Archive for April, 2008
TipJoy ingeniously simplifies and enables micro-payments
April 20th, 2008I have already written about my distaste for advertising.
Sometimes, however, these newspapers and blogs manage to make something of value. A particularly hard-hitting expose in a newspaper, or a particularly helpful guide in a blog, offers to people real value. Nobody can create this kind of content every day, or probably even every [...]
Make your own chimes
April 17th, 2008I just bought a Mac Mini. I love it. Apple spent a lot of time polishing OS X.
I configured OS X to create a chime, a 21-st century chime. In the Date & Time settings, I selected it to tell me the time every hour. At 6pm, a voice from the computer says, “It’s 6 [...]
How to check email two times a day
April 15th, 2008Tim Ferriss popularized the idea that you should limit the amount of time you spend checking email every day. He espouses a philosophy of life called the low-information diet. By following these guidelines, you get more done and, more importantly, feel less stressed.
One of his suggestions about email spread across the blogosphere very quickly because [...]
Untenable advertising
April 8th, 2008Ads annoy me. Ads annoy everyone.
More importantly, I cannot envision building a serious business which depends on these kinds of banner ads, or even text-link ads. But many websites do: TechCrunch, Project Wedding, Reddit, MightyQuiz, Justin.TV, Scribd, Loopt, and so on.
I use many websites online every week. Many provide a lot of [...]
Stanford’s Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Series (now on your iPhone!)
April 5th, 2008The Stanford Technology Ventures Program runs a well-developed incubator for tech businesses at Stanford University.
STVP offers some very cool resources free to the world. For example, I have been listening to their Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders audio podcast. The program brings in some of the greatest entrepreneurial forces in Silicon Valley today. Some [...]