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by colortone 18y ago
this is the same idea as the 10,000 sheep art project, done by the same guy, aaron koblin whee
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by colortone 18y ago
Ouch! Here's Umair's response, in case you missed it: "max, "if you're seeing chrome as simply a story of commoditizing complements, you're missing its lesson entirely and totally. browsers don't become commodities because of chrome: exact
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by colortone 18y ago
I'd venture that the author has a firm grasp of the economics of complements. I'd also point out that thrust of the article is not about "new grand markets" [although that is certainly a potential outcome]; instead, the point is to answer
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How to Chrome Your Industry(discussionleader.hbsp.com)
18 points by colortone 18y ago|14 comments
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"The mission is to end oil," he says, "not create a company."(wired.com)
72 points by colortone 18y ago|34 comments
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by colortone 18y ago
Agree that it's not a perfect market, but look at this from a relative point of view (e.g. the App Store/iPhone value chain vs. VZ) Patience, grasshopper ;-)
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by colortone 18y ago
the original post on Sarah Lacy's blog is atrocious, I can see why MA responded...
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Fortune 50 Marketer In Broad Collaboration With Web Service Companies; Who Is It?(ethanbauley.com)
1 points by colortone 18y ago|0 comments
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by colortone 18y ago
I was battling with my finance professors about whether AMZ was going to fail or be huge. I was short AMZ and long B&N in my 19 year old wisdom ;-)
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by colortone 18y ago
some one has already done this, can't find it right now... the key is to have the magazine be custom made by the subscriber i.e. outsource the editorial to the user
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Al-Qaeda's Growing Online Offensive(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by colortone 18y ago|0 comments
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Redefining the CEO Agenda for the 21st Century(discussionleader.hbsp.com)
1 points by colortone 18y ago|0 comments
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Play A Video Game, Contribute to Medical Science (genius mech turk app)(scientificblogging.com)
2 points by colortone 18y ago|0 comments
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Obama And The Rise Of Asymmetrical Competition(discussionleader.hbsp.com)
4 points by colortone 18y ago|0 comments
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by colortone 18y ago
Ya, I thought that too until I visited and then moved here for grad school. There's plenty of vacuous stuff going on, but it's only part of the overall scene. LA is incredibly diverse. There's a reason millions of people live here and the
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by colortone 18y ago
much good advice here. i don't know if i'd recommend mondrian/skybar that strongly but it's definitely cool. cuba cuba, the restaurant in the mondrian, is amazing (asian fusion). for my dollar, the best restaurant in L.A. is A.O.C. on 3rd
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by colortone 18y ago
omg! those pics are amazing! i wonder where sam could go to a) stay online and b) have access to stuff like that...
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by colortone 18y ago
Arches Nat'l park, too!
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by colortone 18y ago
Sam, are you seriously going to go to Sacramento BUT NOT LOS ANGELES??? LA is an incredible place with loads of amazing places to stay for week or month-long intervals (lots of "creatives" running around subletting their apartment) i can pr
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by colortone 18y ago
Can anyone explain why this comment was downmodded? Is it because I syndicated something that was posted elsewhere? I feel like what I wrote here brought a lot of context to this story, especially given my background as a musician and recor
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by colortone 18y ago
(Disclosure: I’ve been a user since [almost] day one and have contributed to the Tunecore blog) Here's my comment (#209) on the original thread: I would love it if we could start hearing about more businesses that are growing out of existin
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by colortone 18y ago
IP is a non-rival good. I take your idea, you still have it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivalrous
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by colortone 18y ago
I had been waiting for someone to write this article...TOP NOTCH reporting!
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by colortone 18y ago
Those apps that won the Dev Challenge are sweet!!! Very exciting stuff I haven't looked into the iPhone apps much, but this is going to get VERY interesting, that's for sure.
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by colortone 18y ago
No, unless you can find some information independently (via research or people). That info is hard earned and you will be a lot less convicted (and it will be harder to convince people that you're right) if you have no direct experience. I
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by colortone 18y ago
LOL! I suppose I was naively idealistic about describing naive idealism! Your last sentence really sums it up for me. THE POWER of what Umair is saying is: "I have done the research, and it is razor-sharp, economically-grounded strategy t
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by colortone 18y ago
Heck yeah...even a comment saying "Hey pal, there's a convo happening at xxx.com"
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What does HN owe the author of an article that gets posted here?
2 points by colortone 18y ago|2 comments
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by colortone 18y ago
Sorry! That was ott...I edited it down a bit.
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by colortone 18y ago
There's a world of inspiring thoughts in the article. I'm not an engineer at all, but I love the mindset and have learned an incredible amount from YCombinator, Ray Kurzweil, et al. I'd point to the link on P&G's Connect & Develop

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