April 2011
11 posts
“The importance of eating together with your co-workers is not negotiable, to me....”
– Lunch - Joel on Software
At every company I’ve worked at in NYC the default method of lunch is to take it back to your desk and eat while reading some blog (or reading said blogs on iPhones while out at some restaurant.) It’s isolating and awful. Since then I’ve made it a...
“While a huge believer in the risk-taking and agility of Silicon Valley venture...”
– Joi Ito, on joining the excellent MIT Media Lab.
Great to see Joi bring this up. This has long frustrated me as well - to think about the things and services we’d have if a number of acquired companies (whose products have become stale with time) remained focused, opens up the world of...
YC: The new grad school | The Blog Of Matt Brezina →
The practicum is launching your first product. The Tuesday dinners are the weekly lectures. The coursework is Hacker News. Your fraternity brothers are the YC alums And unlike contributions to your university’s general fund – when you invest in Y Combinator you get a return.
WatchAnother morning in 8tracks land.
8tracks Brings Its Mix Tapes (And Curated Music... →
This is the first project that I’ve worked on that is in regular use on my iPhone homescreen.
This little app has the longest development time of any project I’ve worked on (almost 2 years.) It’s been an amazing learning experience to work with DP, Rich, Remi, Kate and the rest of team 8tracks to figure out how launch (what we consider) the best free mobile streaming music...
Here’s a Question: Why Does Quora Exist? |... →
Why is anyone even paying attention to Quora, at all?
Plus, just like Hashable, Quora capitalizes on the narcissism and incestuousness of tech start-up culture, generating outsize enthusiasm from a group of people who love nothing more than to hear their opinions and mutual adulations echo around whatever virtual forum happens to be popular at the moment …
Why is this happening?
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