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The infamous Jason Calacanis (of Mahalo, Netscape.com, Weblogs, Inc.) commented on my previous Mahalo post. I feel slightly important now.
My Response:
Mahalo is just looking to fill the top 10,000 search terms or whatever. Obviously this will give them exposure within the most profitable areas, as Jason said, but, there are two issues I have with […]

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If you haven’t heard, an 11-year-old boy shot a gigantic hog down in Arkansas. Apparently it’s larger than the previous record holder, a Mr. Hogzilla. Awesome.
How to create a market
Do something extraordinary. Look at this freaking animal. Now that you have everyone’s attention:
Praise your supporters by posting their comments on your website.
Rile up your adversaries […]

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Take the boatloads of campaign money that you’ve raised and split it all into two equal piles. Take the first pile and donate it to your charity of choice. Then, after you’ve earned the attention of the entire country, the leftover money should be more than enough to share your message.
In the end, even if […]

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I’d like to say it was inevitable, but I honestly wasn’t sure if it would happen. I think it was an excellent move. And at only $100 mil! I would’ve snatched it up if Donald Trump owed me a (huge) favor. Can you think of an easier way to absorb a market?
Google is already (probably) […]

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Read this blog post on Jonathan Schwartz’s blog (CEO Sun Microsystems). It’s semi-interesting. I guess Sun is trying to take advantage of the situation by wearing a halo next to everyone’s favorite devil. As I recall, I saw an article yesterday outlining some comments Mr. Ballmer made, the gist of which is that MS will […]

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Have you ever noticed that every television show ad features some type of crazily-unrealistic teaser that never follows through? Have you noticed that every time, regardless of how impossible it may seem, you still spend the next week wondering if maybe it will happen? Are they really going to get married? Will he really leave […]

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A week or two ago I was watching a rerun of Major Dad on a syndication black hole, and I was caught a bit off guard by a Kia commercial. Some people ramble on about something or other. I’m not really sure what’s going on, but at one point a dapper young professional thinks to […]

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I’m havin a good time tonight. My roommate and I ended up on the porch havin some drinks, listening to good music and chatting. Right now we’re watching “The Breakup” (which is turning out to be pretty awesome). Though, none of that is here nor there.
I have a job tomorrow. I’m replacing some old Macs […]

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With Mother’s Day upon us, I felt it was appropriate to discuss some of what’s going on in her life right now. My mom will be 55 this year, and she’s been dreaming of owning her own business. It’s gone through a number of phases, starting with the purchase of a small embroidery machine.
While working […]

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David Hughes (Senior VP of Technology, RIAA) spoke at Arizona State University on the state of the music business.
David’s argument was basically that we should feel sorry for the fact that his business is quickly becoming irrelevant and they don’t know how to change. It’s expensive to find new artists and they’re releasing bad music […]

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