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2013-03-26 15:48:52 (5 comments, 2 reshares, 20 +1s)

Fantastic interview on #Twist  with +Jason Calacanis  and Andy Rachleff. I love his 25 year analysis of successful founders and CEOs "You don't have to be a jerk to succeed just because many who have succeeded have acted like jerks". Sadly too many young founders are emulating young Steve Jobs who was mean as a snake early in his career before getting fired and changing his ways. 
In many ways, Jason has had a similar path. Some would say Jason was not the sweet, funny raconteur he is today early in his career (I thought he was an arrogant braggart before I started watching his shows and learned otherwise). 

2013-03-24 20:34:47 (3 comments, 4 reshares, 26 +1s)

Sergio Garcia climbs tree and hits insane shot.... #golf   #viralvideo   #insane   #sergiogarcia  

Sergio Garcia climbs a tree to hit one-handed second shot

2013-03-24 20:27:16 (3 comments, 5 reshares, 21 +1s)

If you're a fan of +Evernote I highly recommend watching this interview with founder +Phil Libin. Amazing leader, product creator and friend... I've learned so much from interviewing him two or three times. cc +Rafe Needleman 

2013-03-24 19:38:52 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 15 +1s)

And the Darwin Award for 2013 almost goes to.... this photographer who doesn't seem to understand that his huge zoom lens does not require him to be within 18 inches of a huge crocodile.   

Seriously epic video: http://youtu.be/Xdfrjbsd9fU 

2013-02-25 18:10:06 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

first 25 to signup here https://launch.webconnex.com/festival2013 with code samurai get a scholarship! 

2013-02-24 18:18:47 (5 comments, 8 reshares, 36 +1s)

Yes, you only had one job.... 

http://youtu.be/LLcngLt5ung

2013-02-15 23:05:50 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 12 +1s)

Our show +MMA Surge on YouTube has over 50k subscribers now.... and they're just crushing it with fun videos like this +Jackie Chan fight breakdown. 

2013-02-15 22:38:42 (5 comments, 1 reshares, 16 +1s)

Really enjoyed having +PandoDaily's Sarah Lacy on the program. We became friendly when we had dinner at +Loic Le Meur and +Geraldine LeMeur's amazing  +LeWeb conference six or seven years ago, spending more time over the years when +michael arrington and I ran the @techcrunch conferences together. She's always been a great writer, and now she's becoming a fantastic entrepreneur. 

Very much suggest watching this great interview... anyone have a favorite moment? 

2013-01-10 23:24:02 (5 comments, 9 reshares, 15 +1s)

2013-01-08 00:41:30 (7 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Really excited to see that Google+ as communities... these seem to work better than Pages for discussions yes? 

2012-12-27 21:41:44 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 15 +1s)

great guest +Jeff Clavier 

2012-11-12 00:16:54 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

2012-11-11 20:04:27 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 24 +1s)

Though much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
-- Alfred,Lord Tennyson : Ulysses

2012-10-03 21:34:38 (5 comments, 2 reshares, 10 +1s)

Square's new directory (200k businesses) lets you find merchants & restaurants based on location + deals & offers 
http://goo.gl/GBUuH

2012-09-29 23:46:33 (3 comments, 3 reshares, 9 +1s)

This video is awesome... but the +New York Mets still suck. 
http://vimeo.com/49253863# 

#yankees  

2012-09-29 23:39:41 (8 comments, 10 reshares, 50 +1s)

these real life #disney  characters are awesome.... by an artist named Jurka Vaatainen. http://cargocollective.com/jirka/REAL-LIFE-DISNEY-GIRLS 

2012-09-29 23:33:45 (12 comments, 3 reshares, 22 +1s)

I met with Neil at his ranch to hear the vision for the Pono player--it's awesome. He drove me around in his old Caddy and showed me the difference between Mp3, CD and higher-end formats. We're leaving a lot of texture in our music out because we're stuck with an old format that was made before the recent storage and bandwidth booms. I encouraged Neil to put the Pono player 1.0 on Kickstarter and sell 1,000 signature ones for $1,000 each with a ticket to a private show. Raise $1m and bring together 1,000 of the world best fans. Awesome vision from a legend. I hope it works. 
http://youtu.be/2GrgTiqZCF0 
#mp3   #music   #neilyoung   #letterman   #pono   #apple  

2012-08-30 18:43:07 (15 comments, 1 reshares, 14 +1s)

Happy to report that Mahalo's Chord Master app, for learning how to play guitar chords, is in the top 50 for two game categories in day two! 

That basically gets you a 1k+ downloads in a day--which is nice--but it's not huge. I think you really have to get into the top 10. 

Please download iOS: 
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id547998923?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4#

or Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mahalo.chordmaster 

2012-08-28 19:05:48 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 17 +1s)

Another major milestone: our Pride and Prejudice iBook has been featured on the top level in iTunes! this is the first time Apple has done this and we're just blown away by it. 

Congrats to the team! 

http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/pride-and-prejudice/id546931552?mt=11 

2012-08-28 18:21:51 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

Mahalo has been working hard to transition from our start in Human Powered Search (a fabulously, moderately successful venture that we've shuttered) to a educational company. As part of that we're making +YouTube videos, but we're also making complimentary apps.

The latest App is called Mahalo's Chord Master and it's very simple: it teachers you to play guitar chords. It's like Bejewled meets guitar instruction--and it works!

I was at a campfire last week and i picked up a friends guitar and i could play like 7 of the 10 +Bob Dylan songs we played! Of course, Dylan songs all use the same six chords. :-p

The App is free... if you could try it out and let me know what you think (and consider giving me a reshare/+1 that would be awesome! 

iTunes: http://bit.ly/ChordMasterIOSS
Google Play: http://bit.ly/ChordMasterAndroidS
LandingPa... more »

2012-08-28 00:42:39 (9 comments, 4 reshares, 15 +1s)

Taserdrone video
hackaday presents the TaserDrone

2012-08-28 00:42:21 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 10 +1s)

it's a drone.
It's a taser.
its a taserdrone! 

http://hackaday.com/2012/08/27/the-taserdrone-a-shocking-mod-for-the-ar-drone/

2012-08-25 00:51:26 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 6 +1s)

Awesome interview by +Mark Suster with andrew siegel (conde nast). includes some discussion of +Reddit.com 

http://youtu.be/iXES4ITy7W8

2012-08-23 22:34:40 (11 comments, 10 reshares, 27 +1s)

This is our second @youtube show, www.xfitdaily.com, and it's similar to cross fitness, p90x and the intense bootcamp style workouts you see on TV.

Really amazing that our partner Youtube has given us the ability to provide these workout five days a week.... for free! We've taken our video production to the next level by hiring a bunch of really amazingly talented video editors, directors, motion graphics and writers. A top-shelf team putting out top-shelf product... couldn't be more proud. 

Beach Bod - XFit Daily

2012-08-17 00:27:16 (7 comments, 9 reshares, 38 +1s)

this is the coolest restaurant i've ever seen 

2012-08-17 00:01:40 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

If anyone has a question for the "Ask Jason" segment of +This Week in Startups please email askjason@thisweekin.com!

doing an epsiode tomorrow

2012-08-14 17:15:03 (9 comments, 8 reshares, 39 +1s)

Game of Thrones Wallpaper = win.

1. When does season three start?
2. Which season had a better ending in your opinion: one or two? Why?
(spoiler alert). 

more wallpapers 
http://melaamory.deviantart.com/gallery/ 

2012-08-01 19:43:36 (16 comments, 17 reshares, 45 +1s)

some thoughts on +Google Fiber-- the most important project +*****.

+Sergey Brin and +Larry Page should lean into this project with everything they have IMO. 

http://www.launch.co/blog/googles-fiber-proof-of-concept-is-anything-but.html

2012-07-18 20:51:11 (13 comments, 1 reshares, 21 +1s)

Interestingly, I'm #2 on AngelList right now, but I'm the only one without my own fund. Hmmm..... 

2012-07-18 18:47:00 (34 comments, 32 reshares, 115 +1s)

While I admire +Sergey Brin's efforts with +Google Glass and self driving cars, I think that he and +Larry Page smartest project is the simplest: Google Fiber.

Google could afford to give Fiber and/or Wifi to 80% of America living in urban areas for about $100 each a year/$1,000 every ten.

That's $25,000,000,000 a year in costs, but Americans would gladly pay $10 a month each, so 100% of the cost would be covered. If only half paid and you throttled the rest to lower speeds you would get the same result. 

Apple, Microsoft and Google should be focused on this issue. The telcos are busted and need to be displaced.

Someone please educate me on how wrong I am.... #broadband   #fiber   #googlefiber  

2012-07-17 18:10:34 (2 comments, 4 reshares, 3 +1s)

If you're into big data make sure you check out +Jonathan Ellis' Cassandra Summit on August 8th http://www.datastax.com/events/cassandrasummit2012  

2012-07-17 17:58:26 (8 comments, 3 reshares, 23 +1s)

Really happy for +Marissa Mayer and +Zachary Bogue on the announcement of their first child.... as well as M2 getting the Captain Chair over Yahoo! 

I've said for a long time the only thing that could save Yahoo was a passionate, hardworking, product or content (and content is a product) executive. 

I'm shocked that they actually took the bold step to hire a product genius in her prime. Normally the CEO slot goes to some MBA or Sales exec who lives in a spreadsheet.... Y! has a fighting chance now that someone can actually look at the homepage, email and search products and say "man, this sucks and we need to do X, Y and Z yesterday!"

Good look double M... you're going to rock it!!!! 

2012-07-14 21:44:21 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 15 +1s)

What an amazing run at the World Series of Poker. 1,000 of 6,700, and my friend +Kevin Pollak is still in it with less than 400 players. Next year I'm going to crush it! 

2012-07-10 19:52:55 (10 comments, 0 reshares, 20 +1s)

Having an awesome time at the World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas. 

I made it through day one with $32k. peaked at $47k, low was $21k. 

Playing very strong, confident, aggressive but with patience. 

I love paling in this tournament... a flow experience for me. 

2012-07-06 18:10:14 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

Congrats to the Sequoia Capital on 40 years (!!!) of supporting founders.

What an amazing team! They've supported me through many ups and downs of being an entrepreneur and launched my angel investing career. If you're starting a company don't hesitate reaching out to the team. They have a very intimidating track record (Google, Apple, YouTube, etc), but they couldn't be more down to earth. 

killer team including: +Roelof Botha, +Jim Goetz, +Mark Dempster, +Michael Moritz and more. 

http://go.bloomberg.com/tech-deals/2012-07-06-sequoias-leone-talks-hits-misses-and-whats-next-on-sand-hill-road/

2012-07-06 17:20:33 (15 comments, 0 reshares, 12 +1s)

What's the best toolbar to post to Google+ then auto sync to Facebook, LinkedIn, tumblr and twitter?

Is there +Posterous for mobile that could do this? 

2012-07-05 23:31:18 (1 comments, 5 reshares, 15 +1s)

+Sebastian Thrun was one of the top 10 guests in the history of +ThisWeekinStartups according to fans.

Loved having him on the show..... can't believe how easily we are now getting the top Founders/CEOs/VCs on the show. Such a great feeling that after 270 episodes people are getting so much value from these converstations. 

Truth be told I would do these without the cameras turned on.... I learn so much doing the show 2x a week for the past 3 years. 

- Startups - Sebastian Thrun of Google X and Udacity - TWiST #271

2012-07-05 23:14:00 (25 comments, 110 reshares, 185 +1s)

Folks saying this is the best internet video ever created. 

2012-07-05 23:08:48 (6 comments, 3 reshares, 15 +1s)

RANDOM THOUGHTS (day two... two in a row!) 

Building off of yesterday's post on "value," let's look at what's really annoying in our lives. 

Today let's look at "easy" 

Things that were HARD and are now EASY:

1. Having to wonder where my car service was at the airport (15-30 minutes of anxiety), paying the driver (wasted 10 minutes) and pleading with the driver to drive reasonably so I don't get car sick!

Uber solved all of that... for a 35-50% discount. 

2. Booking a cheap hotel room quickly.

HotelTonight and the Starwood App now makes this happen in a few short clicks. 

3. Letting my admin and/or wife know how long I would be.

Glympse has made that go away with two or three clicks. 

4. figuring out if I should take the 405or th... more »

2012-07-05 21:50:49 (5 comments, 5 reshares, 12 +1s)

Mahalo's new iBook "Learn Violin" has been featured by Apple!!! So proud of my team. 

http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/learn-violin/id537493491?mt=11 

2012-07-05 02:41:00 (24 comments, 10 reshares, 42 +1s)

RANDOM THOUGHTS

I've been really thinking about "value" when it comes to products. 

Consumers today are getting absurd value for their dollar:

1. Angry Birds is .99 and it gives you at least hours of awesome. .10 per hour of awesome / That's just 1/6th of one penny per minute of joy!

2. Instagram and Pinterest are free and providing huge joy to tens of millions of folks. $0.00 per minute of joy.

3. The iPad is now $399 and people use it for a couple of hours a day. Let's say just one hour a day of iPad for two years. That's 730 hours of joy per hour. If you sell the device for $150 after two years (which is what the resale value would be two years in), your cost of ownership was $250-- or .34 cents an hour! 

4. Going to the movies for $14 in Los Angeles provides 120 minutes of joy (best case), or $7 an hour.more »

2012-06-14 17:49:31 (3 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

go +Brian Alvey 

2012-06-09 19:41:59 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

*This Week in Startups* 

News with Liz Gannes and Bill Nguyen - TWiST #264

Great episode from +Jason Calacanis and the TWiST crew! cc +Liz Gannes +Tyler Crowley +Lon Harris ! 

Idea for the show: invite a fan of the show to be a guest, maybe once every few news shows. Just a thought. 

2012-06-05 19:59:50 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

and we are live! www.ustream.tv/thisweekin 

2012-06-02 09:05:35 (1 comments, 6 reshares, 18 +1s)

So excited about this group of companies & judges -- if you care about education and love tech, you can't miss our event on June 12 & 13!

2012-06-01 05:43:15 (9 comments, 15 reshares, 86 +1s)

Dragon on the barge after being retrieved from the Pacific Ocean after splashdown. 

2012-06-01 05:40:57 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

Hearing about excellence from Pixar at the #d10 conference. Inspiring.

2012-05-16 22:46:32 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

The start of a series looking back on the early, more social, days of tech blogging.@arrington is first up.

2012-05-16 00:45:46 (2 comments, 11 reshares, 24 +1s)

finally @mattcutts comes clean! How to Rank #1 on Google - By Matt Cutts - YouTube http://jc.is/K4bJUy :-)

cc +Matt Cutts +Sergey Brin !

2012-05-15 21:57:44 (32 comments, 10 reshares, 20 +1s)

Why do you think users distrust +Facebook+ so much?