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Re: The Double Opt-In Introduction

doke01 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:18:45 -0000

True. But it does indicate interest. Which means you are doing
something right. Kind of like an ad that people click on but when they
do it is still up to you to deliver the sale.

Re: Hunch blogger widget

doke01 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:43:35 -0000

They (you?) predict my responses but don't do/show it until after I tell them my response. I could do that myself! If they could email it to me before I answered that would be cool. Now it looks like a parlor trick.....Sorry, missed the take a peek link. You guys thought of it all!

Re: The Double Opt-In Introduction

doke01 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:51:41 -0000

Totally agree with you. It is called being polite.

Very interesting stat by the way:

"Fred Wilson’s blog subscriber growth represented 25% of the blog subscriber growth of the entire VC industry."

http://larrycheng.com/2009/09/09/fred-wilson-is...

Re: How to select your angel investors

doke01 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:49:47 -0000

You're a superstar, you know you are! heh:)

Re: How to rank real-time search (Scripting News)

doke01 — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:34:09 -0000

I think ranking real time by an outside co. for their own benefit is a pipe dream (I'm talking about ranking like Google does where they determine what has the highest rank). I rank my own real time stuff by listening to my friends and acquaintances and this ranking changes as the day changes. Do I really need someone to rank them for me? I have a vested interest in doing this myself, so maybe making it easier to rank for myself is the best idea. It is Google's mindset that they have to rank everything but that just may be the wrong answer. Maybe the right answer comes more from the branding and marketing side, something social media really does well. Convince me that you deserve a high ranking, don't say to me that you are highly ranked.

Re: Top 30 Entrepreneurs Under 30 - Aaron Patzer, Mint.com, Leading Your Company Article - Inc. Article

doke01 — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:34:11 -0000

Bought by Intuit, yes?

Re: Comment Contest: Win an HP ENVY 13!

doke01 — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:03:02 -0000

***** To ENVY Is *****

- feel envious towards; admire enviously (yes, I admire it's sleekness, super battery life, and style! I just want to hold it!)

- a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another (This is what I want everyone to feel about me when I hold this beautiful machine in victory over my head)

- be envious of; set one's heart on (I will feel the pain of Envy if I can't have Envy! My heart will be broken!)

- spite and resentment at seeing the success of another (personified as one of the deadly sins) (Don't tell me if anyone else won this...I don't want to know!!)

I want eveyone to Envy MY Envy!!

Re: HowTo: Rebooting the RSS cloud

doke01 — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:34:50 -0000

Why should I use this rather then pubsubhubbub? I am trying to decide which is the best but it is not altogether clear to me.

Re: Google Tweaks Search Snippets, Fires Back at Bing

doke01 — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:55:50 -0000

While copying something Microsoft has done every so often is OK, I would be a little concerned if Google started doing this to much. It will mean that Bing has taken over search innovation and Google has become a follower rather then a leader. Not a good thing if you want to maintain something like a monopoly.

Re: louisgray.com: I Don't Want To Hear About Distributed Conversations Any More

doke01 — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:44:43 -0000

Everyone is assuming Google is going to be successful with this because they are Google. This idea has been tried over and over by other companies and individuals and has always failed. Disqus has solved the problem. Google should just buy Disqus and dump the Sidewiki garbage.

Re: Fred Wilson Dot VC

doke01 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:47:24 -0000

Another great Bob quote, "If you want to make it today, focus on marketing last. And know that online, greatness spreads. Could take a while to catch fire, but if you’re great on a sustained basis, you’ll make it. Although making it might mean being known by a coterie, not everybody, and having one house, not three, still…who’s entitled to all that? The days of more, more, more are over. It’s just that those in the media haven’t realized it yet."

Re: The Best Deal In Startup Land

doke01 — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:55:02 -0000

Most of the YC winners just have a dream when they get the money and Paul's time. I doubt that what is brought to the table by the founders is even worth $500K. After Paul gets done with them they are Entrepreneurs. Maybe none of the original YC deals will hit it big ( I doubt it) but I bet at least one of the guys/gals he takes under his wing hits it big. He's building a future for many people.

Re: RSS Is Alive And Well

doke01 — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:30:04 -0000

True, but then again MTV used that song really well as a marketing tool;) A
method to the madness.

Re: RSS Is Alive And Well

doke01 — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:44:57 -0000

How about this, it makes more sense...Twitter killed Techcrunch, Techcrunch is dead.

Re: RSS Is Alive And Well

doke01 — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:41:55 -0000

It was always my feeling that Twitter should be a provider of RSS feeds, not a consumer. You get an endless feedback loop where Twitter creates content, provides it to an outsider, the outsider repackages it and provides it to Twitter, where it is treated and new content and spit out again, leading to a feedback loop and crushing load.

Sure you could provide original content to Twitter via a feed but feeds are created at machine speed, not people speed and I think Twitter is really designed for people speed.

Re: RSS Is Alive And Well

doke01 — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:31:48 -0000

I like getting a good chunk of the article, if not all of it. I use Google Reader like my own personal Kindle where the feeds are chapters in never ending stories. There are problems with Reader in that there is only so much I can consume but it is the same with books. I do like it when sites give me a choice of feeds so that I can customize my reading by topic.

I use twitter as my tabloid, RSS as my newspaper, web sites with the original content as my magazines, and Google Reader to create my own, living books. Maybe something like Google Wave will be able to combine these separate functions into something new but even then all of these will still continue to exist in one form or the other.

Oh, and RSS is plumbing. Understanding that should kill the silly idea that RSS is dead.

Re: RSS Is Alive And Well

doke01 — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:17:31 -0000

Amen.

Re: RSS Is Alive And Well

doke01 — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:16:30 -0000

Halleluiah

Re: The Ideal First Round Term Sheet

doke01 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:55:31 -0000

I am very selective what I add to Google Reader but Chris Dixon looks excellent! Thanks Fred for pointing him out.

Re: Some Birthday Wishes

doke01 — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:05:06 -0000

Happy Birthday!!!!

Re: Fred Wilson Dot VC

doke01 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:50:36 -0000

me too!

Re: Fred Wilson Dot VC

doke01 — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:25:27 -0000

I couldn't eat off a table like that. I would keep hearing my mom's voice in my head.

Re: Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Switch to a Mac

doke01 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:24:30 -0000

First, I don't need to use "quotation" marks to "seem credible". I am already "credible" without them or you wouldn't have responded to me as you have.

Second, the arts, education, startups, and who? Oh, yes. Those in the SEO field. Pretty much Apple's core group for many years (seo is debatable since I am sure there are quite a few who use PCs). As for speed, macs have always been slower then PCs. Why do you think Apple had to switch to the Intel chipset? Crashes? Well, you have me there but Windows has to support a multiple of the programs that Apple does because there are a significantly larger number of users and developers for the Windows platform. Apple hasn't had to contend with that level of success. Losing files is a result of laziness. Apple uses the same hard drives as anyone else and they all have similar failure rates. Compatability problems?! I've plugged in boards 10 years old and installed software from the 95 era on my PC and it has worked. Try that on a mac.

Finally, I didn't say that startups should stop using macs. Some of the most successful, like Twitter, do. However, the majority of Enterprises do, and will continue to use, PCs. To change would be extremely cost prohibitive. Just being pretty won't cut it. Why do you think Apple added Exchange support to the iPhone? They see it as a way for them to enter the Enterprise.

Oh, and I have used Apple since the Apple IIe as well as the first IBM PCs and Windows since Windows 2.0. I currently own, and use, a mac mini, an iMac, 2 windows PCs, 3 Windows laptops, an iPod, a Zune, a blackberry, and an HTC TouchPro running Windows Mobile, an AMD machine running Ubuntu, and two VMware servers running multiple linux and Windows based OSes. Is that "credible" enough?

Re: Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Switch to a Mac

doke01 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:43:04 -0000

"Have" you used Windows? In the Enterprise, mac does not mean “expert”, it means "home computer". If you want to look cool, get a mac. If you want a job, learn windows. Unless you are working at a young Internet startup, of course.

Re: The Internet Is Alive And Well (As An Investment)

doke01 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:50:12 -0000

I believe there were 1000's of car companies in the early 1900's, all trying different things. Cadillac was the first to get the steering wheel, clutch/brake/gas pedals, hand brake, etc. all in the right place, and that took many years. And there are still a large number of car companies. You're just mentioning the major brands. That being said, I think interesting parallels can be drawn between the Internet and the car industry.