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Re: Microsoft's "Me Too" Strategy: Can the Tortoise Beat the Hare?

aaronwhite — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:24:22 -0000

'Hare'

Re: [bijansabet.com] the personal tumblelog of Bijan Sabet

aaronwhite — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:44:08 -0000

I'm also really sour on OpenSocial right now. I think it does provide some value for the end user in that it will bring them more applications to choose from. It would _seem_ that it provides the most value to the social networks themselves: they gain a boost over other networks that don't participate, or have any application platform at all. So the 'losers' here are just networks without any app platform at all, as all the other networks are on a somewhat level playing field. Developers need only make the decision "Who & how many people do I want my application to reach?" (And Facebook is no where close to being dismissed when making that decision)

I feel as though Google just birthed something sorta lame, and acknowledged Facebook as the real thought leader. And though there are cries to "set the data free", I'm ok with taking baby steps to get there: Facebook at least has maintained the privacy of the user in a sophisticated way, due to a well thought out API.

I think I read on Read/Write Web that Google could've had more impact if they focused on freeing the data, in a private or semi-private way.

A large missed opportunity. Long live Facebook.

Re: OpenSocial and Facebook Stats from Rapleaf

aaronwhite — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:05:37 -0000

Read/Write Web... you guys continue to post exactly the kind of articles I love to read, thank you!

I'm with Kullin.... does Open Social provide you the kind of coverage a Facebook app would? Is it possible to determine that from these figures? I'm no stranger to math, but somehow I always manage to double count in situations like this. I'm sure Google would be happy with that though...

Re: [bijansabet.com] the personal tumblelog of Bijan Sabet

aaronwhite — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:11:32 -0000

His new office is _at_ tumblr? Or just posted via Tumblr? I guess I'm not clear if Jakob is still tied to Vimeo, or has moved on like Zach.

Re: [bijansabet.com] the personal tumblelog of Bijan Sabet

aaronwhite — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:12:38 -0000

I'd reccommend buying & downloading the expansion pack before starting your first character. The reason being, the expansion content creates a much FASTER pace for the beginning of the game (1-20) which is important. Also, you'll still find new people hopping into create interesting 'alt's (second characters).

Finally, it's going to be slightly 'hard' to get the full experience: the culture of the game is predominantly skewed towards level 70 characters, and this would take about 7 full days of playtime to achieve. That being said, after you play levels 1-20, you may want to consider alternative paths (borrowing someone's account, buying a character, paying for leveling) to save you your time, while still experiencing where the most of the culture is (late game)

Re: [bijansabet.com] the personal tumblelog of Bijan Sabet

aaronwhite — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:31:33 -0000

I'm relieved to know that as a VC you identify more with a Hunter (scouting & support), than say a Rogue. Good luck with the leveling.

Re: Missing Muse

aaronwhite — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:46:28 -0000

I really enjoyed this. Had a few experiences this past week where more people could've benefitted from this :)

Re: Missing Muse - The future of programming (for me!)

aaronwhite — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 09:48:49 -0000

Got something fresh along these lines I'm cooking up... can't wait to show it off! Nice post. Can't say I agree entirely with the conclusion that the server-side is the glue, but hey :)

Re: Missing Muse

aaronwhite — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:38:56 -0000

where's the link?

Re: Messing About [working title] - Post Type: Question

aaronwhite — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:32:45 -0000

Turns out you can create your own 'post-type'. It'd be neat to see this baked in I agree!!

Re: Missing Muse - Kid tested, mother approved

aaronwhite — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:14:24 -0000

Downloading it now.... I wonder if Amazon S3 would be an economical alternative?

Re: Messing About [working title]

aaronwhite — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:14:18 -0000

This is a really great find.

Re: Aaron White

aaronwhite — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:49:20 -0000

I don't think it's a crime to charge people for ideas on how to live happier/richer. If you're providing value, and someone else is wiling to pay for it, it's a fair exchange. That being said, if you are deceiving people about that value, you're a crook.

Thankfully, I think Tim Ferriss provides value. His book and his advice may be idiosyncratically him, but it gets you thinking, and for $35 bucks, it may be worth it. I think if his blog were a TV show, we'd all be watching it... Anyway, I'd like a trip to Buenos Ares to be on the horizon. Maybe once we're there we can read some Kafka ;-)

Re: Missing Muse

aaronwhite — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:43:10 -0000

Hahaha. Here here.

Re: Aaron White - Culture Bending

aaronwhite — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:32:45 -0000

He's a bender! (jk).... Part of my thinking was because of my brothers music, and also from trying to describe what our startup is building. People like to say "Oh it's like X but with Y" Anymore than that is just too much bending (snap) for them.

Re: Missing Muse - Annotations are lame

aaronwhite — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:59:27 -0000

Ya, they really do. It's how the world is heading towards functional programming. It's kind of like "Ooops! Mixing data with behavior is bad, let's have pojos and transformers!!" And of course, you're left wondering why we're bothering with object orientation in that world of static methods and stupid pojos.

Re: i don't know - Microsoft CES Keynote

aaronwhite — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:27:16 -0000

I share the same sentiment: they are trying so hard to be 'new', and doing some really interesting things, and somehow it still falls flat, and I'm embarrassed for them. I want them to see success for their efforts at doing things different, but what will it take for me to ever think of MS as 'cool'?

How powerful is brand momentum, and can/should you ever just chuck it?

Re: Aaron White - Down with Joel

aaronwhite — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:25:37 -0000

If it's the "Guerrilla Guide" article that was first written back in 2000. It may be useful, but it isn't timely, so is it relevant? IE: is it enough to keep listening to him now? My take is that there is a new breed of more interesting, relevant, and useful bloggers out there covering the same topics. I would like to see the web move past "Joel on Software" and discuss the ideas of more relevant (in my definition) entrepreneurs. They have different insights that come from using and building software & services you know & use yourself.

Re: [bijansabet.com] the personal tumblelog of Bijan Sabet

aaronwhite — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:26:12 -0000

You might also be in a post I previously made: http://aaronwhite.tumblr.co...

Re: Aaron White - Insecurity key ingredient for success?

aaronwhite — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:20:31 -0000

Friend / reader / antagonist Adam informs me this is explored in great detail in the book "48 Laws of Power".

Re: Missing Muse - Apple fanboyism rapidly intersecting reality

aaronwhite — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:08:38 -0000

The title really makes it :)

I'm glad there is a record of my senseless mouth-frothing. We should make this a regular event for future announcements

Re: [bijansabet.com] the personal tumblelog of Bijan Sabet

aaronwhite — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:54:41 -0000

This is sad all around! I had assumed that you would most likely fit their target profile for this!

Maybe you just need a newer MBP? :/

The gadget luster in me feels your pain though. Apple didn't give me enough of an 'excuse' to send more money their way...

Re: Aaron White - Macbook Air

aaronwhite — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:51:28 -0000

I think lots of this rings true. Here's a review you might vibe with based on your last comment + the carrying a laptop 5 days a week:

http://www.davidslog.com/po...

Re: Missing Muse - Non idempotent getters can fuck off

aaronwhite — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:36:32 -0000

Do you mean to tell me state fux stuff up? :)

Re: Aaron White - Macbook Air

aaronwhite — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:53:01 -0000

Apple's vision of the future everything is 'air' tight :) They'll take the sealed iPod/iPhone approach and extend it to laptops it seems...