A shot of JD

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Mar 12
“Roughly 50% of the cost of producing a physical newspaper is in printing and distribution, with only about 15% of total costs being editorial. Newspapers could save a lot of money if the primary access to news was via the internet.” Google Public Policy Blog
Mar 12
“Maybe the whole thing will feel hokey to people who expect their $500 gadget to feel more Minority Report than Gutenberg.” Neven Mrgan on the iPad, in particular the page-turn UI metaphors of iBooks.
Mar 11

ten months

meaghano:

is how long it took me to ask what the difference was between committed and pushed.

Ah, the life of a non-technical person in startup. Git? SVN? Wut?

We should have our own union or something…

Mar 11
Chatroulette Being Used for Marketing? Say It Ain’t So!
Market research 101: people sat fiddling on the Internet on a weekday afternoon don’t make a representative sample of the whole population.
(I know it’s tongue in cheek…)

Chatroulette Being Used for Marketing? Say It Ain’t So!

Market research 101: people sat fiddling on the Internet on a weekday afternoon don’t make a representative sample of the whole population.

(I know it’s tongue in cheek…)

Mar 11
livejamie:

When your friend’s texts get to the point where Google thinks it’s Welsh, it might be time for some English lessons.

Amazing! But I’ve always thought SMS language was more like Klingon…

livejamie:

When your friend’s texts get to the point where Google thinks it’s Welsh, it might be time for some English lessons.

Amazing! But I’ve always thought SMS language was more like Klingon…

Mar 10
“[When talking about] eBooks, I’ve settled on using ‘page’ as a reference to the original book only, and ‘leaf’ as the unitary, non-scrolling content in the current viewport.” There are no web pages anymore
Mar 10
Mar 9
Mar 9
“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.”

Stephen Covey, author of “7 Habits of Highly Effective People”.

Just read this quote in the e-mail signature of a startup founder, but I think it’s good advice for life in general as much as startups, business and products.

Mar 9
“One day soon, any Mac hardware that has ‘File’ and ‘Edit’ menus at the top will be considered ‘Power Users Only’ territory.” Cameron Daigle on the iPad’s Effect

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A Shot of JD is a tumblelog by Jonathan Deamer.