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Re: Can the internet redesign itself?

saranyan — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 07:26:50 -0000

Yeah, that is one way. I feel the problem is not just the simplification of content but the fact that content is never optimized to be served this way. There are always multiple clicks, user flows are still optimized to take x steps before getting the content, etc.
A thought is what will the world look like when the webpage knows what it can provide (call it expression), and knows what the user wants, and is able to get straight to the point? Not sure, how this will pan out, but it should be possible.
In the Wikipedia example, it is just essentially to get to the expression part.

Re: Responsibility before authority

saranyan — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 21:16:24 -0000

Yeah. I agree. You should never compromise on that.

Re: The twelve story tree

saranyan — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 09:46:39 -0000

Thanks Jean. Happy Holidays to you too. :)

Re: The twelve story tree

saranyan — Tue, 13 Dec 2016 14:42:28 -0000

Thanks Gabi. Happy holidays to you too.

Re: The twelve story tree

saranyan — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 17:31:37 -0000

Thanks. Merry Christmas! :)

Re: The twelve story tree

saranyan — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 17:31:23 -0000

Thanks Lindsay! Merry Christmas. :)

Re: The twelve story tree

saranyan — Fri, 09 Dec 2016 21:25:29 -0000

Thanks David for the kind words. Happy holidays. :)

Re: The twelve story tree

saranyan — Fri, 09 Dec 2016 21:24:54 -0000

That is really kind of you. Thanks. Happy holidays.

Re: The twelve story tree

saranyan — Fri, 09 Dec 2016 21:24:19 -0000

Thanks :) Happy holidays to you too.

Re: Real Time

saranyan — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:22:18 -0000

I feel that connection with writing. :-)

Re: What Is Going On?

saranyan — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:42:44 -0000

I started writing a comment, which turned into a different blog post
http://saranyan.com/new-ski...

In a way, time might solve this problem, but not without our help. So, the right question to pose to ourselves is what can we do to solve this problem. The people who are at the receiving end are skilled workers and experts in an area that several entrepreneurs are not. Can we convert these people to entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs so that they can rebuild their own organizations and secure their lives and jobs? Peer-led learning networks like Skillshare and Hourschool can help a great deal in imparting the skills to turn these people into entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs but the learning models these networks employ are not sufficient. Currently these networks scrap the tip of the iceberg by either offering one off lectures/topics or tapping your existing network to learn stuff. What we need is more than that. We need true online community colleges powered by social networks. One model can be where every entrepreneur/skilled college grad can adopt a local government office worker (or even the entire office?) and train them to be change makers within their organization. Other model can be approved internship programs for these employees with local startups. There are several more I can think of, but you get the idea...

Re: Users First, Brands Second

saranyan — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:24:54 -0000

Gr8 post. Spiceworks comes to mind - they have over million users. They started with a great product first - free network management for IT professionals. But, their customers were affiliates who wanted to get their products in front of the IT pros.

I feel they did most of the things right in nourishing the ecosystem by developing their user base first and then bringing brands to the existing user base.

Re: Fifty For Fifty!

saranyan — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 10:14:51 -0000

Thats great to hear. Congrats. #educationrocks :)

Re: There Will Be No Files In The Cloud

saranyan — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 07:18:58 -0000

Well, we can think of it as "what is the next step in making the perceived size and management of anything simpler." Books became ebooks; may well reduce to links. Music files, like you say, have vanished from being a file to a link. Documents are a link. In the case of Mobile, the future maybe remote installs where you don't have to download stuff. Maybe, you can load different preconfigured VMs with a click and the installs go away. That might be one way of migrating towards a document centric model for mobile platforms.

Re: Sharing My Kindle Highlights

saranyan — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 11:23:13 -0000

Wow, never knew about this. But, I wish they did it for the apps as well.

Re: Sharing My Kindle Highlights

saranyan — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 11:12:49 -0000

Yeah, this is a useful feature. I wanted to do it myself and pitched the idea to Amazon kindle dev team a while back and requested a beta invitation for the kdk dev program. I wanted to explore sharing the highlights with a hashtag and url to the book via twitter/fb. I didn't get an invitation, probably because, Amazon had a different priority for the dev program. They were exploring games and other stuff for Kindle. But, what you are talking about is even better. I really like the idea of a public page with my highlights. It can evolve to a book shelf with summaries/quotes from the books I have read and having some sort of discussion forum like disqus which brings people who have read the book or commented on a similar quote to my page. That will be awesome.

Re: An Appearance On The Digital Age

saranyan — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:14:40 -0000

The intuition is needed for deciding how big an already large network could grow to, right? You have to first get somewhere with the idea/company and build a user base. Yes?

Re: An Appearance On The Digital Age

saranyan — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:53:46 -0000

This is really awesome. A great lesson for entrepreneurs is to keep running towards creating deep user engagement and building the business and eventually USV will spot you if you are making enough ripples. :) Loved it.

Another nice lesson to think about is at the end - how you give a return to people who give a part of themselves to you.

Re: Are Real Names Required For Real Socializing?

saranyan — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:58:58 -0000

I think the point is to be consistent with whatever we chose so that the social graphs are stronger. It all boils down to tracing back. Same handles for different services irrespective of being the "real name" is of more value even to the user and service providers.

Re: Fifty For Fifty

saranyan — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:25:03 -0000

#wil50ns :) will be shorter.

Re: The rise of the (shitty) landing pages

saranyan — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:18:27 -0000

Hey, a timely and awesome article! :) Love it.

Re: 30/10/10

saranyan — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:40:41 -0000

What is so important in having somebody visit an app/site unless that visit converts into an action that causes them to come back again? That will be an interesting metric by itself. It will be valuable information to know what interaction an user has after they click the email notification.

Re: Continuous Financing

saranyan — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 14:04:57 -0000

This is such a great post. But, sometimes the VCs (and even other entrepreneurs) you like and admire are in a different place. In that case, personal engagement is tough, but it is still possible by interacting on blogs and other stuff. Like you said, this is a two way relationship, as an entrepreneur, I feel I want to work with a VC who inspires me and who I look up to. In that sense, it is truly a marriage of some sorts.

Thanks for posting.

Re: Things That Tweet

saranyan — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:00:05 -0000

But what if there is a tweeting standard? Some convention for devices transmitting such data? Then, there is possibly a structure to this data. No?

Re: Things That Tweet

saranyan — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:58:08 -0000

That is an interesting take. I feel that there is value in having these "social beacons" communicating their status is some way. It will be useful in some cases and I do agree that they are pointless in others.

I would love to check on my devices or sprinkler systems or stuff like that. But, you have nailed the point, it has to be useful to me. But, people doing it is no fun.