December 2010
4 posts
2010, a year in Drewview.
So 2010 is pretty much done and over with.
Yeah, wow…that was fast.
The theme of 2010 for me was “you should have trusted your gut”. Too many times I said and did things that I thought were the things I “had to do” or things I “should do” regardless of whether my gut said it was a bad idea or not.
I struck out quite a bit this year trying to swing for...
Monkey Opus: The $20 Starbucks Test →
snootymonkey:
A couple of weeks ago I had the good fortune to meet Hugh Crean, the ex-CEO of Farecast, ex-Microsoft executive (they acquired Farecast) and current Entrepreneur in Residence at General Catalyst. A group of us talked to Hugh for close to an hour, and I learned more about the travel industry…
The Group Revolution
I work at textPlus. The mobile social network built on top of texting technology that focuses on Groups. So clearly I have a special interest in the idea of smaller, intimate social networks.
But I saw this coming years ago. Conversations I had at my first SXSW (3 years ago) spoke to this.
Social Networking as we know it is way too big for its britches. Anything huge and expansive is hard to...
Really? Really.
textsanta:
Keilly k dropped me a text the other day….
Santa I want a pony
Really? Kids still ask for those? Ponies are so like 1993. Unicorns are the new hot. Unicorns with Rainbow T-Shirts in fact.
Pony Fact: Most ponies are of Celtic origin.
Did you know that? Me neither. Not that it matters, because there is no way I can fit a pony on my sleigh. Plus, they smell. How about a...