January 2008
9 posts
RB: Know who Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is?
RB start: Know who he is? Well you should. He’s the “Arabian Warren Buffett” (per Time magazine), a member of the Saudi Royal Family, and worth $29.5B. He also happens to be the largest single investor of Citigroup, one of the largest US financial firms. Foreign investment into US companies was formerly ill received. Here are some examples.. Remember the Unocal dilemma a...
RB: What I Learned Today →
RB start: Guess who has the best Tumblr? Amir’s girlfriend Diana…Each topic is carefully selected and then analyzed well. She doesn’t just sloppily reblog facts that she reads — she actually takes the time to dig in and explain the topic in “real person” talk. — via rickyv RB End This is something I’m having a problem with…it’s so easy to...
RB: MyBlogLog API: First Impressions
Been reading some of Joe’s notes on MyBlogLog developments and I haven’t full grasped it, but seems like the potential of the new functionality is incredible (never mind the privacy issues - Facebook’s taught everyone that there’s no such thing as privacy anymore)…Read on for an example from Joe. RB start: Thanks to Ian, Kent, and the rest of the MyBlogLog team, I...
RB: featuritis/craptimization
RB start: It’s incredibly difficult to deal with a large number of users who all have an opinion about how something should work….Lots of people don’t even seem to understand that new features are not just switches that you can flip. — via dalasverdugo there’s a word for it. “featuritis”….of course, you can abandon the plan and drive blind. and...
“RB: How can someone who’s so socially awkward make a social networking...”
– via Amy on Zuck’s 60 Minutes segment It’s a good question - especially if you believe in the “scratch your own itch” school of thought. Goes to show that apps we call “social” today are hardly that…still a long way to go in developing apps that...
