I’ve just completed my registration for SxSW 2011 and was pleasantly surprised to see that the organizers have increased the price of Interactive badges by…
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I’ve always found Zappos’ exuberant approach to customer service and employee perks somewhat peculiar. Masterminded by its CEO, Tony Hsieh, I’ve seen him speak several…
37 CommentsFrom the blog posts and photos coming out of China, it looks like everyone on the Geeks on a Plane trip to China is having…
5 CommentsRod Begbie’s post on BankSimple resonated with me a lot this evening: Reading the ‘about’ page of banksimple, the new online bank that Alex Payne…
3 CommentsToday’s announcement of an official BlackBerry client for Twitter is interesting for a number of reasons. The app itself is actually the one that RIM…
6 CommentsMetric-orientated user acquisition is definitely the hot topic of the moment here in the Valley (along with “frictionless customer conversion” as my rad friend Ethan…
One CommentGoogle’s GMail blog has some “handy” advice on how pick a good password to project your email account. Don’t use dictionary words, use mixed case,…
25 CommentsI don’t subscribe to the “everything muse be free” meme that basically ignores the intrinsic value a product or service gives you. If a product…
14 CommentsLike many of its counterparts, the BBC News Website maintains two distinct versions of it’s front page – a ‘domestic’ orientated front page and an…
26 CommentsA couple of thoughts on today’s news that Jason Calacanis employed John Schiefer, at Mahalo (or more accurately, that he didn’t fire him when he…
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