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ebboyd

  1. Well that's a relief: "Zombie-Proof Condos Sell Out in Kansas" buzzfeed.com/mjs538/zombie-…
  2. 10% of audience time is spent on mobile, but just 1% of ad spend. opportunity? mthink.com/blog/chris-tra…
  3. How MBAs got a bad rap in S.Valley (& why it's worth hiring them anyway) bhorowitz.com/2012/05/18/is-… by @bhorowitz
  4. @bhorowitz: at a16z, "we believe that once e/o thinks s/t is true, that might be a good time to do the opposite" bhorowitz.com/2012/05/18/is-…
  5. @NoelDickover @katiewdowd v.cool!
  6. In the future, a car's IP address will be as important as its VIN number blogs.wsj.com/digits/2012/05… #ConnectedCars #Zipcar
  7. @zipcar says 60% of transactions are done over mobile devices (vs. desktop) blogs.wsj.com/digits/2012/05…
  8. @NoelDickover @katiewdowd What's the digital diplomacy initiative? I hadn't heard of it...
  9. Tomorrow is the last day to enter FC's Innovation by Design competition. Finalists get into the Oct issue! Enter now! fastcodesign.com/section/innova…
  10. Online News Association is accepting entries for its 2012 awards: ona12.journalists.org/2012/05/21/ent… (Deadline: June 21)
  11. @harrisj cognitive diss how? (I think I'm missing something)
  12. @lukefretwell She builds it to deliver it to a conference, not to an internet audience... (but agreed, KPCB shd be able to handle that)
  13. If tech/SValley ingenuity were applied to the *causes* of US entitlement spending, what impact could it have??? twitter.com/ebboyd/status/…
  14. 5 years ago, 95% of smartphone OS market share was outside US. Today 64% is in US. Wow. (M.Meeker preso) twitter.com/ebboyd/status/…
  15. M.Meeker: "Magnitude of upcoming change will be stunning, we are still in spring training" twitter.com/ebboyd/status/…
  16. Funny term: "data obesity" :) (M.Meeker preso) twitter.com/ebboyd/status/…
  17. How people are reimagining their lifestories in light of online, socmed, etc... (M.Meeker preso) twitter.com/ebboyd/status/…
  18. # of apps downloaded off iTunes far outstrips # of tunes downloaded (M.Meeker preso) twitter.com/ebboyd/status/…
  19. (Complete M.Meeker preso is here: kpcb.com/insights/2012-…)
  20. Mobile internet usage passed desktop internet usage in India this month - Impt implications for monetization twitter.com/ebboyd/status/…