The Beauty Of iMacros

I first came across iMacros through the world's best ever post about Facebook (specifically, Facebook flyers) from Shoemoney a couple of weeks ago. But it's only this week that I started playing around with it myself.

The best summary is that iMacros had me, ahem, auto-subbing to Truemors in under 5 minutes.

Back to Facebook flyers - Rahul made the astute observation that 'exploiters' can often offer deeper insight than analysts.

Alex Iskold - Thought Provoker

For the third or fourth time, Alex Iskold has written a deep post on, what else, The Structured Web over at RWW that provoked me into writing a comment that is worth repeating here as a blog post. Thanks for helping me with material!

Here's what I say:

"Yeah, big, big data-matching problem. I am excited about the 'wisdom of crowds' effect creating some organic commonality of xml tags much like delicious tags. I could believe that xml from Amazon and B&N and Alibris might all contain an 'author' tag. I think this organic effect is liable to be much more far-reaching than deterministic microformats, if not as neat and tidy."

Come visit us at blist :)

VMware & Yacht Racing

Diane Greene of VMware from the Merc via the Seattle Times: "I think sailboat racing taught me a lot," Greene said. Racing and running a company, she explained, require preparation, organization and "the right team." It requires a keen awareness of shifting conditions and the ability to weigh all the factors, including rivals: "What are the other boats doing?"

Clearly, that (currently) $25.8B market cap will work out for me, too, because I sail :)

Interestingly, if you spend anytime sailing, you notice that, on average the sport attracts the CEO type like your Larry Ellisons, and not the professional, lawyer type - obviously a lot of it is that sailing can take up a lot of time, so running any kind of campaign pretty much requires that you set your own schedule and own something so you don't have to bill by the hour (explicitly or implicitly).

Ad Of The Day: Toyota Warcraft

I don't even like WoW, but what a breath of fresh air when it comes to truck ads during football games!

You might also want to check out blist :)

What No Link, Guy?

Guy Kawasaki wrote a great post on what entrepreneurs need to watch out for when it comes to lawyers. I am proud that Guy included my name in his post, even without a link. Well, baby steps, right? First my name, links will come later - I'll just have to keep on working.

Yes I Am A New Yorker Junkie

It feels like I have been reading the New Yorker (well the cartoons at least) practically since birth. It's by far the best magazine on any topic and has been as integral to my education as elementary school, high school, or college.

The great thing about the Internet is that you can communicate with practically anyone if you just take a little initiative.

blist demo today

We did a blist demo today in our offices and I am not trying to sound smug, but the audience was really impressed. This is getting to be a trend for us - we get a lot of 'wow's - Basically, in the current climate of low cost web app development, most new companies are trading off a lot of quality and value-add for rapid development of the 'I cloned Youtube in a weekend' variety. Not at blist, sure we work rapidly, but we are doing a lot of heavy-lifting that translates into superior value to the user - if we put a lot of work into a particular area, then, as a user, you won't have to.

Our beta list is really filling up quickly, so if you haven't thrown your email in at www.blist.com yet, I strongly encourage you to do so - we won't be able to let everyone in right away. There must be some strong word of mouth going around because we haven't had any press coverage to speak of - and there is a ton of interest building already.