April 2011
March 2011
WatchHEY MARSH: “You only get to use one controlled substance for the rest of your life. Which one?” Also: “How much is the good stuff going for lately?”
How is it possible that the NYT spent $40-$50MM... →
You know how many journalists despise Demand Media for using search engines to determine what content to create?
I’m telling you, they could fight back by just combing Quora for the questions that actually need to be answered.
Seriously, why has no one questioned this figure yet? How did they spend this money?
And the award for Quintessential Biz Insider Headline goes to….
This Model Is Not A Hooker, But Her Image Is Being Used To Advertise Them
Alternate head:
This Story Is Not About A Hooker, But Here’s A Model To Click On
TFLM : BNTER :: 4CHAN : CANV.AS
I mean, duh.
WatchQuick video tour of Ground Zero from my apartment this morning. (Zuki whimpers in the background during the last two seconds.)
Fempire Redux
This thing looks like this thing.
An Actually Serious Question For Quora →
I just asked Quora what the second-biggest NYC tech startup was. Anyone know the definitive answer?
Two homepages that recently surprise me by being packed with stories that I want to read and never expected to feel this way about: Business Insider and Observer’s Beta Beat.
Hooking Up at SXSW
Oh yeah, I forgot that How About We asked me for dating tips at SXSW. Here’s what I said:
We need analogies to explain how dating at SXSW works. The roles that venture capitalists and entrepreneurs play may be our best analogies.
The venture capitalist spreads his money around; he makes several bets. If you take the venture capitalist role in your dating strategy, you will work the room,...
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WatchMy video response to “how is/was SXSW?”
Your Daily Stat
2010 SXSW Interactive Attendance: 14,251 2011 SXSW Interactive Attendance: 19,364 Change: 36%
Anecdotally, it felt more like 360%. (This could be because it seemed a lot more people were there without badges. Which is what I heard about 30 people say they would do next year.)
Consultants in New York, In One Graf
fek:
“New York is too dense; you’re running into people all the time, everyone knows everyone,” said a male consultant in his mid-20s. “Sex just doesn’t make sense—it’s dirty.”
Subtext: The only people consultants fuck “dirty” are their clients.
Lies.
“Young New Yorkers no longer care about having sex.”
– —Sexless and the City: Web Warps Libidos of Coked-Up Careerists
Remember that time Sklar got upset because they didn’t call her for a quote? Well, now I finally understand!
(Btw, the comments on here are great. Such as: “This is a poorly written and poorly researched...
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WatchMy video response to “So, what do you think of Stellar.io?”
“Clearly, it will be a shitshow. Last year, there were 30,000 people, with...”
– The full quote I gave for this story where nearly everyone said exactly the same thing: group messaging will be huge. But not everyone was as grumpy as me.
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WatchMy video response to “Is this live?”
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WatchMy video response to “Whiskey drinker? Whats your fav? unrelated: CHEESE! Mmmm.”
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WatchMy video response to “Any plans to have a ‘play all’ feature on VYou?”
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WatchMy video response to “Ever been in a fight?”
Help Us Fix This CSS Problem and Win $2,000 →
They’ll do anything to win this bet!
WatchTUMBLR USERS: PRO TIP
Soup answers: Can you make money off your Tumblr?
Includes gratuitous cat shot.
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WatchMy video response to “McLuhan or Warhol?”
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WatchMy video response to “How is the iPhone app coming along”
WatchHey Leto, have you kicked Mohney off BNTER yet?
Your social networks are crumbling.
