October 2008
15 posts
ReadWriteWeb Launches Jobwire →
With the financial downturn prompting more than a little fear and navel gazing (some justified and some not), we’ve already seen Rafe and CNET begin chronicalling hirings and firings, while TechCrunch, not to be outdone, has started its very FuckedCompany-esque Layoff Tracker.
Today, ReadWrite launched their Jobwire site, which is pretty interesting (and was, by the way, instigated long...
Best And Worst Bang For The Buck Cities -- Austin... →
Just caught this thanks to Josh Baer — Austin is the #1 city in America in the “bang for your buck” category. In other news, our fair Texan city is also the top city for people “who read and contribute to blogs,” at 15%.
Rock on.
Corporate Speak vs. Employee Speak: You Be The... →
This is worth reading — a write-up of some of the fun we had pushing out the Twine screencast videos — and the new risk/reward dynamic, particularly when it comes to messaging and brand management.
Disclosure: Twine is a client.
Interest Networks are at a Tipping Point →
A great piece from Nova Spivack on “interest networks” — a new category of software that is seeing a ton of momentum right now, from Twine and Friendfeed to Strands, SocialMedian, Popego, Zimesh, and more (and including stealth companies Primal Fusion and Quitera too).
Quoting Nova:
“At a time when social media fatigue is setting in, the news cycle is growing shorter and...
The Singularity Summit Panel -- Semantic Web and... →
I’m really excited for our panel on Friday — the overall goal is to have a wide-ranging conversation about how companies in alpha and beta today are making progress towards singularity principles of the more distant future. Don’t mind the current description on the website — instead, we’re foregoing ye olde startup dating game format in favor of a more faceted...
Siri comes out of stealth (sort of) and "into the... →
At last I can at least say a little about this company, which my wife can attest has me very excited/bullish.
Congrats to Dag, Adam and Tom on the first step of a long journey to commercialize technology that will, in my admittedly biased opinion, prove as important as that first ARPANET message from UCLA to SRI.
The company obviously isn’t able to say much more at this time (and for good...
We Have Completed $4.5 Million in New Funding --... →
Big news from GigaOm today — and a notable follow-up to my piece last week on the top 5 technology blogs and their respective business + talent strategies:
“We are going to use this new investment prudently, to enhance our technology platform and content offerings, add to our current portfolio of publications and expand our Events and Briefings businesses. We are in investing for the...
Networking (or, applied altruism) →
My wife just posted a very thoughtful piece on her blog, “Becoming Doctor Jones,” which is written for graduate students pursuing their Ph.D., and explores the various challenges (and corresponding strategies) that rise up along the way. A sort of Lifehacker for academics;)
The post is about networking and “good deeds”, which to many marketers, journalists and...
Jay Leno totally gave Moximity a shout-out last... →
Check out the 10/2 episode at about 6:58 in – he makes fun LBS and links it into the search for Osama – pretty funny;)
Disclosure: Moximity is a client.
First Round of Panels at SXSWi '09 Announced →
The first 1/3 of panels have been announced, with the other 2/3 coming over the next few weeks. Congrats to everyone who has been accepted thus far!
We’ve also announced that Tony Hsieh (Zappos) will be giving the Opening Remarks and that Chris Anderson + Guy Kawasaki will be doing a Keynote Interview.
More soon!
Disclosure: SXSWi is a client.
