The anxiety we feel about rising prices, plummeting home values and a weak dollar is real. But perhaps we should take comfort in the fact that, historically, recessions are relatively short and they’re usually followed by long periods of prosperity.
October 1, 2008
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September 30, 2008
Great Comment on Brad's Post on the USV Blog
This is a very important idea, not least because I f@cked it up in my recent launch. This is the key insight:
“The burden is on the designer of the system to meet a need, entertain, or inform their users. They also have to seduce those users, hiding complexity, revealing one layer at time, always enticing, never intimidating, until the user one day finds they are intimately familiar with power and the pleasures of the service.”
Once the insight has been made, the solution is obvious. Not sure if I have the jets to get it done, I’m a product guy rather a social engineer. But, they ain’t lowering the hoop just because I’m 5’ 10”. We’ll see.
Originally posted as a comment by Ted Murphy on Union Square Ventures using Disqus.
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September 29, 2008
Ha. John McCain owns VotefortheMILF.com
3:21 pm
Wow! Sometimes the New York Times now loads an ad as soon as you enter the Nytimes.com URL. They must really be in need of cash
1:46 pm
September 28, 2008
Made by JibJab
10:32 pm
I love that Howard keeps it real. He’s right. Scare tactics get traffic but don’t build businesses
9:38 pm
MGMT at ACL. Crazy crowded.
8:25 pm
Guitar Hero Action at ACL
8:24 pm
September 24, 2008
3am Staurday night and I see this book lying on the sidewalk as I make my way home.
A sign?
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