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Re: Gen X [meme]: Slackers, Sellouts or Saviors

gregorylent — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:27:31 -0000

oh, slacking is generation-non-specific, runs right across and through the years/generations/incarnations ... as to rage, waste of energy, but that is not seen for a few years/generations/incarnations ...

love trumps slack, is another topic .. :-)

Re: PR people: 10 ways to screw up @techcrunch’s embargo policy

gregorylent — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:12:34 -0000

always thought that was a scraper blog, the defininition of "me-too" ... will have a new look

Re: The post iPhone world

gregorylent — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:05:02 -0000

everything *will* talk to everything ... the tech for that is in its new-born phase ... what is called the "cloud" is only a finger pointing ... does nature need to be secure? no, and what is coming will/must be equally ubiquitous as "nature" ... in one-system thinking, security is not a question

Re: The new trick worked

Aaronchua — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:57:37 -0000

Hey Houston

Thanks for the reply. It is good to know what things to look out for to
avoid getting into the bad books of G.

Re: Infrastructure: What are we building for our future?

gregorylent — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:32:19 -0000

me either

Re: Navigating Niches, London, England

gregorylent — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:32:29 -0000

the jesus pov, my kingdom is not of this world, is an earlier statement of the disconnect between "success" and "what you have to offer to the world" ..

success is so narrowly defined in the west (as is "value) ..

and still to be examined, who says the world needs help? the world is fine :-)

Re: Navigating Niches, London, England

gregorylent — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:45:13 -0000

being is enough, doing is just the ego pretending to be involved

Re: test 123

Aaronchua — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:51:17 -0000

test

Re: Marijuana First, Then the Oil

gregorylent — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:28:40 -0000

i increasingly wonder if legislatures handle anything at all .. they seem reactionary, behind the times, and seeking to avoid responsibility .. we give them too much credit ... what do people think, is still important

Re: Raymond Pirouz | Design is Fundamental™ (tumblr), Redefining Design. From occupation to driver of...

gregorylent — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:13:30 -0000

the whole subject is interesting ... and involves a lot of eternal values, like care, attention to detail, love ...

interesting to me at this moment is how things can become their opposite in this eternal life-dance ... somehow need to incorporate that higher-level wisdom into daily life and decision-making

always enjoy your thoughts, thanks ..

and nice blog design :-)

Re: 3 learning points from online marketing

Aaronchua — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:18:58 -0000

Those online marketing guys intuitively get the externalities concept. They didn't read economics or things like that but through appreciating human behavior and incentives. It is simply amazing to see how they practice such stuff.

I have got lots to learn..

Re: Washington’s Dilemma

gregorylent — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:44:11 -0000

my take on this ... managing public expectations has been the sole goal of all economic actions in the usa for a year now ... "everybody knows the dice are loaded", to quote leonard cohen ...

Re: Starting from basic

Aaronchua — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:27:14 -0000

Thanks Junus for your interest. I will be very practical in my future posts. Hope you will find these relevant and interesting to you.

Re: The next generation of edge feeders

Aaronchua — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:52:49 -0000

Sounds cool. Are you developing it?

Re: Simple idea: A personalised techmeme based on blogrolls

Aaronchua — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:01:35 -0000

This is a real hard problem to solve.

Personally, I just want something that I can pull blogrolls into and give me a Techmeme type of returns.

On a side note, I am also thinking of combining the portability of mybloglog with the recording ability of blogrollr. Imagine taking my daily reading activities and bringing them to whatever blogs I visit. The widget will then surface the most read links from all the blog's visitors. Another way to recommend stuff.

Thoughts?

Re: Taking a break from blogging and from everyday life

Aaronchua — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:05:35 -0000

Thanks for the kind words Neil. It meant a lot.

Re: Quick riches versus long term value

Aaronchua — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:22:27 -0000

great comment as usual. Should repost this. By the way, are you coming
to singapore? I will be in us towards the end of september or early
october. Kenneth will be with me on this trip as well.

Re: Why I choose to work for Singapore's government

Aaronchua — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:57:05 -0000

Wow. what a great comment. Thanks for sharing this and I actually do see
some of what you said reflected in his current way of managing, which is why
I am contemplating on a proper time to leave and struck out on my own. Of
course, having no 'god'fathers will make this a lot harder : )

Re: Thoughts on hacking finance (continued)

Aaronchua — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:22:59 -0000

Hmmm interesting read. Thanks!

Re: Types of entrepreneurs I have met

Aaronchua — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:04:04 -0000

@taylor, I think I am clueless and passionate : )

@eric, you are definitely money-minded but you sometimes can be inspirational

@sean, fine balance between value creation and value capture. Too much for the later might destroy the former

@gibson, good point. Those are hard to tell in word but once you met them, you will know it.

Re: Super distribution may be upon us

Aaronchua — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:00:10 -0000

Hi Fred,

You raised an important point: the more efficient the enabling infrastructure, the lower will be the transaction costs and therefore the longer the viral chains can go.

Right now, I am seeing only first level referrals probably due to the high costs of transactions (financially and effort-wise).

We need to first know the transaction costs before we can calculate how far the revenue stream can go. Good question for me to investigate more.

Thanks for your comment!

Re: Types of entrepreneurs I have met

Aaronchua — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:08:11 -0000

Not a bad idea if I have the numbers.

Re: What I have learned from Twitter Tees

Aaronchua — Thu, 28 May 2009 10:55:17 -0000

The biggest obstacle is a good sale team, which is very costly for a new startup to maintain. Many times, I see the founders acting as salesperson as well, although it is pretty hard on them as they have to oversee the product development as well.

Relationships will of course help.

Alternatively, a bigger vendor can also be a good distribution partner if you can convince one to be so.

Re: Community interactions as business models for the Consumer Web

Aaronchua — Thu, 28 May 2009 10:52:54 -0000

These models are still emerging and it will be an interesting space to watch.

I am still looking around to see more examples. If you come across any, will be good to share them as well : )

Re: What I have learned from Twitter Tees

Aaronchua — Mon, 25 May 2009 22:34:40 -0000

Hi Joon

If you open to sharing, I want to know a bit about your model. How are the best designs chosen, what mechanisms you have in place to allow users to recruit supporters for their designs, how do you showcase your best designers? what is your printing rate etc.

Thanks for your comment!