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Wow, that's some deep material. Thanks for the link, Chaos.

That is absolutely hilarious.

vaksel, great comment. You took the words out of my mouth.

Really, the only way I know how to make a living is online. This would definitely change things.

But the more I think of it, I believe we'll be alright. Those in the web space have a certain scrappiness to them. I've always disliked rules and bureaucracy. That's why I'm here, and not in a Fortune 500 or jerking off politicians.

I find a way to scoot around bullshit rules now, and I'll scoot around them if this is passed.

Most people I know and work with have one thing in common: their job is to make disruptive technology that people love. Rules or no rules, nothing can stop them, as long as they have the best interest of the user in mind.

Nothing can change that.

Edited. That's better. Now it includes the social networking prefix

Yea, I tried, but It got cut off -- character limit.

I'll cut out some other thing.

I think the next step will center on Facebook outlining rules against those ads that are deceptive. I highly doubt Facebook doesn't want to put a stop to it because "it makes Facebook a quick buck." The numbers they yield are a fraction of a fraction of Facebook's revenue.

Those ads aren't the cash cows--they're small, extreme and unethical elements that have slipped through the cracks of the application ecosystem. If you're going after them, you might as well go after Google for allowing Acai Berry ads to be shown on Google Adsense.

when will i be able to get a google wave login?

Simple idea. Simple answer:

If your employee kicks ass, retain them. If your employee is average, let them go.

Seriously. People literally use one stretched example of how a tweet helped them, and then preach it to 40 year-old pr panelists, which then get regurgitated at 140 conferences. An endless cycle of shit.

The pain that it solves is also solved by (i) turning on the radio (traffic), (ii)Google maps, (iii) visiting Pandora's blog. Additionally, Google is getting much faster with implementing real-time search results.

My conclusion is that Twitter solves a problem (which isn't as deep as a relevant search problem). Also, because twitter solves the problem, there's no room for the OneRiot's of the world.

They also described themselves as being like a flock of birds. Biz and the gang can get a room and flock all over themselves for all I care, as long as they're providing clear value and making money.

With Google Wave coming out, that will clearly be providing information at the fastest rate. Will that be the next ahem wave?

In terms of speed, wouldn't it be:

(i) TMZ (heh) (ii) Twitter (iii) After about 30 minutes, google/google news

So Twitter is essentially good for the 30 minute gap.

Obviously there's value with getting news fast. Twitter helps with this. But is there any room left in the real-time market? Now that Google, Bing and Yahoo index real-time conversations, the only thing left is building widgets and features onto Twitter. In otherwords, the oneriot's, webmynds, crowdeye's and kikin's are becoming basically worthless. The once ripe market of Real-time search is now filled by Google(relevancy) and Twitter(real-time).

Yea, definitely brands may benefit; however, if we're saying the people who benefit from this is primarily the Oscar Mayer PR chic, and a couple middle-men ad networks spying on all our conversations, as the lick their lips on what shit they can monetize, wouldn't people catch on after a while?

Relevant search is a long-term value because it solves problems (e.g. you query "how to fix [insert nature of problem]")

Real-time search is basically a voyeuristic tool for brands?

I don't think it's a failure--obviously other countries are using the social networks that are on open social; however, with facebook in hyper-growth in many countries (primarily south-east asia), this distribution may only decrease in the coming year(s).

Is there any way to combine open social with Facebook?

Venturebeat really is a shitty site. They regurgitate Mashable and TC's news

search

Running Mint.com probably isn't fun. Money is. That's all.

I'm definitely looking forward to testing out WolframAlpha -- anything a cal tech guy launches is ahead of the curve...until Google figures out how to monetize it (cough Bill Gross Idealab Cough)

Honestly, the technology sector is better than every other sector

Here were my thoughts:

"my real suggestion is that Y Combinator should invest more"

He's missing the whole point right here.

Y-Combinator is like Twitter. Venture capitalists are like bloggers.

With Y-Combinator, like twitter, people just didn't understand how so much value could come out of so little. At first, typing to someone in 140 characters is hopeless. Then you try it, and you realize how much can come out of so little--you become resourceful and cut out the fat you don't need.

Hate to liken them to twitter, but hey, everyone's doing it... (best reasoning ever)

Love it -- thanks for sharing

Yes, heh, I'm well aware. I'm a team member of the main platform it was built on, Yonkly. We're growing and trying to capture the main need to niche-microblog. It's definitely been a typical startups journey (noodles, credit extended, constantly trying new strategies). Hopefully we'll get that activity back up soon, and create a truly valuable and addicting experience. :)

http://hotwitter.com it's been up since september

The day before one of my portfolio companies launched, a stealth competitor launched. And it out-shadowed ours. Two months later we've compiled, (i) more traffic, (ii) more revenue.

Put your shoulder to the wheel and grind it out. If you don't, you'd probably of failed anyways.

Nice -- I really like Peldi. I've spoken with him a couple times, done a review for him. They really have a good vibe going for them. These are the startups I love reading about

That's fascinating. The partner at my former firm was from Skadden. He said it was a sweat shop. Sickening. It's good that they're doing something with a little work/life balance.

Like most lawyers, after a while he found that money wasn't everything. Even with his nice car, and house, he felt empty--he's now an entrepreneur and loving it.

The vc will issue non-competes relating to its portfolio companies and future investments. That, to me, seemed unreasonable

Excellent movement on Spark's part. I've personally been handed a non-compete by a venture capital fund that would make a producer blush. It's preposterous what some firms try to con entrepreneurs into.

In that article, it's hilarious because the microsoft biz dev guy misunderstands what he seeks to establish.