Archive for December, 2008

So I have a bunch of tattoos – Part 2

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Continuing from our point where we left off here, a follow-up about all the tattoos I have up until this point.

To continue from where we left off, first, this is what I actually look like now. I feel slightly weird posting this, but you know what, fuck modesty, you can handle it.
It’s a pretty big [...]

So I have a bunch of tattoos – Part 1

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

I have a bunch of tattoos, but I’ve never really chatted about them or put them up online. But I’m getting a bunch of work over the next 6 months, so I figured, what the hell. After all, even if you see me in person, it’s rare that you get to see the work I’ve [...]

The Army’s Formation Is Like Water

Monday, December 29th, 2008

The army’s formation is like water.
The water’s formation avoids the high and rushes to the low.
So an army’s formation avoids the strong and rushes to the weak.
Water’s formation adapts to the ground when flowing.
So then an army’s formation adapts to the enemy to achieve victory.
Therefore, an army does not have constant force, or have [...]

Maximizing Leverage of Social Networks

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

So, probably wrapping up the talk we’ve been having about ecosystems (1, 2), we bring it back to what we were chatting about a few weeks ago about why bloggers are short-changing themselves out of influence by giving up blogging for Twitter.
Making the decision
One of the main things you have to decide on when figuring [...]

About Chris’ thing

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

Dunno that this is worthy of a blog post, but I figured I’d get in on it anyway.
Chris is being harassed by a bunch of guys right now because they’re saying that the blog post he wrote on his Dadomatic blog changed the way they see him. I’m not here to criticize that; they can [...]

Building the Ecosystem, or Being the Host

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

I’ve given some more thought to the subject of a previous post about starting companies inside ecosystems. Turns out there’s another side to this, and it’s pretty obvious: Building the ecosystem that can support others.
Let’s say you start a site that’s a currency converter (to continue the example from the previous post). You have no [...]

Breakdancing Animals

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

No matter what’s going on in your life, this video should make you feel better.

A moment of confusion

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

My corner breakfast place has two bathrooms. Both were identical, and neither used to have signs. Last week, they put these up.
     
At first it’s clear, right? “Oh, this one is female and that one is… hey wait a minute.” Exactly.
There was a brief moment of zen (or something) when I saw this. It’s almost less [...]

Functioning Inside Other Ecosystems

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Lots of people who want to start businesses seem to want to become billion dollar ones and, hey, that’s understandable. Huge is sexy. But what about something else, something which I think is a big deal but not talked about that often. Starting a business inside another business. Think Facebook apps.
This isn’t the way to [...]

Attention 9/11 Truth Dudes

Monday, December 8th, 2008

You have met your match. Expect the next 4/8 years to be filled with Obama conspiracy movies from the right, just like the left have their 9/11 truth and Federal Reserve movies. The following are expected to become popular. Just remember you heard it here first.
- Obama is not a US citizen
- Obama will take [...]