November 2008
10 posts
“The general manager lost his whole family in one of the fires in the...”
– Taj hotel was warned of terrorist attack: Ratan Tata-India-The Times of India
“As the events of the terror attack unfolded in front of me, I did something for...”
– Amitabh Bachchan, Bollywood Legend
“But the best answer to the terrorists is to dream bigger, make even more money,...”
– Op-Ed Contributor - What They Hate About Mumbai - NYTimes.com (via fred-wilson)
Settings: Twitter Integration, Change Password,...
memiary:
A lot of wishes have been fulfilled with the addition of a few settings.
Reminders There is now an “e-mail” tab under Settings which asks you to officially associate your account with an e-mail address — used for ‘forgot your password’ recovery (coming soon) — and more importantly, gives you the option to set a “daily” reminder. A reminder is essentially a once-a-day e-mail if you...
“Every time Obama opens his mouth, his subjects and verbs are in...”
– Obama’s Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy
“Features tell you what you can do, constraints tell you what to do.”
– After a debate I had with a Memiary user this morning, I’ve been thinking about this all day, and I think that phrase sums up my belief. In the end, none of them is better than the other, but just more suited to the type of product you are creating and the type of user you are serving.
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“Obama has chosen to upload the video of his Saturday address to Google’s...”
– CNET, reading a little too much a little too much into the Change.gov/YouTube thing.
Watchmemiary:
Memiary was mentioned on this week’s episode of my favorite podcast of all time, commandN. When I say it’s been one of my few milestones to achieve for Memiary, I’m not kidding. Thanks, Amber and crew!
Social Media
Can I just say? I’ve always thought “social media” has been the worst buzzword coined in the history of the Internet. To me, it refers to a bunch of out-of-job consultants who spend their life on FriendFeed and go around pitching stupid companies to use their “social media marketing” services. It’s a marketing ploy created by marketing folks, and one I hope dies...
Thoughts on GM from a GM Family
I had no idea GM was in such a crappy situation. But hey, I’m too busy looking at high potential tech stocks to care about a 100 year old auto company (that number was a guess, but Wikipedia tells me it is EXACTLY a hundred years old. Wow.)
rickyv:
All four of my grandparents were lifelong General Motors employees and my father worked there when he was young. Accordingly, its recent...
October 2008
17 posts
“It could even drive a few people to rethink their lives - I can’t help but...”
– TechCrunch (having authored a B-grade competing blog for the last few years, it gives me uncanny pleasure to finally feel what it’s like to be TechCrunch’d.) (via memiary)