February 2012
2 posts
“10 OSX apps I can’t live without:
1. Evernote - http://www.evernote.com...”
– Kevin Rose
“I don’t want to be too negative. This is a real company, with a huge...”
– Top Investment Gurus Sound Off On The Facebook IPO (and it’s not looking good)
January 2012
15 posts
Amazon Feels The Profit Squeeze →
parislemon: Just to follow up, Amazon has released their numbers. As expected, net income doesn’t look great — $177 million, down 58 percent year over year. But at least it’s not a loss (which Amazon had warned it might be).
That $177 million is on sales of $17.4 billion. Crazy. That’s what low margins — and selling hardware at a loss — will do to you.
Speaking of 177, that’s also the percentage...
“New Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson appears to be zeroing in on costs and managing for...”
– As Weak Q4 Earnings Loom, YHOO Freezes Hiring and Considers Layoffs
Thumbs up for a solid strategy in an industry rooted in innovation…
“Upon graduation with highest honors, I took a year to backpack around the world...”
– Cover Letters from Unemployed Overachievers « Stuff Expat Aid Workers Like
Microsoft's Share Of The Search Market Is Finally... →
parislemon:
Big day for Microsoft. Spend another $10 billion or so and they may pass Lycos.
December 2011
10 posts
“1. Start Local. Be Local.
2. Stop Building For The 1%.
3. Grassroot....”
– We are the 99 percent of startups
Microsoft As The Firefox Savior? →
parislemon:
This just makes me feel sad for Firefox. I remember when I started using it instead of IE; it was so refreshingly fast. It felt like it opened up a whole range of new possibilities for the web after years of Microsoft stagnation.
Then Firefox too became bloated. And it slowed down. I started using Mozilla’s Camino (their Mac-focused browser) as a result. Then Chrome arrived, in a...
November 2011
15 posts
The Death Of The Spec
I used to get excited for Sunday inserts in the local paper so I could see what new machines were available at Best Buy, Circuit City, or CompUSA. The only thing I cared about were the specs. Which Intel chip did it have? What was the clock speed? How much RAM? How big was the hard drive? How fast was the CD burner? How much cache? Those things mattered…
My MacBook Air doesn’t have the...
“Maybe the best programmers aren’t those who spectacularly solve crazy problems,...”
– The Number One Trait of a Great Developer | Engine Yard Blog
October 2011
13 posts
Portugal. The Man - Sleep Forever
Mornin’ Brooklyn - Wait What (Jay-Z, Lil...