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• Success Equals Being Acquired and Losing Control?  Check out this one line in ZDNet’s coverage of TechCrunch’s Arrington web winners/losers list: Winners (got acquired) Now, I don’t know if that’s Arrington’s perspective (I suspect so) or ZDNet’s (also likely), either way the sentiment is disturbing. If this is the mentality of the Valley, then I celebrate every project on the “Very Good
• Chatter - Friendly Tumble Blogging “Garrick knocks Pownce … what will he think of Chatter?” - Bruno Bornsztein Finally, a web app that knows how to handle a new account - Bruno sends me an invite via email. I click the link. Chatter asks me my name - then emails me a password. That’s it. Beautiful. If you’re building or have built an
• A Suggestion for Shareware-ing TV and Movies I’ve got a handful of password-protected PDF files. I can share those files with anyone, back them up on as many computers or discs as I’d like. If I want to actually read them, I need the password. The password cost me a $10 or $50 or what have you. I’d like to see this model
• You Have a Higher Tolerance for Ambiguity in Your Thinking Styles  I suspect anyone who spends more than 5 minutes with me could conclude that, including this neuropolitics.org survey. Here’s their entire first impression of me: “Your responses are consistent with the following attributes: You have a higher propensity for large-group social bonding. You have a probable elevation in your dopaminergic activation system. Your right prefrontal cortex
• The New Phonebooks are Here, Please Recycle  Growing up, I always looked forward to the new phonebooks. Visiting my grandparents, I spent hours exploring the big city via their encyclopedic yellow pages. Steve Martin’s classic Jerk only amplified my enthusiasm and provided a chorus. “The new phonebooks are here! The new phonebooks are here!” Today, unexpected as always, a new phone book lay