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Comment on The Jobsian fallacy by bignose

bignose — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:02:53 +0000

I think a lot of people get swept up in the romance of Steve’s story.

It is important to take away from it the things like not compromising, and having the focus he did. But with your own methods that fit your personality.

If you are already an asshole, perhaps his methods would work. But you have to be a stellar asshole, not a mediocre one.

Comment on ThinkUp Archives and Analyzes Your Social Media Life by Sorin Matei

Sorin Matei — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:57:14 +0000

How about these feature? When do most of my friends sign in?

http://ideagora.us/members/ideamonger/activity/16

Comment on ThinkUp Archives and Analyzes Your Social Media Life by screenbeard

screenbeard — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:03:04 +0000

Absolutely brilliant. ThinkUp was a breeze to install. Both hiccups I had were related to my hosting environment, everything installed beautifully, and even told me what to do to fix my problems.

I’m looking forward to seeing what ThinkUp can do. Its nice to know all my stats and data aren’t going to yet another third party.

Comment on ThinkUp Archives and Analyzes Your Social Media Life by talkendo

talkendo — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:00:56 +0000

I…I think I love you.

No, seriously, this is a) awesome and b) gorgeous.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

You (and everyone who worked on this) deserve as much praise and adulation as can be showered on a person. It’s brilliant.

Comment on The Jobsian fallacy by Dewbie

Dewbie — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:56:03 +0000

I am in total agreement with this statement and maybe be even guilty of it. I think that when ‘we’try to emulate great people we fail but when you take the lessons that great men have and evolve them. You create more greatness.

Comment on The Jobsian fallacy by Eric S. Mueller

Eric S. Mueller — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:27:33 +0000

That’s a great point. Putting a man like Steve Jobs on a pedestal and emulating his behavior seems to create a “cargo cult” of the man. I’ve heard of young managers trying to emulate the Mark Zuckerberg they saw in the movie, as if being a butthole to everybody is the secret to success.

Comment on The Jobsian fallacy by Robert Bigelow

Robert Bigelow — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 03:27:13 +0000

When I think about people like the late Steve Jobs, I’m reminded of a Ken Burns’ documentary entitled, Empire of the Air about the early days of radio and people like Lee de Forest, Edwin Howard Armstrong and David Sarnoff.

Comment on Attitudes About Smartphone Advertising by Gender and Age by rcamp

rcamp — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:13:39 +0000

I imagine under 50 folks have less disposable income, so giving of one’s time or privacy is more doable than doling out cash.

Comment on Out of Curiosity Comes Everything by Robert Bigelow

Robert Bigelow — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:51:19 +0000

Curiousity is at the heart of every geek and hacker. One of these, I like to make things, not break them. I like to make things better and send it back to the source. I like being different in such ways as logging in to Facebook Mobile with a text-only WEB browser (w3m) and posting comments to Smarterware.org via Lynx 2.8.7r1.

Comment on Joe Moon on Facebook’s New Timeline Feature by Robert Bigelow

Robert Bigelow — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 21:43:06 +0000

That’s just it, Pies. Facebook is making an utter nuisance out of itself by figuratively worming its way into our relationships with those we care about.