→ The Cult of Amazon Prime
Jason Calacanis describes the world that Amazon Prime is enabling:
All of these malls and choices seemed fun for a while, but Prime cult members have now won their freedom. They are opting for a simpler and more efficient form of consumption.
After the Cult of the Mac — the Cult of Amazon?
→ Nobody Goes to Facebook Anymore. It’s Too Crowded.
It’s just a little satisfying to see veteran blogger Michael Arrington say something I’ve blogged about almost a year ago :-). Admittedly, recent moves such as the controversial frictionless sharing haven’t helped lower the noise volume either…
→ This Tech Bubble Is Different
Jeff Hammerbacher, former research scientist at Facebook and now founder of Cloudera:
“The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads. That sucks.”
Great piece showing why it may be time to move past ad-based business models.
→ David Ascher: You knew the old Mozilla, meet the new Mozilla
Mozilla’s David Ascher explains how Mozilla is adapting to take on the new challenges posed by today’s closed platforms, such as Facebook and Apple.
I’m delighted to see that Mozilla is fighting for user freedom again, and has broadened its thinking outside of Firefox, setting its priorities on identity and apps.
★ Fab.com’s amazing pivot story
Fab.com‘s pivot is nothing short of spectacular. Founder and CEO Jason Goldberg tells this fascinating story with a presentation:
In about 3 weeks, they completely changed their strategy — and now they’ve got significant traction and raised $40M more funding. I am amazed.
(thanks to Jean-Christophe Fann for the link)