October 2011
Toys will be toys →
bobulate:
Chris Dixon on the next big thing:
The reason big new things sneak by incumbents is that the next big thing always starts out being dismissed as a toy. Disruptive technologies are dismissed as toys because when they are first launched they “undershoot” their users’ needs. The first telephone could only carry voices a mile or two. The leading incumbent of the time, Western Union, chose...
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September 2011
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Drewbot: On Facebook Timeline: Teaching Data to... →
dbreunig:
Yesterday, Facebook unveiled their new “Timeline” design. Largely imagined by Sam Lessin and Nicholas Feltron, the design coaxes personal actions recorded by Facebook into a humane, emotional, interface for a given history1. Users can delve into their content not as images, notes, and…
This post doesn’t explore the emotional implications of the Timeline, but it’s a...
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Tim Heidecker: Woody Allen Movie Treatment Letter →
timheidecker:
(Here is a letter to Academy Award winning director and film humorist Woody Allen.) Woody Allen 140 West 57th Street Suite 4-B New York, NY 10019 Der mr Allen, I’m sure you get several of these treatments from young writers looking to break into the business but I…
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