Monthly Archives: December 2009

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Twitter updates for 2009-12-09

  • Still apalled at how much capital big VC firms are investing in some startups. #OverFundingContinues #LessonsNotLearned #
  • I thought it was 'Faux News' RT @leonardspeiser: Fox News, guaranteed to poll accurately 120% of the time. http://twitpic.com/sqrd3 #
  • .@cmccann7 That time-money analogy http://bit.ly/7xIRyR is flawed. Can earn more money, but once you lose time, it's gone. Time >> Money. #
  • Loving Chrome on the Mac. http://bit.ly/8UsR8e Super fast. Still need extensions though. Someone as advertising-averse as me needs Adblock! #
  • Facebook trying to get users to "loosen" their privacy settings & be more public; More Twitter-Like so that Google can index FB content? #
  • RT @cansar: Do you love working on large and complex systems? Do you want to create awesome products? Send us an email, @apture is hiring. #
  • RT @a4agarwal: Sears and Comcast have optimized to take advantage of uneducated consumers. These guys really need to go http://post.ly/EVFN #
  • Congrats! Can't wait to see it. RT @sonajain: 'For Real' picks up FOUR awards at Asian Festival of First Films, Singapore! Yeah!!! #

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Twitter updates for 2009-12-08

  • RT @shaig: 2009 exits/acquisitions: most were less than $100M, median is $72.5M. Startups, think about which VCs to approach when raising $ #
  • RT @venturehacks: Venture Hacks has a secret Facebook fan page: http://j.mp/mrETh. 106 crazy people are fans. Get crazy. Today. #
  • RT @cansar: No need to live every day like it's your last but make sure you live every day with meaning and are proud of what you did. #
  • There was time when Real-Time meant processes that had strict time bounds/constraints. Now it's been commandeered to mean something else. #
  • Congrats @Jkretch RT @TechCrunch: LiveFyre Wants To Ignite Realtime Intelligent Conversations On The Web http://bit.ly/8AHK2I by @parislemon #
  • RT @davemcclure: really *love* http://echosign.com — wish more lawyers sent docs using it, instead of me telling them. Innovate, folks. #

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Twitter updates for 2009-12-07

  • Going from one room to another in our house today is like going from Hawaii to Antarctica. #NoHeat #
  • Sending signature pages and initiating wire transfer for a closing. That's 1 down and 3 to go. #
  • Looking for solution to annoying Windows 7 bug — Creating a new folder hangs Explorer.exe for about a minute. Any ideas? #
  • Apple revenue split for AppStore: 30% Apple, 70% Developers. Amazon revenue split for eBooks: 65% Amazon, 35% Author http://bit.ly/4SfWaA #
  • Bezos uses kindle in ziploc bag. I sense an opportunity for someone to make & sell waterproof covers for the kindle 😉 http://bit.ly/4SfWaA #
  • Good read. RT @sgblank: Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My Slides?!: http://wp.me/prGQZ-16p #

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Twitter updates for 2009-12-05

  • Good eye tracking study… RT @newsycombinator: Web forms design guidelines: an eyetracking study http://bit.ly/4C1fzG #
  • #plan TEDxSV at Stanford University, Saturday, December 12, 2009 http://plancast.com/a/2wn #
  • It's been a sick couple of days at our house. Fighting a headache while I try to remain productive. Currently the headache is winning. #
  • Played a bit with @PlanCast. Good way of sharing events and activities. Impressed with the UI/UX. Very nicely done. #
  • #plan AWS Startup Challenge at Plug n Play Tech Center, Sunnyvale, Saturday, December 12, 2009, 5:00pm http://plancast.com/a/2v0 #
  • Really liking GMail-style keyboard shortcuts on Google Experimental Search. Enable them for yourself here http://bit.ly/6qSe69 #HateTheMouse #
  • Spotted @appenz sitting in the background of this NYTimes video piece about the @Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra http://bit.ly/8HmkAG #
  • Lots of acquisitions announced lately; Startups & VCs always paint exits in a +ve light, even for firesales & acqui-hires. #
  • RT @vwadhwa: The Startup Visa and Why the Xenophobes Need to go Back Into Their Caves http://bit.ly/4EytM1 #startupvisa #
  • RT @altgate: Details of active angel investors what they do and how to contact them http://bit.ly/5Sutml via @venturehacks #
  • RT @techstars: Read about how @occipital got #redlaser to #1 on the app store for paid apps – http://bit.ly/61a5st #
  • lol RT @thione: Just when it would've caused weight loss 'Slim Fast recalls canned diet drinks because of possible bacterial contamination' #

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