Wow… I’ve been following this for a little while, and they’ve finally gotten acquired by Google. For an obscene amount of money I might add. Here’s a few thoughts on this:
I think this will jolt quite a lot of people into starting up companies, just by the sheer amount money the acquisition involves. This could […]
Riddle - What does marketing guru Seth Godin and Lee Kuan Yew have in common? I can still remember it wasn’t long ago when people (in Singapore at least) were scratching their heads over MM Lee’s remarks… I guess great minds do think alike, even when it comes to quirky but strangely logical conclusions.
An aside: […]
Edit: Here’s the cool Today feed created by uzyn, who has penned his thoughts in the comments here. Thanks uzyn!
I’ve always liked the way Miyagi writes… entertaining, self effacing and most of all, he knows what he’s talking about. But today, he’s writing about some hacker dude ripping the content of Today and putting them […]
I was reminded of this article by way of Tomorrow - Wired 1.04: Disneyland with the Death Penalty - an essay on Singapore by William Gibson written in 1993. It led me to think about what Mr. Gibson might have missed out on.
For one, the grassroots are definitely changing, what with the rise […]
I’m not going to comment on whether this will take off (it very well might) - but one thing’s for sure - I think it’s lame. Let me count the ways:
I’ve read starblogs, and man most of them just ramble on. Xiaxue was totally off topic, but at least that was entertaining (sounded kinda like […]
Economics - Boring, irrelevant, difficult, academic, hum-drum? I don't think so...
This was published in 2000 by Mr. Godin, but as I'm reading it now... the ideas are even more relevant than ever (even if the companies cited aren't).