Whoa… what just happened?
John Gruber left the popular 5by5 network and moved his show to the Mule Radio Syndicate.
Haven’t had a chance to listen to the first episode but this sounds like a big move.
Lots of geeks have their panties in a bunch and are wondering what is going on. Dan, Mike, John… anyone? Give us some insight here… this is like the real housewives of Silicon Valley.
Amazing!
Facebook IPOs:
“We believe a certain amount of premium was built into the shares of companies such as Zynga, Groupon, and Yelp due to the anticipated success of a Facebook IPO,” he added. ‘Now that the catalyst failed to materialize, shares are taking a hit. “
That’s how quick the internet is:
1391 people have predicted at an average closing share price of $54 valuing Facebook at $ 135,718,802,154
But will it be correct? I predicted $59, just for the kicks of it I went high.
Holly Becker on her blog:
Germany is the place to be more and more, so much is going on over here and the creative energy is amazing, contagious even…
And I am over here, hmmm.
A look at the success of tech bloggers, new media sites and how the writers of those popular blogs are taking over the world. Great read and a sign that tech is creeping out of its nerdy niche and are influencing mainstream more and more.
Beautiful article in ESPN magazine about everything that’s right about the Sounders.
The stats:
Per game, the Sounders outdraw the Mariners almost 2 to 1
And:
Merchandise sales are on a par with the Seahawks
And coach Sigi Schmidt:
“For everyone in American soccer,” says Sounders coach Sigi Schmid, “I always tell people, you have to make a pilgrimage to Seattle. What you hoped soccer would be, it’s actually like that here.”
This is how the Sounders won the heart of the region and is conquering the world:
Take the world’s game and make it their own.
Last weekend I took my 7 year old son to his first game starting a tradition and rooting in him a love for the most beautiful game in the world. Seattle you make me so proud and I don’t feel bad a bit that I am cheating on my original home team VfB Stuttgart.
The Sounders are the future of soccer for my family!
Bike races for Jedermann (everyone) on the NYT:
Jedermann events may also play an important role keeping alive interest in cycling after doping scandals, including one involving Ullrich, discouraged many fans and sponsors.
Just like Square but a little different and now for Europe. Zettle, the Swedish company launches it’s reader – finally.
I always feel bad for Europe when it’s so behind the technology times. Welcome to the new world, Old World.
Interesting twist. While the website sits there almost forgotten, the writers and editors have been busy behind the scenes working on an eBook that’s for sale on Amazon.
Buy This Book Before You Buy Facebook: A PandoDaily Expert Guide To The Internet’s Biggest IPO
And given that it just launched a couple of days before the IPO, I wouldn’t be surprised if all resources where pulled from actually working on the website and poured into making the eBook happen.
I’ve been calling for Pando to lead the way in finding a new way to monetize content, and I must admit that this is an interesting new approach – kudos. That’s the kind of stuff I wanted to see.
I wonder if the eBook will be a success and lead to more of this kind of content. Pando could essentially become a publishing house rather than just a news blog. Or if the eBook was just a one-of project, trying to cash in on the Facebook IPO media hype and now that it’s over, almost, resources can be reallocated to actually developing PandoDaily as a proper Tech news outlet. Especially in the light of the recent rumors, it has some competition again.
If you are proud American you buy yourself an Annual National Park pass. It’s the patriotic thing to do!
A pass is your ticket to more than 2,000 federal recreation sites. Each pass covers entrance fees at national parks and national wildlife refuges as well as standard amenity fees at national forests and grasslands, and at lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Reclamation. A pass covers entrance and standard amenity fees for a driver and all passengers in a personal vehicle at per vehicle fee areas (or up to four adults at sites that charge per person).
America, the beautiful. And yes you are indeed beautiful.
Olympia, WA is where I live and I love it. Mostly. Wish we would do more to welcome tourists from out of the area and have them to explore our beautiful Pacific Northwest while using our town as a basecamp for their explorations.
And as Michael Koziarski on Twitter so beautifully summarizes:
Either facebook ads themselves don’t work, or ads don’t work on the ‘Facebook Generation’ at all…
Exactly!
I sponsored “Let’s Make Mistakes” at CreativeMornings last week. $5 sponsors for the win!
When a non-American does something utterly American he owes the country something. I’m confused. Since when do Americans owe anything to anyone ever. Or do just non-Americans owe something to others?
Help me out here.
His actions aren’t shameful. They are American. The only difference is that he’s not American.
Not socialism.
Der Spiegel (in English):
As the United States Supreme Court considers whether requiring people to have health insurance is unconstitutional, Germans are bewildered as to why so many Americans appear to be against universal coverage.
And the questions that no conservative American can ever answer:
Don’t Religious Americans Love Their Neighbors?
Milo Yiannopoulos writes for The Kernel and thinks Pando is in trouble.
Six months in, absent visionary editorial leadership and running out of cash having hired too quickly, you may find yourself in financial trouble, with an audience that frequents your content by necessity but which, when all is said and done, simply doesn’t like you very much.
I agree with much every word and I am glad to read that he hates the Meebo Bar too.
What I am curious is that aside from the editorial criticism which is definitely valid and something I don’t really have much value to add (I’m writing this blog not in my native tonuge, and I am aware of my challenges) I am curious if The Kernel has a better monetizing strategy. Of course, everything is better than a Meebo bar, but blogs are incredibly hard to monetize in a elegant way and I am curious if The Kernel has figured it out. I believe we all would like to know.
A documentary about Soccer, the World Cup in South Africa in 2010, and the global community coming together?
Sign me up, this is incredible.