September 2009
0 posts
The long lost formula for start-up success. No,... →
June 2009
1 post
iPhone AppStore Secrets - Pinch Media →
May 2009
4 posts
Annals of Medicine: The Cost Conundrum: Reporting... →
Interesting article on the state of health care.
Functioning Form - An Event Apart: Revealing... →
Getting Started with Rails →
Chef Nobuyuki Matsuhisa's Recipe for Broiled Cod... →
April 2009
5 posts
Killing Innovation with Corner Cases and Consensus... →
Music that makes you dumb
From the same guy that put together Books that make you dumb…
Man Charged with Driving Drunk on Motorized Bar... →
March 2009
1 post
February 2009
8 posts
Pattern Tap : Interface Collection for Design... →
Funny story about Shaq & Twitter →
The Trilogy Meter
Source: DanMeth.com
Data Visualizations of the Stimulus Plan
From CreditLoan.com:
From the Washington Post:
12 Standard Screen Patterns →
January 2009
7 posts
Charles Hudson’s Weblog » Blog Archive » Thoughts... →
links for 2009-01-06
I finally caught up on my feeds last night and came across a few really good articles…
Freemium business model case study: AdultFriendFinder ARPU, churn and conversion rates (Andrew Chen)
Fantastic post taking a look at AFF’s business metrics and deriving their values using data from the recent IPO filing. Andrew’s blog is a must read for any web marketing nerd (like myself). ...
A fav restaurant + a fav show
The chef at one of my favorite Seattle restaurants (Sabrina Tinsley @ Osteria La Spiga - love their gnocci) is on one of my favorite shows, Iron Check America, tonight (9pm PST on the Food Network).
She’s up against against Bobby Flay - who I thought would be one of the tougher matchups but apparently has the second worst record among the Iron Chefs.
Source: Seattlest
WTF?
Here are the stats of 4 four NFL QBs…
QB1 - 4009 Yards, 34 TDs, 105.5 QB Rating
QB2 - 4526 Yards, 25 TDs, 86.0 QB Rating
QB3 - 4002 Yards, 27 TDs, 95.0 QB Rating
QB4 - 3472 Yards, 22 TDs, 81.0 QB Rating
Can you guess which 3 QB’s made the Pro Bowl? What about which one won the NFL MVP?
Seems pretty obvious to me, but maybe you need some more information. Here are the...
December 2008
9 posts
Pitching Web Series and Points of... →
How to launch a new product « The Jason Calacanis... →
Annals of Education: Most Likely to Succeed:... →
November 2008
11 posts
The Turbaconducken (Turducken Wrapped Bacon) →
If only I didn’t give up bacon.
The worst day of thier lives.
I may have outted myself as an AI fan, but this cracked me up.
Newsweek - How He Did It →
Great read. Part one (of six) of Newsweek’s exclusive look at the 2008 election. They were given an impressive level of behind-the-scenes access to the candidates and their campaigns, and it shows. Some of my favs…
Obama, to his staff after having to answer questions about comments one of his staffers made re: Hillary…
“I don’t want you guys freelancing and,...
Amazon Frustration-Free Packaging
Another neat idea from Amazon (via Signal vs. Noice blog)…
http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1365-amazon-launched-frustration-free-packaging
It solves two problems - gets rid of that annoying clam shell packaging (I always end up inflicting more damage on my hands than I do on the package) and it cuts down on waste.
Check out thier gallery of wrap-rage…
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October 2008
9 posts
Lexical Analysis of the '08 Debates
Given that I work in the speech business, I found this analysis of the debates really interesting. Have a look…
http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/debates/