Biggest Community Wins. “I picked, in other words, community over open source. And honestly, I have very few regrets about that decision, despite our pending migration.”
Category Archives: Personal
Netflix Iteration
The Freedom of Fast Iterations: How Netflix Designs a Winning Web Site. I don’t think two weeks is really that fast though, but it’s probably the fastest a big company could possibly move. Startups should be able to ship iterations daily or weekly.
Ideas about Ideas
Ten ideas about Ideas by Doc Searls.
Thoughtless Embrace of Accountability
Joe Clark Micropatronage
Joe Clark Micropatronage is an attempt to start an accessibility project with donations from the community.
Guardian Profile
The Guardian UK story on Web 2.0 is now up, including a profile of me. They took some pretty funny pictures for this thing, I’d love to see the print version. I’m the one in the back with the crowbar.
Boxely Gone
I blogged about Boxely a few days ago, it seemed like a neat framework. I’ve been thinking more about the desktop the past month or so, hence my blogging around it. Joe has updated saying “Well, that was fun while it lasted. AOL has taken down the site already. Apparently not all executives in the company were aware of the release, and ordered it removed when they caught wind.” On the other side of the web Jason Calacanis is waving the AOL banner, yet a company that stifles innovation like this and flip-flops releases isn’t one I would invest in. Is this a continuation of Nullsoft-style rebels inside of AOL fighting to make a difference? Update: It’s back!
Hasselhoff Inteview
On the move: David Hasselhoff. Hat tip: Donncha.
Boxely
Boxely is live, it’s like XUL but simpler and easier.
Finding fresh inspiration
Finding fresh inspiration. (Quick reminder: I’m not the Matt on 37signals, I just really enjoy his writing and find myself in violent agreement with most of his entries.)
Oxo-moron
Why does Oxo Goodgrips stuff come in the standard awful impossible-to-open plastic packaging armor. It hurts the brand. That’s what happens when you don’t pay attention to detail.
Cardinal Blogging
Robert Accettura wrote in about this story about a Boston Cardinal starting a Vatican blog. Here’s the blog. As a Catholic, I find this trend toward transparency pretty fascinating. How long before the Pope has a blog?
Geek Business Myths
AIM Light
Trickle Theory
Trickle Theory. Long, but worth it.
Typepad Splogs
I just wanted to give a quick kudos to the Typepad folks for being one of the best in the industry when it comes to dealing with splogs. Since they’re a paid service I don’t come across splogs on Typepad very often, but when I do their support is easy to contact, very responsive (I had a reply from “Carla” within 3 hours), and they obviously understand the problem and how to deal with it.
Job Interview
Seth Godin: The end of the job interview. Hear hear.
Scooped by a Source
Scooped by a Source. “‘I think you’re assuming that there is any value left in the scoop,’ wrote Jeff Jarvis, blogger and citizen journalism advocate, in an email. ‘There isn’t. You can’t control the biorhythms of news anymore. The world doesn’t much care who reported what first. Bylines matter to writers, not readers.'”
Blogger Rebuilt
“Then, when someone wants to see any of the pages on your blog, those pages are created for them dynamically, on the fly.” Sounds familiar… The new Blogger doesn’t make users wait on rebuilding anymore, nice upgrade! (What happened to all those folks saying static was the only way to scale?) That and their other new features show a real respect and sensitivity to their users, the only thing missing is an exporter. Rebuilding is so 2004.
BayCHI Speaking Reminder
Just a reminder, I'm speaking on "The First 100k Users…" at BayCHI tonight. Hope to see some of my peninsula peeps. Update: Just got back, the auditorium was packed and the audience was great — full of energy. Bill Scott's presentation on Designing for AJAX was really fun.