Freemium for you doesn’t mean looseium for me

Lately there is been quite a bit of bashing of the Freemium model. The last example is given by Ruben Gamez of Bidsketch. While he makes some good points, his rhetoric seems incomplete, if not flawed, to me. I am very glad that he’s making more money now than before, but chances are that something in his Freemium model was terribly wrong and he was literally cannibalizing his business with it. What I would...

The upside of irrationality – Dan Ariely

Cover via Amazon This weekend I listened to “The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home” by Dan Ariely. Once again Dan writes, with a really witty and friendly prose, an important look at how we make decisions. Although it seemed there weren’t really many upsides I think that some of them were left to us to conjure. He does make some examples...

What can you say about him?

He can cause singularity events at will Tom created myspace to become his friend. When your internet goes down it’s because he is sad. When he hiccups, google’s infrastructure does too Everybody is joining Twitter to follow him, while he doesn’t have an account, they still get his updates You came to the realization that you were following him and getting his updates well before joining twitter. You joined...

Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh

Cover via Amazon A couple of weeks ago I finished reading “Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose” by Tony Hsieh. It’s a great book and I recommend it to anybody curious about Zappos or on how to build a culture within a company. I found the book refreshing in its honesty. I was surprised with Tony’s poor ethic as an Oracle employee and many more revelations...

Blackstar Warrior Trailer

I don’t think this is a real one like Black Dynamite. Still...