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Learning Business From Poker

December 29, 2008

This was circulating around Digg yesterday, but I feel it’s an important quick read for any entrepreneur. It was written by Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos on his company blog. Thanks Tony.

EVALUATING MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

Table selection is the most important decision you can make.
It’s okay to switch tables if you discover it’s too hard to win [...]

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Update: Pirates of the Amazon Plugin Gone After Amazon Takedown Notice

December 5, 2008

UPDATE: Amazon has sent a takedown notice to the Netherlands students that created this plugin, and they’ve complied. The students said it was an “artistic parody” and a “practical experiment on interface design, information access and currently debated issues in media culture.” The plugin can still be found around the web.
You know all those Somali [...]

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Six Apart Buys Kevin Rose’s Pownce

December 1, 2008

Six Apart, the blogging platform company, is buying Twitter clone Pownce
Co-founder Leah Culver and full-time employee Mike Malone will join Six Apart to help with new products. As for the Pownce product, it is supposedly being shut down.
SixApart either bought Pownce for their technology and intelligent management or they are just going to bring it back [...]

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Scissor Me Timbers: Kevin Rose Gets Kicked In The Balls For Teat Comment

November 24, 2008

Today Digg founder, Kevin Rose, issued a formal apology today for his ‘inappropriate’ comments on violence towards women during the last episode of Diggnation.
Here is the comment Rose made; “there is only one time you can strike [a woman -] if she kicks you in the balls, you have the ability and the right, [...]

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Google’s New Non-Semantic Approach To Personal Search

November 20, 2008

Today Google launced SearchWiki, a way for Google users (once-signed in) to customize search by re-ranking, deleting, adding, and commenting on search results.
Your comments will be shown to others, however the changes you make to results will only affect your own searches.
All of your search changes will be stored in your Google account for future [...]

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