March 2011
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I think you should do your job →
I think you should do your job. I think a lot of people don’t do their job, because they don’t like their job. I don’t get that. You know, if you go to a coffee place, and the kid looks at you like, “Uh.” I didn’t come to your house to ask you for coffee. This is a coffee place. Your clothes match the building, I had a right to expect… And you’re closer to the coffee machine. I don’t know why...
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Quick thoughts on Monetizing Websites
My criteria for online monetization is simply defined, but extremely difficult to execute. It is based on asking a user (a content producer or viewer) to act out of greed. Greed for more. This can be:
more stuff to see or use.
more marketing or features or sales
more satisfaction/ the “I’m so awesome” feeling
The user experience should be designed in such a way that the desired action should...
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“The thing that’s gonna decide what get’s talked about what gets...”
– Seth Godin
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An Informal Commencement Speech
This is a speech I wrote to deliver as the student speaker at graduation this May. It was not chosen because some judges felt it wasn’t formal enough. So I publish it here instead.
I wanted to write this speech in rhyme.
I wanted to write this speech in rhyme So I could pretend that I was on time To tell you these next few lines, today.
I wanted to deliver it fast Say the words quick but...
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“I don’t think of my life as a career. I do stuff. I respond to stuff. That’s not...”
– Steve Jobs
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“Marketing is the connection between company and market. Tactics are breadcrumbs...”
– Arnold Waldstein 