December 2009
11 posts
“I’m tempted to say that personas are counter-intuitive, but it would be more...”
– Cooper Journal: The Origin of Personas
November 2009
7 posts
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/24/world/middleeast/... →
“By trying to gain more control of the media, to re-Islamize schools, they think they can make a comeback,” said Mehrzad Boroujerdi, an Iran expert and professor at Syracuse University. “But the enemy here is Iran’s demographics. The Iranian population is overwhelmingly literate and young, and previous efforts to reinstall orthodoxy have only exacerbated cleavages between citizens and the state.”
“Sequoia’s Roelof Botha said he only invests in companies that let consumers...”
– Good Question! The Eight Best Questions We Got While Raising Venture Capital
Sad to hear this from a one of the top VCs. Sure, encouraging people to ‘sin’ can drive traffic, but is traffic alone the end of a company? Meaningless, and, in this case, destructive engagement?
Is there...
Watchtylerhwillis:
Odwick.com Finale
Intent - and how to "Like" it
superamit:
gustafalstromer:
Hoan Ton-That is one of the smartest people I know. Earlier today we spoke about how the social gaming/virtual goods companies could save the incentivized offer industry which have had a bad week.
The offer industry is built on the concept of product bundling. Andrew Chen wrote a great post about here so wont go into the details.
In search marketing we’ve learned...
“Most online experiences are made, like fast food, to be cheap, easy, and...”
– I fucking love Jonathan Harris. Read all of World Building in a Crazy World notes. (via fascinated)