April 2008
56 posts
Slang Stock Market
jakoblodwick: rickyv: I’m shorting the word “douche.” After a strong resurgence in 2005 and showing strong staying power through 2007, its day has come. Lately most of the people I’ve seen use it fit into two categories, or a combination of both: 1) people over 40 who have finally had the word passed down the cool chain from their younger friends and co-workers 2) the “douches” originally...
Apr 28th
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CEO vs. the Average Worker (over the years) →
Incredibly cool and alarming.
Apr 28th
Stuff Indians Like →
Apr 28th
My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-28 →
sidyadav: If Ning managed to get away with the $60m, I think Twitter will snag it too. sidyadav: Is there a service that goes through all the services (Twitter, Digg, etc.), finds all the…
Apr 28th
My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-26 →
sidyadav: Fast Company Magazine - marry me. sidyadav: I wonder what would happen if you create a service which @twittertags 10 people every 10 minutes with “Hi.” I think it would be…
Apr 26th
My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-25 →
sidyadav: Listening to Steve Martin’s “Born Standing Up” on Audible. sidyadav: I have to be honest, I still don’t understand Microsoft Live Mesh. Is it a service, is it a platform, is it a…
Apr 25th
“When you ask for money, you’ll get advice, and when you ask for advice,...”
– Peter Diamandis, X PRIZE Foundation, stating an important quote to anyone who is seeking to fund raise or raise capital.
Apr 24th
“Design, at core, is just obvious and incremental reasoning.”
– One of the main things I’ve learnt in the 7 months we’ve spent solely ‘designing’ Nincha.
Apr 24th
My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-24 →
sidyadav: Prediction: AdMob is going to be acquired for $100m+ in the next year and mobile advertising is going to be near the size of web by 2015. sidyadav: Post on mobile advertising…
Apr 24th
My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-23 →
sidyadav: So that’s what broke Twitter?! Launching Twitter Japan? sidyadav: Twitter is seriously broken. I feel for @Orli. http://tinyurl.com/5vu8eo Hey community, wanna move elsewhere?…
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My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-22 →
sidyadav: Updated splash page for Nincha — can’t tell you how much I love it: http://nincha.com/. We’re launching this fall, ‘til then, hang tight! sidyadav: These outages are seriously…
Apr 22nd
Apr 22nd
Patent Database Search Results: in/jobs-steve in... →
List of patents by Steve Jobs. FASCINATING.
Apr 21st
My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-21 →
sidyadav: Becoming fonder and fonder of Time Machine — used it almost 10 times today, not sure what I would’ve done without it. sidyadav: Jeff Bezos is $3 billion richer than Steve Jobs….
Apr 21st
sidyadav.muxtape.com →
My newly created Muxtape. I could listen to these songs all day.
Apr 20th
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David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Ruby on Rails and 37Signals, gives a much-needed talk in the dillusional land of outrageous evaluations and buyouts.
Apr 20th
My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-19 →
sidyadav: Spent some time trying out I’m In Like With You. Talk about intuitive — and it’s not just the idea. sidyadav: Going to watch “21” — I love cliche stories like that, so I’ll…
Apr 19th
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Apr 19th
“These days, since opportunity is equal for everybody, the barrier of success is...”
– Random Thought
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Apr 19th
“Coke Zero is the nectar of the gods and I will hear no comments to the contrary.”
– Agreed. - Diet Coke and Coke Zero? [Archive]
Apr 18th
My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-18 →
sidyadav: Question: I’m happy with Twitterific. Should I try Twhirl? sidyadav: Muxtape is going to change the musical world. It’s changed mine. sidyadav: South Park was AWESOME. Loved…
Apr 18th
“I don’t make movies to make money—I make money to make movies.”
– Walt Disney
Apr 18th
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My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-17 →
sidyadav: How Republicans read Barack Obama’s name: Iraq Hussein Osama. sidyadav: If anyone wants to write a book on the concept of “viral” on the Internet — a la The Tipping Point —…
Apr 17th
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Ok, I’ll admit it: I had a tear in my eye too.
Apr 17th
My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-16 →
sidyadav: Testing Twinkle on iPhone sidyadav: Google Docs now has a File menu and a revamped new toolbar — lovin’ it. See all updates for sidyadav »
Apr 16th
My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-15 →
sidyadav: I’ve been equipped with Facebook Chat — awesome! See all updates for sidyadav »
Apr 15th
“An injured lion still wants to roar.”
– One of the many quotable pieces of wisdom offered in “The Last Lecture,” a book by dying professor Randy Pausch I just finished reading (based on Pausch’s last lecture at Carnegie Mellon).
Apr 15th
My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-14 →
sidyadav: Wow — Brad Greenspan calls himself the single founder of MySpace. Um, Brad, what about Chris and Tom? You know, the guys whose idea it was? sidyadav: Link to Greenspans’ claim…
Apr 14th
My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-13 →
sidyadav: “It’s a Wonderful Life” (1946) moved me more than any movie has in the past 10 years. Worth a watch — it’s public domain & on Google Video. See all updates for sidyadav »
Apr 13th
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My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-11 →
sidyadav: Mahalo Share is one of the most useful FF extensions I’ve ever come across. Wow. http://tinyurl.com/334v9y sidyadav: Watched “Man on the Moon” yesterday — fascinating. I say he’s…
Apr 11th
“It would be a fitting payback to his high school classmates who Richard said...”
– CNN.com’s major editing blunder. They’re basically saying a high school massacre would be a fitting payback to Richard’s classmates, who Richard said relentlessly bullied him. If you notice, they’re not quoting Richard on the first part!
Apr 11th
My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-10 →
sidyadav: Just got my first Facebook spam. Ouch. http://sidyadav.com/post/31320677 See all updates for sidyadav »
Apr 10th
“One in every twenty-six Indians in the US is a millionaire, comprising 10% of US...”
– Source: 2003 Merrill Lynch SA Market Study (this is truly AMAZING. Where’d all the 7-Eleven owners go?!?!?!?!?!!?!?! ;-) ) (note: as an Indian myself, this comment is racially exempt.)
Apr 9th
My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-9 →
sidyadav: People’s say “Woman’s Rights” is the funniest joke ever. I’ve got a funnier one: “Verified by Wikipedia”. sidyadav: Wow. Who knew. Yahoo-AOL deal is coming closer. See all…
Apr 9th
“Stress is actually helpful when running a business. Stress is the warning system...”
– Jason Calacanis, so rightly talking about stress and business (particularly in the Internet/blog industry). As a person who stresses a lot on his businesses, I agree 100%.
Apr 9th
Apr 9th
My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-8 →
sidyadav: Time’s top 25 blog list is HORRIBLE. No @centernetworks, @rww, or @mashable, and instead, there’s a super-3rd grade blog. WTF?!?! sidyadav: I predict wireless power to be the…
Apr 8th
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”
– Steve Jobs
Apr 8th
My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-6 →
sidyadav: Dear Google, why does Google Video open a new window everytime I press full screen? That is soo 2006. Please catchup with the times. Thanks. sidyadav: I coin the term…
Apr 6th
“Clinton is smart because she can hide her lies. Obama is smarter because he has...”
– And in politics, a person with nothing to hide can get the best of any opponent, any race, any election — because the public is the ultimate judge there can be. For more on the topic, see the Telegraph article on Obama’s “Uncomforatable Truths”.
Apr 6th
My Twitter Digest: 2008-4-5 →
sidyadav: Just upgraded the ‘book to 2gig ram…awesomeness for $48 sidyadav: Yes! My 1000 Rev2 buttons just arrived. Now I just have to figure out how to give them away… ideas? …
Apr 5th
“So I was playing Counter-Strike Source on de_virginia_tech and it went 35 and 1.”
– Random Counter-Strike Player… lolllzzzlz
Apr 5th
Apr 5th
7 Facebook Apps that are Crap →
Please, do yourself a favour and say away from these.  Thanks! - The World
Apr 5th
“I’ve found that being an entrepreneur in the tech industry these days...”
– Get the balance right, and you’re Steve Jobs.
Apr 5th