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The Wire – 5 Seasons in 5 Minutes, sheee-it

The Wire was an amazing series. Here is a summary:

19 May 2009 at 22:16 - Comments

Making your application viral

Daniel Tenner has written an interesting post on how to make you application viral. The core model for viral growth is the following: viral coefficient = (average number of users invited by each active user) x (proportion of invited users that actually join or become active) x (proportion of such users that invite others). Daniel [...]

18 May 2009 at 20:43 - Comments

Detroit – Ground Zero for Economic Collapse

Here is a video showing how badly Detroit has been affected by the collapsing housing market. Towards the end of the video you can see some amazing mansions in the worst-hit areas of Detroit that you can supposedly buy at a massive discount.

11 May 2009 at 11:55 - Comments