I’ve realized that most of what I create on the web is about 2 years ahead of it’s time. And as much as I can both pat myself on the back and at the same time get depressed about the fact I didn’t make billions off of my ideas, there are many more people who are further ahead than I am. I’ve never been a fashion trend watcher, but I do watch technology and how it affects sociology (and hopefully vice-versa).
However, there are a few people I’ve been lucky enough to be introduced to and happy to call friends who I’ve estimated are about 5 years ahead of their time. These people affect my decisions. They affect my opinions. They affect my beliefs of where things are headed.
So, you want to know who these people are? Here’s one of them. Chris Messina (aka Factory Joe). I’m including his most recent talk on identity below. If you believe I’m even partially smart, and you want to be smarter than me, you need to be listening to what this guy says. Listen. Absorb. Think. Create.
“Honestly,” she says to me, “there is absolutely no market for stated income loans anymore.”
These were the words I was afraid of, was warned about, and didn’t believe. I wasn’t easily turned away.
“Why? What’s the difference between a stated income loan and a full doc loan… is that right? Is it called [...]
Father’s Day is getting closer and closer (June 21June 22 in the US, UK and Canada). Following up on my list of Mother’s Day gift ideas, I figured I ought to do one for Dad’s Day gift ideas too. We had some great, unique gift ideas in the comments and that was fun, [...]
Mother’s Day is coming soon (May 9th in the US) and since at least 50% of us in the world have at least a couple moms. It could be time consuming having to come up with something unique for a gift for Mother’s Day. So, instead of it being a chore, I’m here [...]
Introduction
Micro-finance and micro-lending are changing the world as we know it. It’s not just a new way to help the poor. It’s a new way to invest. It’s more stable than the market. It’s almost as lucrative. And it’s not just a good way to live, it’s a smart way too. [...]
Some of you know that I’ve been working on marketing quite a bit lately. It’s become my primary focus recently but I haven’t talked too much about it, nor do I forsee that will I much in the future. However, I just found an offer that, if you’re interested in specifically getting into affiliate [...]
Hey, if you don’t like it, vote with your money.
When people stop paying for the things a company offers they’ll stop offering it.
The Almighty Dollar
These are just a few cliches we hear when times are good. We tell our friends that the collective “we” have the power to decide whether a company should be [...]
Thanks to Emily Chang at eHub and Jackson West at LifeHacker.com, the Tiny Geocoder became an overnight smash hit.
With 8 hours of submitting my site to eHub it had been picked up and written about. Not long after, LiveHacker picked up the story and wrote a short article on the tiny, fast service that [...]
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