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pg seemed a bit direct in terms of what he wanted in his email, which I found refreshing. On the other hand, Fred seemed to 'beat around the bush' as when he said 'we are in data gathering phase'.

Just curious what the norm is around the vc/angel circles. Are most people pretty direct/candid? or do they mostly hide behind business speak?

Yeah, SOMA is fine. Just steer clear of Hunters Point, and you'll be ok...

Out of curiosity: what city and neighborhood was this?

I picked up a French accent in about 6 months during which I lived in Brazil and met a ton of French people. I also watched a couple of French flicks.

So it's never too late.

I always found it strange to shake a woman's hand when meeting. In Brazil they kiss on two cheeks, which seems more natural to me. Guys always shake hands.

If she's a gf/wife/friend of a friend, I'm not about to enter into a business negotiation with this woman, so why shake hands.

Disagreed, seems like Joel is being his usual self and claiming that competitors products are useless.

I have found a lot of useful answers on yahoo answers on a range and depth of topics that do not exist within SE sites.

I hope I'm not alone, but it's impossible for me to differentiate what you do versus as something already provided by PayPal.

PayPal was revolutionary, but WePay seems something that PayPal already provides.

Borland (with their IDEs and Quattro) taking on Microsoft is akin to a little-guy taking on a 800lb gorilla.

I fail to see the parallel here.

I must be alone here, but some of the articles in eHow were helpful (ie, how to form an LLC in some states). It was very basic, but it was on the money.

Sure, it's a "content farm" but if the advice is good and succinct, it sure beats trying to navigate through a particular State's LLC requirements.

"Additionally, Facebook has become a waste of time for me. "

And writing this blog post wasn't?

(Disclaimer: I don't work for Apple or own any of their stock, just a happy dev in their ecosystem)

I completely agree with this model.

Apple's marketing muscle is HUGE. I'm perfectly OK with splitting one-time or recurring revenue with them if they help bring me customers.

You are correct, but it's a much more complicated topic (especially in the West).

Reading a book won't reverse decades of cultural conditioning.

I recommend getting a Brazilian or Colombian wife instead.

Maybe in America.

Things work very differently in the rest of the world.

Apple can do whatever the heck they want. The market will be the sole judge whether their choices are correct or not.

So far the history is on their side.

Yahoo is really an impression based media company. The number one goal is to drive traffic to properties and monetize it via impressions.

Don't get me wrong -- they've build some impressive technology in house and have/had some bright engineers, but beginning from Filo, Y! was always a media company. The top management continues to drive it in that direction.

As far as properties, Y! Personals was spun off, I believe, and sold to match.com, and that was a pretty profitable business. Y! Real Estate now sells its leads to another company (Trulia?) although when I worked there, they wanted to do something in house.

As content becomes a commodity day by day (via proliferation of blogs, digg-like sites, social media), Yahoo will continue to struggle in a bid to find its relevance.

Yahoo is pretty much done (from an ex-Yahoo)

One more point that's heavily overlooked:

They're too busy to tell you why they're successful.

Awesome podcast. I actually liked your delivery style although I'm probably in the minority. Reminds me of the "You suck at photoshop" tutorials on youtube.

"Russia is problematic in that its government is notoriously corrupt and controlled by the mob and Russian business interests, "

Don't listen to Western media. I'm sure Russian government would be supportive of anything that provides jobs to the working class.

From http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/11/mf_qa_ferriss/all/1,

"The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman, a title he reverse-engineered from data he collected from the clickstream and Twitterverse."

Does anyone know how the above works?

I haven't met anyone who thinks US has any decent work/balance. The reality is that US is a great place to make money and lots of it. Then you spend it on the beaches of Brazil or Thailand.

I understand and of course I was being sarcastic with my comment.

How many photo sharing apps does a world need? I'm certainly covered.

"Few launches were so anticipated in 2010 as social network Path.com."

Really? Jeez I must've been in a cave to miss this.

No, but it's an example of a perfect linkbait.

Great, as I was JUST thinking of making a chrome extension to filter posts with 100+ points.

The recent trend of him outsourcing his own posts is really annoying.

I don't understand how anyone can learn anything from someone who has pretty much diluted his work to appeal to the widest possible audience.

I mean the guy has a weight loss book now.

EDIT: Most of his recent posts have been "guest" posts, which I consider the same as "outsourced" since he didn't write it himself.

Good to know about Colombian 3G coverage. I'm actually going to Medellin soon. Will probably stay for a while. If any hackers are in that area would be great to connect.

While labor is shifting overseas, consumers are not.

America is the most consumer driven economy in the world and should remain so for a bit even given the recession (thank quantitive easing and low interest rates for that). All those trade surplus countries like Germany, China most sell to someone when their domestic consumers are not buying.

China will probably catchup at some point (in consumer demand) but that won't be for another generation or more.

Obviously you've never been to Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn (where he lives). They call this part of Brooklyn, 'little Odessa' for a reason.

He's an idiot for bragging on interviews. He's Russian but doesn't realize that this is not Russia and he can't go around threatening people.

My best book as well, the quotes (by Karla and others) are just amazing.