Andrew Weissman

You Can't Make Word of Mouth Viral

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:53:59 -0500

“Virality is something that has to be engineered from the beginning…and it’s harder to create virality than it is to create a good product. That’s why we often see good products with poor …

I Want To Be A Platform

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:35:07 -0400

I Want To Be A Platform:

We all want to create or invest in platform businesses - those that enable other businesses or participants to add features, content, build other things into/onto the platform, extract associated but…

No Business Developement (or, Hackable Business Development)

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:02:18 -0400

No Business Developement (or, Hackable Business Development):

We have a saying at betaworks - “no business development allowed.”

Of course, it’s tongue in check and we don’t really mean it (well, maybe we do), but it represents the application of one of…

"If it is not connected, connect it. As a first step, every employee of an institution should have..."

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:43:28 -0400

“If it is not connected, connect it. As a first step, every employee of an institution should have intimate, easy, continuous access to the institution’s medium of choice—email, voicemail, radio, whatever. The benefits of communication often don’t kick in until ubiquity is approached; aim for ubiquity. Every step that promotes cheap, rampant, and universal connection is a step in the right direction.”

- New Rules for the New Economy (via kortina)

Things to Do

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:09:41 -0500

Things to Do:

Kortina implored me to do resolutions, like him, instead I will just write down what I want to do more of next year:

1. Help spread the joy of Tipjoy. Of course I am hopelessly biased and…

Wwoof (ebay for farming) and others

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:49:53 -0400

Wwoof (ebay for farming) and others:

Latest things I am tracking:

WWOOF - world wide opportunities on organic farms - ebay for farming - “WWOOF is an exchange - In return for volunteer help, WWOOF hosts offer food,…

Random

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:32:06 -0400

Random:

CDARS - “When you place a large deposit with a network member, that institution uses CDARS to place your funds into certificates of deposit issued by banks in the network. This occurs in…

Latest batch

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:47:22 -0400

Latest batch:

What is the song of the summer? (via mediaeater)

songmeanings.net and lyricwiki - total repeat usage on these

Very Loud - b/c it needs to be louder, sometimes

Backtype -…

A few more things

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:38:13 -0400

A few more things:

Whuffie

drop.io - “simple private sharing”

twistori “wish” (I want this as a screen saver)

WTF is Twitter

Play Crafter “a place where you can easily play, make and share games”

More Things I Like Lately

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:13:24 -0400

More Things I Like Lately:

14 tracks - great design and concept - online music sales grouped around concepts of 14

TiltViewer

Twitter search for “WTF is up with” (via mediaeater)

Twitter acquiring Summize

…

Photo

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:49:08 -0400