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What next for Local Services?

Over the past year, I have become increasingly interested in the local services flash sale (often referred to as group buying) space. What was effectively the “internet-izing” of the long established coupon industry has rapidly become the hottest area of the internet now, driven by its tangible revenue streams and extraordinary margins. I started building Gilt’s play in the...

Jul 28th

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Jul 28th

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The pitfalls of user reviews

I love people that invest time doing stuff like this. Amazing. “If Orson Welles had made a movie about talking ponies, this is the movie he would have made”

Jul 28th

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Jul 26th

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Jul 26th

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Jul 23rd

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So apparently Phish have been dropping sick covers...

Jul 16th

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Jul 15th

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Jul 14th

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Apple and the next category killer

Despite a range of technical challenges, sales of the iPhone 4 are already through the roof (1.7MM and counting) and Apple appears to have triumphed again. I bought the phone last week, and aside from the frighteningly real issue around left-handed usage, I am very impressed with the new features and functionality. That said, I am much more interested in what comes next. I believe that right...

Jul 14th

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Jul 14th

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Jul 13th

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Jul 13th

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Great cover this morning from Frightened Rabbit,...

Jul 9th

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Social networks and privacy

I have been thinking a lot about my declining usage of Facebook recently, and what might be driving it. The answer lies in two core issues that just did not cross my mind when I signed up 4 years ago. Social networks are about sharing, and about connections. As I think about the concept of friends, its a group that can be broken into two parts - close and distant. Close friends are the people...

Jul 8th

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Jul 7th

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Jul 3rd

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Jun 29th

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Jun 23rd

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Jun 23rd

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Jun 22nd

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Hack Days

Hack days are one of the great innovations in the tech community of the last few years. Wikipedia credits their development to my friend Chad, now with Etsy, and they exist in every corner of the world today. Hack days bring together engineers from a range of backgrounds and encourage them to team up and create something interesting, functional, and entirely operational, within one day. No...

Jun 22nd

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Back to the early 90s for cover Friday today. The...

Jun 18th

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Jun 17th

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Bonnaroo was everything I was hoping for and...

Jun 17th

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Jun 15th

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If I was going to cover any song, this would be...

Jun 11th

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Jun 11th

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Headed to Tennessee this weekend for Bonnaroo,...

Jun 10th

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Keys to the City

New York is a fascinating city, full of hidden surprises and secrets. A lifetime would not be long enough to discover everything that it has to offer. Paul Ramirez Jones has just launched an amazing new project to showcase some of the best hidden secrets to New Yorkers and visitors alike. Visitors to the Key to the City booth in Times Square can betroth a key to anyone they would like -...

Jun 10th

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Jun 7th

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Jun 7th

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One of my all-time favorite covers this week. I...

Jun 4th

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Watch

I am not the world’s biggest Coldplay fan, but they are great live, and they have a tendency towards great collaborations. Working with the peerless Shynola collective on their video for Strawberry Swing earlier this year was once such example. Beautiful piece of viewing for a Friday morning.

Jun 4th

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