Archive for October, 2007

SNAP Summit Wrap-Up: Facebook talks down, Lorenzen talks Bubble, Scoble talks Scoble

Today at the SNAP Summit, Lee Lorenzen said something that was both scary and encouraging, and it summed up the current social network platform craze very well. I can’t quote directly, but the gist of it was this: If this is a new era in what could potentially become a new bubble, we’re […]

As if Facebook Weren’t Enough — About a DDOS Attack

Two weeks ago, me, my two partners in crime Aaron Nemoyten and Jessica Mah launched our first official Facebook application: Serial Killer. Suffice it to say that this application is the answer and ultimate de-facto shove in the face to all the other poke apps on Facebook. Before you get all offended […]

Market != Idea, And Other Conceptual Algebra

Now that we actually have something to show off which demonstrates that we kind of know what we’re doing, Alex and I have decided to get back into the habit of attending meetups.

Meetups are strange beasts. A bunch of people, bound by a broad common interest, lack of other social outlets and/or real industry […]

Working out of home

You gotta do what you gotta do. When you’re a startup, sometimes that means your home is your office and vice versa. There are all kinds of advantages: saving money, no commute, good music all day, nice homemade lunch, working all morning in your underwear, etc. Of course there are some disadvantages […]

Products vs. Features, or Why Digg Will Fail

As a web site based around one feature and one feature only, Digg is not a product. Digg is a feature.The underlying question is, how easy is it to implement this functionality into another web site? And I think, in the case of Digg, the answer is “very easy.” Couple this with their total inability to “cross the chasm,” so to speak, and you have a perfect recipe for a web site that models what could become a very popular feature… in other web sites.