfgiants
HP’s Apotheker picks up Hurd project to reconfigure sales & mktg to go directly after IBM & Cisco http://bit.ly/9JZiZh
RT @CordCutters: Looking at Logitech’s GoogleTV box or Veebeam? Check out @NewTeeVee video of both: http://bit.ly/aIfVu4
Failing by succeeding: The Politico site is down tonight, of all nights… #fail
As ecosystems collide, you can now send Amazon gift cards to your friends n family on Facebook http://tcrn.ch/bPKFin
Dell buys Boomi to accelerate the movement of applications into the cloud http://bit.ly/9BIUcq
Mr. Smith goes to London & wins one for the Niners 24-16. Troy, not Alex, that is.
My 8yr old: Daddy, I got more than 100 pcs of candy tonight! My 4 yr old: Daddy, I got more than I can count pcs tonight!
Attn Shoppers: Only 11 months until retailers start putting out their holiday stuff again