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Re: feedback

willcole — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:39:47 -0000

This one is growing on me as is Ludlow St. Lots of good stuff on the album all around.

Re: 85,000 reasons why Apple’s iPhone isn’t going to be disrupted

willcole — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:54:53 -0000

Or if one of these other phone companies came up with a browsing experience more capable than any out there, you may not need apps anymore at all.

Re: Wikipedia Rel=NoFollow

andrewparker — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:24:35 -0000

I think the "upgrade a link" idea. I think that would work well in a
crowdsourced community like Wikipedia.
Regarding spammer motivation, despite making links nofollow on the average
blog comment thread, blog comments still get pounded by comment spam. By
12:21pm today, Akismat alone caught over 6.6MM spam comments. And, I'm sure
the vast majority of those spam comments, if they had gone through, would
have been on a comment thread that implements rel=nofollow. So, despite
having no PageRank incentive, spammers still pound the heck out of blog
comments. I think the same principle and incentives apply to Wikipedia
today.

Re: Wikipedia Rel=NoFollow

willcole — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:18:57 -0000

Not sure I agree. You make it seem like the direct traffic is the only reason someone would create a link. Of course page rank is an incentive, and no follow completely removes that incentive. The traffic fire hose is only really relevant on pages with huge amounts of traffic, which are usually the pages that are better maintained and less susceptible to spam in the first place. The articles with bad spam problems are usually the ones that receive less traffic, and therefore less attention from legitimate editors. These pages still receive some page rank, and were the primary problem that I remember on wikipedia prior to the nofollow implementation.

I do feel like there ought to be a way to award legitimate links in wikipedia by grading links or editor votes that could upgrade a link.

Re: The Get Down Guy | leitch: via thefallclassic

willcole — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:04:49 -0000

Ha. It was reblogged from the former deadspin editor though. He has a
good Tumblr. Check it out.

Re: The Get Down Guy | wyomingirl: Ranchos de Taos. This place has been...

willcole — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:09:22 -0000

All of mikes interpretations just turn into a springy finger dance.
It's also tough to take in the site real well wearing sunglasses.

Re: Mini NYTM

EricFriedman — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:16:02 -0000

definitely

Re: Mini NYTM

EricFriedman — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:15:08 -0000

definitely

Re: Mini NYTM

willcole — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:10:49 -0000

I like this idea. I find myself jotting down notes as quick as I can on my iPhone so I can discuss some of the presenting companies later with whoever I go to the event with. If you do this again next month @willcole me. I'd like to drop by.

Re: Will the future of TV start with sports?

willcole — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:38:07 -0000

It's hard to imagine a model where all professional leagues exclusively go straight to customers with their live content. MLB.TV is a great example of how they can optimize the revenue stream through making previously unavailable content available to out of market customers. However, as Peter mentions, none of this is at expense to the in market viewership.

I don't think ESPN will be threatened by the leagues as much on TV, but may find themselves cut out of the equation for distributing live sports content online. It's strange to think that with all the money involved in the TV deals that ESPN has been unable to roll out a compelling online live viewing experience a la CBS Sportsline with March Madness, but the damage is being done.

Re: Thoughts about the App Store/FCC/Google/ATT thing

willcole — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:06:46 -0000

I don't think it's surprising at all that someone who considers himself liberal or progressive finds it objectionable when the government sticks its nose into their area of expertise. Like DonRyan above, I think people generally want to operate absent of intervening powers and be trusted to continue competitive and honest businesses. But if people support interventions by government entities in other industries, I feel it makes it harder to make an argument for why a single industry should be exempt.

Personally, I find it odd that these types of actions are viewed as anti-competitive. On the contrary, this is hyper competitiveness. Developers have significant influence in these decisions. As you pointed out, there are alternative platforms to develop for, and the number is growing.

Innovation will not happen immediately, but I believe it will happen. FCC oversight into these types of business decisions only complicate matters, and is even a bit insulting.

Re: Last night show: Conor Oberst & Wilco

willcole — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:16:00 -0000

I can understand why people find the newest album less exciting, but I've enjoyed it quite a bit so far. My favorite thing to do right now is mix in Being There tracks with my favorites from the new album in a play list. They work well together.

I also couldn't justify the trip out to Coney Island...they'll be back to Manhattan/Brooklyn soon enough.

Re: The Get Down Guy | Sally and I are on a boat.

willcole — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:46:29 -0000

We were there for a leukemia charity event.

We need to get Scott and Mike on an email chain for the game discussion. We
want to make it to homecoming + another early game in the season.

Re: The SaaS We Use

willcole — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:18:10 -0000

I use nearly all of the same apps for the same reasons except for Lighthouse. It was difficult, but getting teams to buy into Pivotal Tracker has been extremely rewarding. It's not the greatest system if you're just using it to do bug tracking, but as a complete project management tool it is fantastic.

I've also heard that Github was the best app for Subversion, but I haven't had the time to figure out how it works.

How has your experience using Sites been? I've used it basically as a wiki to better document user stories and chores from pivotal tracker. It feels like kind of a work around and I'm interested to see if there is a product better suited for that type of work.

Re: The Get Down Guy | fred-wilson: Someday - The Strokes - Is This...

willcole — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:40:19 -0000

Listen first. Then comment.

Now what do you think?

Re: The Get Down Guy | As of Monday, 25% of US adults over 18 have heard...

willcole — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:36:36 -0000

It does image search really well, and the normal search is almost there, but not quite with Google.

Watch out for the travel pages though. There is some glitch where it is displaying prices that don't match what the airlines are actually offering...so I guess you could call that part useless for now.

Re: A Bunch Of New Stuff From Boxee

willcole — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:33:51 -0000

I'm always impressed with how far ahead MLB Advanced Media is than the other leagues (and media networks) when it comes to getting their live content pushed out. The MLB premium service reaches me on three media devices I use daily (phone, TV, computer).

Oh yeah, and it's nice for Boxee too!

Re: feedback

willcole — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:10:29 -0000

I've listened to 4 or 5 songs off this album and it's definitely one of my favorites of the year. It's been in heavy rotation on Hypem as well. Think it's time to visit Amazon...

That reminds me. Are your Amazon links run through any affiliate program? I bet they have something where you can create an account and earn commission off of any purchases made through this site.

Re: bijansabet.com | a tumblelog by Bijan Sabet | Fiscally conservative types are aghast at the...

willcole — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:48:26 -0000

Couldn't agree more. Unnecessary wars, pork and bailouts are directly in conflict with what fiscal conservatism should be about. They're all a waste and not what we elected politicians to spend money on.

Re: bijansabet.com | a tumblelog by Bijan Sabet | Fiscally conservative types are aghast at the...

bijan — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:41:27 -0000

Maybe.

We would been able to fund a lot of "social liberal/progressive" items
if we didn't waste money on unnecessary wars, pork, bailouts etc.

-bijan

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Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bijan

Re: bijansabet.com | a tumblelog by Bijan Sabet | Fiscally conservative types are aghast at the...

willcole — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:37:59 -0000

I agree with the "fiscal conservative and social liberal" stance to an extent. On issues such as abortion, gay rights etc... these views can work in harmony. However when it comes to other "social liberal" issues concerning government welfare,government run healthcare etc... the ideologies collide, and one has to win over the other.

Re: The Get Down Guy | My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-6-14)

willcole — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:52:24 -0000

You've been waiting 2 years for this haven't you...

Re: A Lesson From Morty

fredwilson — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:44:27 -0000

I want to print this out and hang it on the wall in our office. This is so true and we in the VC business forget it all the time

I will reblog this at fredwilson.vc. Such a great comment

Re: A Lesson From Morty

JLM — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:58:21 -0000

Of course a great part of the opportunity is to make the other party WANT to do business with YOU. Funny thing is that this costs absolutely nothing.

I have never known a "good" contract make a "bad" deal good but I have known good folks who resolve a problem without even looking at the contract because they respect each other and know what is fair.

The most important element of any deal is the people and the character they were born with and the character they possess and how it was developed by their life experiences.

Never cross a short guy from Del Rio, Texas.

Re: A Lesson From Morty

derrinyet — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:38:39 -0000

It seems kind of like working weddings or funerals, in that respect!