Category Archives for Thinking
Shlok Vaidya’s thinking.
Goofy: Ongo
New print-media funded news aggregation site: Subscribers who pay that basic fee get access to the top 20 stories in The New York Times* and all the content from USA Today^ and the Washington Post, plus one other paper of … Continue reading
Hilarious: H.P.’s Board
In my book, this is corruption. Bunch of insiders with spotty track records at best hire one another at exorbitant rates to crush value: Indeed, on the surface, it looks like H-P (HPQ 47.08, -0.46, -0.97%) has become a haven for failed executives. The … Continue reading
Facebook Doesn’t Get Social Buying
Well, to be fair, it does from a producer’s point of view. Not a consumer though. Liu said the new feature would allow users to share purchases in their Facebook update stream with friends on the social network. But sharing … Continue reading
Goofy: Whitehouse Quora
Anil is backwards on this effort to create a question + answer site for the White House. The question isn’t how to collect the best/most qualified talent to contribute. It’s how to turn the best/most useful ideas into action. All … Continue reading
On Saving Indie Bookstores
Lisa Lutz wants to save the LA Mystery Bookstore. That’s cool. If they want to do this right though, they’ll have to rethink the value proposition. These guys get put in the worst position. The big authors (who aren’t corporate … Continue reading