Hack: Insights from Twitter Favorites

January 1, 2009

I love any sort of hack or opportunity allowing me a ‘sneak peak’ inside the minds of persons’ whose intellect or innovative thinking I admire. One of my favorite things to do is to peruse someone’s personal library, either in their home or office, to gain a better understanding of what they value and/or think [...]

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“Email”

January 1, 2009

On the way to our family Christmas in New Hampshire I spotted this mailbox and had to take a photo!

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LeveragingIdeas 2009 Trends and Wish List

December 31, 2008

Yes, prediction posts are laregly a waste of time. I did a prediction post last year but in the spirit of admitting “What the F&%k do I really know?” I figured I would forgo predictions and instead compile a small list of observations and personal wishes for trends going into 2009. The reason for this [...]

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Social Capital + Facebook Photos = Advertising Nirvana?

December 31, 2008

While on Facebook this afternoon I stumbled across a few funny photos where someone had apparently used Photoshop to add UGG boots to a number of their friends’ pictures. In other cases, they had taken photos of celebrities wearing UGGs and added their friends faces. The results (pictured below) are comical but also suggestive of [...]

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Top Social Media Authorities on Twitter via Twitority

December 28, 2008

Via TechCrunch I learned that Jon Wheatley has launched new service called Twitority in response to Loic Le Meur’s request for Twitter Search to be sortable by number of followers. Here is the mail that Wheatley wrote to Loic: “Since I read your post this morning about authority based twitter searches I’ve been frantically trying [...]

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Five New(ish) Blogs Worth Reading

December 24, 2008

Over the last few months I have stumbled upon several new(ish) blogs that are highly worth checking out: Laserlike: Authored by Mike Speiser, Managing Director at Sutter Hill Ventures Sample Great Post: Ontologies for Everything Else Lessons Learned: Authored by Eric Ries, a ‘Venture Advisor’ at Kleiner Perkins Sample Great Post: Engagement Loops: Beyond Viral [...]

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Angel Co-Investment Likely to Increase in 2009

December 23, 2008

While full data for 2008 investments are not yet in, the picture from the latest Angel Group Confidence Report is that total angel group investments in North America are estimated to decrease by at least ten percent from 2007. Angel groups appear to be focusing more on a few potential winners. The top reason for [...]

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Paul Graham on Credentials: My Thoughts

December 19, 2008

Paul Graham has another thought provoking essay this month titled, After Credentials I am going to quote extensively from Paul’s article (italics) and then add my own thoughts after each paragraph (non-italics). — A few months ago I read a New York Times article on South Korean cram schools that said, “Admission to the right [...]

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Hack: Know if Someone Read Your Email Using Bit.ly

December 17, 2008

I am finding new uses for Bit.ly all the time. The fact that you can track how many times a link has been clicked has a number of not-immediately-obvious uses. One example is a solution to a problem we all have at one time or another: wondering whether someone has read an email we sent. [...]

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LeveragingIdeas Gift Guide for Entrepreneurs and Startups 2008

December 14, 2008

I decided to take a stab at a Holiday gift guide for entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, startup lovers and/or generalist geeks. Most stuff on this list is on the cheaper side understanding that this Holiday season may be more frugal than those previous. If you have additional suggestions, please add a comment below with with a [...]

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