- Kevin Rose Resigns From Digg, Closing Round On New Startup
"Wow, when I wrote last night that Kevin Rose doesn’t really use Digg anymore, I had no idea how perfect the timing was. It turns out Rose really has tuned out. Because, say multiple sources, he’s already resigned from the company and is closing a $1+ million financing round for a new startup he’s founded." (digg jobs kevin_rose )
- Google Ventures Launches $10,000 Startup Referral Program For Employees
"If you’re a Google employee and you know about a stealth startup that wants funding, you can pocket a cool $10,000. The Google Ventures team announced the new program at Google’s weekly all-hands “TGIF” meeting, earlier this afternoon." (google employment startups )
- The Top Ten Signs the Valley is on Tilt Again
I read this without knowing whether a "tilt" was a good thing or a bad thing. Apparently one of the commenters had the same problem. It's a bad thing. (investing economics startups )
- Why I Won’t Pay For ‘The Daily’ And I Will Pay For The Digital ‘NYT’ | paidContent
"I wanted to love The Daily, the first news source from a mainstream media company designed purely for the IPad, a platform I love. [...] And then The Daily was launched, and reality hit me like a icy blast of cold air when you open the door in the winter." (the_daily nytimes subscriptions )
- r~n
"Movie of an earthquake (and another) — Difference in order of magnitude visualized." (japan earthquake data gps video science )
- The Building Blocks for a Successful API Strategy: Tech News and Analysis «
"At Apigee, we observe common patterns in API programs that succeed – in planning, management, and organization. Those that fail hit common pitfalls in these categories as well. So we have developed a nine-box model for API program management that helps track how both strategy and execution must come together to build a successful API effort." (business_strategy apis )
- Lenovo ThinkPad X220 review — Engadget
Must. Resist… "The point is, that all-too-familiar ThinkPad can deceive you with its boring business looks, but it's arguably one of the best laptops we've ever tested." (thinkpad hardware review )
- People x Process – How Facebook Became the Hottest Company on the Planet
"In his answer Kirkpatrick points to two key factors that contributed to Facebook's success: people – in particular Mark Zuckerberg himself – and process – "moving fast." I will try to shed some light on the influence of these two factors. The formula in the title – people times process – has been suggested by Don Reinertsen: If either is zero, then the result is zero." (facebook productivity management process )
- Don’t Bet Big. Little Bets Are The Ones That Turn Into Billion-Dollar Ideas
This is the kind of thing I really love: "Of course, everyone wants to make big bets. That’s a Silicon Valley maxim. Go big. Be bold. But brilliant ideas are over-rated and people routinely bet big on ideas that aren’t solving the right problems, including Google Wave and WebVan. Pixar storytellers must make thousands of little bets to develop a movie script, Hewlett Packard cofounder Bill Hewlett found that HP needed to make 100 small bets on products to identify six that could be breakthroughs." (innovation business entrepreneurship management )
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