Master of 500 Hats: July 2005

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July 2005

Sunday, July 31, 2005

[re-]Subscribe to my Feed (via FeedBurner)

Okay, I admit it... i want to know how many people are reading my blog. If you've got me in your RSS reader, please update it to reference my new 500 Hats feedburner feed.

Thanks.

Posted by Dave on Sunday, July 31, 2005 at 09:44 PM in Blog the Blogging Bloggers | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Friday, July 29, 2005

DoYourWorst Tourist Face?

worst tourist face
Originally uploaded by dmc500hats.

My friend Alan & me in Tokyo last summer.

check out the Flickr DoYourWorst tag for more ;)

Posted by Dave on Friday, July 29, 2005 at 06:02 PM in Dave, Friends, Family, Fun, Funny, Silly | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Need a Vacation? Get Fired.

hmm.. what is it?

Posted by Dave on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 at 04:10 PM in Fun, Funny, Silly, Geeks, Tech, Startups, Music, Art, Food, Travel, Search, SEO/SEM, etc, Simply Hired | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

Friday, July 22, 2005

don't orkut that joint, my friend.

is an online community that connects ~~people~~ brazilian drug dealers through a network of trusted friends.

We are committed to providing an online meeting place where people can socialize, make new acquaintances and find others who share their interests... in dropping E & smoking doobage.

hmm -- now that Akwan research center acquisition appears to make a lot more sense.

as in sense-imilla.

Posted by Dave on Friday, July 22, 2005 at 08:24 AM in Fun, Funny, Silly, Geeks, Tech, Startups | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Scotty Beamed Up

Scotty, thanks for the memories... Warp speed, 2nd star to the right.

Posted by Dave on Wednesday, July 20, 2005 at 11:51 PM in Geeks, Tech, Startups | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

How Google Maps Got Me Out of a Traffic Ticket

(wasn't really 'me', but Edwin had a good day, thanks to Google Maps :)

Posted by Dave on Wednesday, July 20, 2005 at 11:49 AM in Fun, Funny, Silly, Geeks, Tech, Startups, Search, SEO/SEM, etc | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Monday, July 18, 2005

Them = f(Us), where f(x) = Securitization

thanks to Fred Wilson for this link to the new wave of open source business models beginning to crash over us, and older more traditional corporations that optimize for shareholder value over customer benefit.

note the most significant difference between 'Them' and 'Us' is the structure & limitation of current securitization models (typically: a for-profit & [most times] profitable corp with $25-50M annual revenue or larger). if we can bring securitization in some form to the masses and to the individual, we can likely remove this artificial separation of one group of society from another.

note that i am *not* advocating socialism here, nor criticizing the capitalist model -- however, in the future, a new & better model may evolve where shareholders = customers (basically a not-for-profit co-op). this interesting hybrid combination could take advantage of scale rqmts necessary for securization, yet optimize for mass customer benefit rather than for the interests of a small group of shareholders.

Craigslist already seems to be implementing this model to some extent, although they haven't gone public yet. BRAC and Grameen Phone/Grameen Telecom are also interesting examples.

Posted by Dave on Monday, July 18, 2005 at 01:20 PM in Finance & Economics, Capital Ideas, Geeks, Tech, Startups, Microfinance, Social Entrepreneur | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)