Narendra

Member since: Jul 12th, 2006

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Plurk.com -- Twitter + Talkshoe timeline format = neat. (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

Jun 5th 2008 10:40AM For the record, 83 Degrees (creators of 30Boxes) pioneered embedding Flickr and YouTube and we did it inside of Twitter.

http://30boxes.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/09/power-twitter-by-30-boxes/

Once you go Mac (Blog Maverick)

Sep 16th 2007 8:49PM I had a similar experience about 2 years ago and now can't stand even testing out web designd on a PC.

With email, I actually found that MS Outlook couldn't handle it all so I had all these unused archives from years ago. On the Mac I was able to import ALL of my email from 15 years using Emailchemy and have access to all this stuff I had forgotten existed.

Apple Mail is an excellent program as well.

Should you raise a lot of money or not? (Hint: Listen to successful entrepreneurs not the first-year VC) (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

Jul 10th 2007 9:29AM Hmmm. I think there are some caveats. If you don't raise any money you can sell at a much lower and often palatable price and end up making more money. Big still needs an exit for a payday and that is *never* a given.

London Calling... (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

Jun 6th 2007 2:21PM I'm sure you'd rather have a tasty calzone but if you like Indian food, this place is upscale and superb.

http://www.motimahal-uk.com/

Abusve pricing: W Hotel, $2.80 for eight ounces of drip coffee--are you nuts?!?!!? (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

Apr 25th 2007 1:54PM Someone needs to compile a nice list of abusive pricing. My pet peeve is upscale hotels that still charge for connecting you on phone calls or outrageous long distance rates. That type of stuff is treating the customer like an idiot plain and simple and it is totally obnoxious. Why charge for calls at all? Most people have mobile phones and if you want to use the land line why not offer up some good will for those long distance pennies.

Twitter on fire... (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

Mar 13th 2007 2:46AM Jason,

twitter already carries images via twapper.

http://30boxes.com/blog/index.php/2007/03/11/introducing-twapper/

How many followers do you think Paris Hilton could have? And how many of them would pay...

190.4 (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

Mar 9th 2007 7:56PM The fatblogging is great, but why not go bigger -- get out and run another marathon. And when you finish that, take it up a notch and try a 50 mile trail run.

Taming your own river of news (Download Squad)

Feb 20th 2007 11:10AM this is what 30 Boxes is all about :-)

Gootube Terrorizes Copyright Owners by Withholding Filters (Blog Maverick)

Feb 5th 2007 11:52AM I thought I would chip in some experiences from building Webshots which pioneered turning all this user generated media public beginning with photos.

1) You can and should police porn. We made a decision early on not to be overrun by porn photos and it dampens future attempts when people know you do. Screening uploads costs several times more than storing the actual bits but millions of incoming photos can be processed by individuals and with smart systems designed to whitelist and flag based on uploading behavior. For video, you start spitting out frames at some interval and use that as a review queue instead of watching an entire video. Right now 60k incoming videos is actually pretty small.

2) Copyright infringement claims are few and far between when compared to the massive volume of incoming media. The DMCA is fairly clear and provides a system for addressing them. Obviously if you plan to partner, you'll implement some more stringent attempts to help your partner. We once made the mistake of trying to partner with the NBA without first checking to see how many NBA photos were already on the site. Whooops. They weren't too pleased.

3) You have strong customer support channels and this is where google probably needs the most work. On the incredibly rare instances where you have a concerned copyright holder that isn't a big company, you need to communicate clearly and in a timely fashion.

The Lessons of T Shirts to Marketers (Blog Maverick)

Jan 15th 2007 4:14PM It's not about the t-shirt, it is about competition (winning or beating out everyone else for the prize) and in that light, it is HIGHLY predictable behavior because these people are attending a competitive event.