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There is one pattern in the tech sector that is so common, and so under-explored[1], that I’m compelled to talk about it here. I call it the start-up inflection point.
The basic premise:
- Small engineering start-up is born, does well, hires like mad.
- Heavy hiring bias for self-driven solo programmer prodigies.
- Company grows; scores of engineers running around.
- Soon primary challenge isn’t quality programmers: it’s organizing them.
No matter how self-directed programmers are, eventually their utility declines as ambiguities in direction, roles, goals and ownership become increasingly distracting and frustrating. The company is changing because of scale effects - but scale effects are hard to recognize, predict or compensate for. HIring more brilliant engineers won’t solve this problem.
Aol Releases Googles most prized Keyword List… Google is gonna get mega spammed.
I’m shocked that AOL released this data, Google is going to be pissed, this is because AOL search is just google search rebranded.
http://research.aol....esSampledOver3Months
The big affiliate marketers will make millions off this, i’m already busy processing the data, and after taking a quick peak at the data its an absolute gold mine for PPC and SEO.
As you can see the top websites are SEO’d beyond belief. This is a count of UNIQUE users going to a destination site over 3 months. If someone went to google.com 50 times they are only counted once.
The data brings up several questions, like is myspace REALLY growing organically? People are hitting profiles.myspace.com, music.myspace.com because they infest/mass spammed the search engines.
http://research.aol.com released a list of 20 million + searches by 500,000 AOL users. Contained in this list are social security numbers, credit cards and other personal information. There are some truly scary things in this database.
There are hundreds of searches from people looking to kill themselves and even more scary are searches from users that seem to be looking to commit murder.
Check out the search history for user 17556639, most recent search is at the bottom of the list.. Does this look like the search history of a user wanting to do something bad?
17556639 how to kill your wife
17556639 how to kill your wife
17556639 wife killer
17556639 how to kill a wife
"Four hundred of the world's best performance artists are descending on Austin, Tx. for the SUPER BOWL of Spoken Word!
(August 9th -12th)
75 Teams, 4 Days, 1 Winner
The National Poetry Slam pits teams of three to five members against one another in five-team "bouts." The teams are formed through slam competitions throughout North America and Europe, which take place during a September to May slam season. The teams, representing, venues in cities from huge metroplexes to small towns practice throughout the summer for the event. All the teams compete the first two nights, and the top 20 teams compete on the third night, with the four winners of those bouts facing off in a team finals competition which closes the event. Nationals serves as a convention as well as a competition, offering workshops and daytime reading events which are free and open to the public. The daytime events and open mikes featuring many of the competing poets include a grief and remembrance reading, a group piece showcase highlighting ensemble work many of the teams create over the summer, a head-to-head haiku battle, and the always-irreverent nerd slam, to name a few.