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Fiction: Uber
Uber: Users of startup car service Uber got quite a shock from the company’s demand-based pricing on New Year’s Eve. The company implemented a New Year’s surcharge that stuck San Francisco-based Uber user Dan Darcy with a $63 bill for … Continue reading
Fiction: PlaceIQ
PlaceIQ. PlaceIQ sifts through tons of data about locations to give marketers a mini-zipcode-like profile of each block. The data comes from both open sources and commercial data sets, including place data, retail data, government data, event data, photo data, … Continue reading
Fiction: Favo.rs
Favo.rs “The site can be likened to a marketplace for networking, where users barter for professional favors in exchange for status, points and the satisfaction of knowing that they’ve helped someone out.” — The original Favo.rs business model worked for … Continue reading
On The India Book And Publishing
I’m thinking of putting the Naxalite Rage blog to bed. I’ll keep an archive available, and start over with a new India-focused site when I can. Came to this decision after, oddly enough, talking it over with an agent interested in … Continue reading
Retire Like King Ashoka
Life arc hint #7. Retire like King Ashoka. King Ashoka (304-232 BC) was an ancient Indian king. He spent the first half of his life embroiled in warfare. First in a violent battle for succession amongst his brothers when their … Continue reading