Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Iguanas and Marketing
Seth Godin has an interesting post today on marine iguanas and marketing.
Basically he says that hot markets are very attractive, but that if you don't score right away you will not last long. Maybe that has something to do with why I dislike Facebook so much.
Basically he says that hot markets are very attractive, but that if you don't score right away you will not last long. Maybe that has something to do with why I dislike Facebook so much.
Monday, July 30, 2007
Bits and Pieces
The government wants to ban color and images in cigarette ads in places where kids might see them. Seems a bit draconian but I absolutely despise cigarettes and tobacco companies so I'm not going to complain.
Julia Allison can't sing.
How to work 4 hours a week. And still make a living.
Bergman is dead.
Magazines airbrush photos of celebrities. What a shock.
Julia Allison can't sing.
How to work 4 hours a week. And still make a living.
Bergman is dead.
Magazines airbrush photos of celebrities. What a shock.
Friday, July 27, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Mid-Town East
Apparently Midtown East contains the highest percentage of Diet coke drinking single girls who will blow a guy on the first date because it's just less awkward that way.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
More on Facebook's Insane Valuation
Facebook has been getting a lot of press lately and some insane valuations, considering that they have no real way to make money. I have an account, and a lot of my friends do as well, and while they are calling Facebook the "grown-up MySpace" I would have to award that accolade to Linked In - which I actually use professionally.
Twitter seems like a fun little app - probably not terribly useful - and MySpace is swarming with pre-teens and people who either want to be pre-teens or want to have sex with pre-teens. But Facebook... I don't know. Apparently some other people don't know either.
I don't see them pulling any profitable business model out of this. If they refuse to sell they will probably end up bankrupt in a few years when everyone moves on to the next big thing. Then again I am not a big gambler. I would have taken the $1 billion or $1.6 billion and called it a day. That's not a bad return on an idea you stole from some other college kids.
But Zuckerberg is young and probably as stupid as I was at his age. I lost a good amount of money in the first dot-com boom, as a young kid right out of school, with no experience and lots of extra dot-com cash burning a hole in my pocket.
I just don't see these valuations ever being justified. Sure it is the cleanest and simplest social networking site I've seen (I hate cluttered interfaces with animated backgrounds and blinking lights); sure it has the open SDK - which is pretty huge; but how are they going to wring money from that remains to be seen.
Twitter seems like a fun little app - probably not terribly useful - and MySpace is swarming with pre-teens and people who either want to be pre-teens or want to have sex with pre-teens. But Facebook... I don't know. Apparently some other people don't know either.
I don't see them pulling any profitable business model out of this. If they refuse to sell they will probably end up bankrupt in a few years when everyone moves on to the next big thing. Then again I am not a big gambler. I would have taken the $1 billion or $1.6 billion and called it a day. That's not a bad return on an idea you stole from some other college kids.
But Zuckerberg is young and probably as stupid as I was at his age. I lost a good amount of money in the first dot-com boom, as a young kid right out of school, with no experience and lots of extra dot-com cash burning a hole in my pocket.
I just don't see these valuations ever being justified. Sure it is the cleanest and simplest social networking site I've seen (I hate cluttered interfaces with animated backgrounds and blinking lights); sure it has the open SDK - which is pretty huge; but how are they going to wring money from that remains to be seen.
Fish Movies
Fish Movie Posters
Study on Obesity and Education
Site on How to Give Massages - I have some pretty painful muscle knots and a lot of tension from sitting at a desk all day
Simpsons Drug References
Tribute to the Lovely Eva Longoria (I had a sex dream about her last night)
Best 10 Borat Skits
Contest for the Coreys Show (my wife loves that stuff - she can watch VH1 and E! all day long)
Don't Hassle the Hoff
Article on Twitter - I think this is a much better idea than Facebook. I don't know what all the hype about Facebook is. I find it boring and annoying. Not nearly as boring or annoying as MySpace, but still...
Vista Still Sucks
Hottest Women of 2007
This seams like a good site, too bad there's nothing there.
So do this one, and this one. I'm looking for domains names that might be useful and pretty much all of them are already taken.
Study on Obesity and Education
Site on How to Give Massages - I have some pretty painful muscle knots and a lot of tension from sitting at a desk all day
Simpsons Drug References
Tribute to the Lovely Eva Longoria (I had a sex dream about her last night)
Best 10 Borat Skits
Contest for the Coreys Show (my wife loves that stuff - she can watch VH1 and E! all day long)
Don't Hassle the Hoff
Article on Twitter - I think this is a much better idea than Facebook. I don't know what all the hype about Facebook is. I find it boring and annoying. Not nearly as boring or annoying as MySpace, but still...
Vista Still Sucks
Hottest Women of 2007
This seams like a good site, too bad there's nothing there.
So do this one, and this one. I'm looking for domains names that might be useful and pretty much all of them are already taken.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Friday, July 20, 2007
All this talk about Facebook and I just don't get it. Sure, it's a better site than most social networks - nicer, cleaner interface. But what's all the hoopla about? I have some thoughts...
Thursday, July 19, 2007
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