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“ Despite the downturn, there’s a tangible optimism in the start-up community. One of the most powerful technology trends of 2008 was the shift from sites as destinations to open, sharing platforms. Rivals including Google, Yahoo and MySpace all partner on the OpenSocial initiative, a shared set of standards for developing social networking applications across their sites. The benefits are more applications, as it is less work for developers to build for multiple sites, and crucially a more uniform experience for users.

— What’s yours and mine is ours, The Guardian. (via kripy)

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BusinessWeek’s Steve Hamm declares the death of Silicon Valley, which he says has become a land of get-rich-quick dreamers with the attention span of gnats. One of Steve’s first stops: A member of a dying breed known as Andy Grove. What really infuriates him is the concept of the “exit strategy.” That’s when leaders of startup companies make plans to sell out to the highest bidder rather than trying to build important companies over a long period. “Intel never had an exit strategy,” he tells me. “These days, people cobble something together. No capital. No technology. They measure eyeballs and sell advertising. Then they get rid of it. You can’t build an empire out of this kind of concoction. You don’t even try.”

“These Web 2.0 companies are surfing on the old wave. They’re not creating the next one,” says analyst Navi Radjou of Forrester Research (FORR), which studies the tech market.

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Andy Grove On Web 2.0 And The Valley: Slackers

HAHAHAHA, it’s funny because it’s true

(via catbird)

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I think the problem is that traditional platforms are too much for most people. They are confusing and odd in many ways. And they put this heavy expectation on the writer to come up with a long form post.

The magic of Tumblr is that it gives you a hall pass to share short form posts or whatever you care about. And it does so with grace.

— bijan commenting on Paul Buchheit’s though after an 8month break from blogging.

“ Global networks of trusted relationships working within ecosystems/platforms […] will make up our socio-economic and political worlds. It is already underway. The concept of “Transformation” takes these changes much further. It implies radical transformation of our systems—education, health-care, economic growth, transportation, defense, political representation. It puts the focus on people, designing networks and systems off their wants and needs. It relies on humanizing technology, not imposing technology on humans. It approaches uncertainties with a methodology that creates options for new situations and sorts through them for the best quickly.

— “Innovation” is Dead. Herald The Birth of “Transformation” as The Key Concept for 2009. BusinessWeek (via somethingchanged)

» StoryCorps

A nationwide initiative to instruct and inspire citizens to record each other’s stories in high-quality audio.

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“ Creating content is expensive. The cost of the tools may have dropped considerably, but the value of your time increases every minute you live past the age of 25, or move out of your parents’ house, whichever comes later. At some stage in your life, you reach a point where Mac and Cheese and free food at happy hour and buying used clothes are disappointments rather than choices. At some stage in your life, asking your friends to work for free is no longer “hanging out”, its imposing or freeloading. It’s at that point you are going to realize that you are working really hard and scared shitless about whether you will be able to make a living doing what you love. Then it will hit you that you are subsidizing the cost of video advertising inventory for Google or MySpace or whoever, while not being able to make ends meet.

— Mark Cuban

babybitch:

“the global is local / the local is global.”

“ Be transparent. Share your work constantly. Solicit feedback. Appreciate critiques. Let other people point out your mistakes. You are not your code. Do not be afraid of day-to-day failures — learn from them…

— iBanjo » Programmer Insecurity (via atmos + drawohara)
not just programming :) (via nikography)

“ Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. … Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.

— Barack Obama (via livejamie)

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