samg | 15 years ago | on: Foursquare, Facebook, Founders, and Passion
On the other hand, how passionate was pg about viaweb?
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samg | 15 years ago | on: Beware of the CEO conference addict
The uncensored version: http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/10/13/be-careful-not...
samg | 15 years ago | on: To truly become rich, you need to stop acting like it
And of course baby showers and the like as well.
samg | 15 years ago | on: To truly become rich, you need to stop acting like it
Hennessy actually got rich founding MIPS Computer Systems Inc, years before Google.
samg | 15 years ago | on: Why We're Teaching 'The Wire' at Harvard
Omar is Michael K Williams, not Michael K Richards.
samg | 15 years ago | on: Fidel Castros Blog
Fascinating article and followup on some of Castro's changing views
"Fidel to Ahmadinejad: 'Stop Slandering the Jews'" http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/09/fid...
"Fidel: 'Cuban Model Doesn't Even Work For Us Anymore'" http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2010/09/fid...
samg | 15 years ago | on: Chartbeat gets $3m from Index, Calacanis, Conway, Clavier, Sacca
Chartbeat is very cool, but I wonderful how useful it actually is.
Is the idea to modify content on the fly as it gains traction? I just don't really see how this service adds value (read: increases my revenue, pageviews, xxx), besides some nice live updating charts to look at.
samg | 15 years ago | on: Bill Gates's Playboy Interview (1994)
Interesting that in 1994 6.1 billion made you the second richest man in the country. And that Microsoft's $25 billion market cap is compared with Kodak.
samg | 16 years ago | on: Facebook's Q&A product hits beta
I wonder how this will affect Quora...
samg | 16 years ago | on: "Sufficiently advanced spam is indistinguishable from content"
Just ask Calacanis!
samg | 16 years ago | on: The HTML5 test – How well does your browser support HTML5?
It'd be more useful to have this list for all browsers, rather than just the one you happen to be using.
samg | 16 years ago | on: Facebook.com overtakes Google.com as most visited USA domain.
They certainly do and deserve credit for not completely screwing them up. But besides keeping them running, has Google really done much to further either success? Blogger has remained pretty stagnate for the last few years. Would anyone here (looking for a hosted blogging platform, to keep things fair) choose Blogger for their blog today? Google has paid the bills for Youtube, granted (anyone know if Youtube is turning a profit yet?), but Youtube's success seems more attributable to its early-branding rather than any Google help.
samg | 16 years ago | on: Facebook.com overtakes Google.com as most visited USA domain.
Google purchased Youtube and Blogger after they had both hit big-time traction. I'd hardly credit either success to Google. And Buzz a home run? Really?
samg | 16 years ago | on: New York Times Ready to Charge Online Readers
But remember one of their largest costs is also disappearing. Newspapers almost certainly lost money per copy by selling it for 50¢, and made up for it by selling ads. The problem will be selling that same metaphor of "copies" or subscriptions, when each additional subscription costs them next to nothing.
samg | 16 years ago | on: Ask HN: What history of economics and technology book would you recommend?
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson.
http://www.amazon.com/Ascent-Money-Financial-History-World/d...
samg | 16 years ago | on: VentureHacks: How to Pick a Co-founder
Not to mention Apple had 3 co-founders, not 2.
samg | 16 years ago | on: Apple Pulls the Plug Completely on ZFS
Looks like it was a legal issue:
samg | 16 years ago | on: Google's first press release
"Software companies that want to change the world have to be free, at least initially."
Why? I can think of plenty of software companies that changed the world with a paid product (Oracle, Microsoft, etc.)
samg | 16 years ago | on: NetFlix Everywhere: Sorry Cable, You're History
One thing I'm struck by is how willing Hastings is to kill a a feature or product that isn't quite ready. They wait until the timing is right and then change the game. "No" (or, "not yet") is often the better answer.
samg | 16 years ago | on: The Next Generation Bends Over
I think the distinction isn't between family and friends- it's about the way different relationships work.
It would be okay to loan money to your parents or your children- there's a clear power relationship in both of these, of obligation both ways. It would be less okay to loan money to a sibling, where equal footing is a necessity for a healthy relationship.