Monthly Archives: December 2006

Top 10 Top 10 Lists for 2006

Posted on December 22, 2006 by

In the spirit of my recent obsession with abstraction, I’ll take a meta approach to the annual Top 10 list: 10. Starting with a strong one, the top 10 tips for growing old gracefully. I can imagine some funny variations … Continue reading →

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Preview of the del.icio.us publisher api

Posted on December 19, 2006 by

I just posted a short screencast on the YDN blog of the cool new publisher api coming from del.icio.us soon. I’ve also embedded the video below. Lots of interesting possibilities with this new service, for sure. Embed video:

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Fun with ads on my blog

Posted on December 15, 2006 by

There have been 2 really interesting and innovative ad platform services to come out recently from Right Media and Feedburner. I’ve been playing with both on my blog, but I’ve only scratched the surface of the potential here. First, Right … Continue reading →

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Valleywag is becoming essential

Posted on December 14, 2006 by

I have to echo Fred Wilson’s view that Valleywag has suddenly become a must-read for me. Despite the incessant Yahoo! bashing recently, Nick Denton has finally created an insightful Silicon Valley gossip rag that’s worth the time put into it. … Continue reading →

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Hack day matures

Posted on December 8, 2006 by

There’s a noticeable difference between the hacks presented at Yahoo!’s internal hack day today and the ones from a year ago when the program began. It’s like the end of pre-season when the starters come out to show everyone how … Continue reading →

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Is attention finite?

Posted on December 7, 2006 by

John Hagel explores the economics of attention and describes the issues for today’s business leaders: “Attention economics starts with the observation that, as products and information proliferate, attention becomes the scarce resource … we each have only 24 hours in … Continue reading →

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Top 5 new business ideas

Posted on December 5, 2006 by

The month of lists has begun, so I decided to rank the business ideas from the last year that could or should be a big deal in the next year. Most of these ideas and companies have actually been around … Continue reading →

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