I think this is a very, very smart move. Mind you - I hate the way the stock market is handled but in principle this is a great way for Pandora to raise some extra capital to expand into some larger markets.
Imagine if they teamed up with Apple and you could get Pandora on your Ipod - then if you come across a song you really dig you can buy it instantly from within the Ipod interface, for example.
Or imagine a similar application of Pandora being used in a car stereo to replace the radio. I don't think seeing mobile broadband access in vehicles is unthinkable (and heck, probably already out there - I'm sure you guys would know).
As another poster mentioned - this may even allow them to enter into other countries which would be amazing as any time I leave the States for travel I'm without my trusty Pandora for the whole duration.
So plenty of options out there - and I'd love to buy stock in a company whose product I actually use and enjoy - not just want to invest in purely with profit margins in mind. Hopefully other shareholders would have a similar outlook - but I doubt it. I hate, hate, hate, when companies begin working in the interest of their shareholders and not their clients, though you'd think the two views would be the same.
Anywho, Pandora, if you're reading this - I've got plenty more ideas. I'm totally for hire.:)
An article I read mentions that this wasn't so much buying the site as it was buying Huffington herself as a way to perhaps revive AOL's dying economy.
My personal take: AOL doesn't stand a chance with the AOL name. That branding is tainted. Reinvent yourselves, guys.
Does this mean we can get rid of Homeland Security which was initially purported to have been created simply to bridge the gap between all the agencies that already existed?
One of the best pieces of advice on how to be a better driver given to me by my driving instructor ages ago: BE PREDICTABLE.
Simple as that. It's easy to remain safe on the road when you can anticipate events - even stupid events with enough warning.
Beyond that - I wish people would realize tailgating doesn't gain them anything. Rather - I wish officers would start enforcing this more than speeding. This isn't NASCAR where drafting is ok. This is a bio-mechanical ecosystem filled with machines that crunch and families who'll die. I can work with people who speed and operate predictably. I can't work with asses who invade my "buffer zone" and risk my safety.
Because everyone's going to migrate to smartphones? Unlikely. Touch screens are nice for environments where a mouse isn't practical but not my favorite for full on browsing. The two are entirely different animals, IMO.
I think the mobile browsing search can be/is covered by other methodologies that are probably equally effective - for example many people stay logged into things such as facebook and whatnot while willfully giving out piles and piles of their own personal information/preferences (look at foursquare for example). It's only *slightly* more difficult with the desktop/laptop-only crowd. This new idea may very well bridge that small gap.
I've only run into that when I click the ad links that show up at the top of my results sometimes. It passes through doubleclick I believe. Is that what you're talking about?
I'm going to have to agree and disagree with a lot of these sentiments. Overall I think the Early Adopters are getting bored. Afterall - we're the early adopters because we like "newness".
However, because of the late adopters (our older family members we didn't keep in touch with very well before) are the reasons a lot of us will stick around.
There was another post on here suggesting email being a viable replacement...who wants to teach grandma how to attach pictures and cc everyone she wants that email to go to? It's simple for us of course, but not as simple as facebook.
The thing that sold me on facebook was a certain level of it being more streamlined than the other social networking sites. Now it's as bloated as say AOL's software suite. But maybe those increased features are at the level of "newness" that the early and middle adopters need to keep interested.
The next big thing will probably just be something almost exactly like facebook but with a better interface and set of features.
I'm a heavy user of spell check, but in no way do I think we should rely solely on that. I have friends who still think it's spelled "congradulations" and that's not a typo. That's just tragic.
"...you pretty much have to pick a side fairly early. Are you a "get it done" kind of person, or a intellectual thinker who prefers somebody else do the nuts and bolts of carrying something to production?"
I wish so much that these lines were explained to me by anyone while I was in high school. This would have made things much clearer to me. At that age as far as I knew college/uni was pretty much just a continuation of high school.
What drives me nuts is how high schools (at least in my experience) have completely trashed the idea of going to a local technical college. And you know where I went? A local technical college. And you know what - I loved my experience there. Small classes, teachers who had time for you and knew your name, and administration you could actually deal with. I've got friends in the more prestigious places and the course material was pretty much the same, if not exactly from the same book.
Operating in this manner is what makes the whole operation *sustainable*. And of course they're not investing the principle in Africa. Might as well give it to one of the million Nigerian Princes.
And the Gates letter has NOTHING to do with stifling Chinese development. It has everything to do with asking the U.S. to step up its game in that field.
Ever wonder why when you fly they say to put your oxygen mask on first? If you cripple yourself in the process you're useless to help.
"and basically told them to F off"?
Umm, no. From your own link: "We recognize and respect the work of all the Pirate Parties and wish them luck. We hope that they all continue their fight as they think is right. And so will we fight, as we think is right."
That's a mile away from telling anyone to "F off". They're supporting the same cause - they're just not aligned in their methodology.
1) Bicycle != Motorcycle.
2) Poorly/not cited.
3) My first question was "what country was this in"? And you can't find that directly in the article.
BAH HUMBUG.
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THIS.
I think this is a very, very smart move. Mind you - I hate the way the stock market is handled but in principle this is a great way for Pandora to raise some extra capital to expand into some larger markets.
Imagine if they teamed up with Apple and you could get Pandora on your Ipod - then if you come across a song you really dig you can buy it instantly from within the Ipod interface, for example.
Or imagine a similar application of Pandora being used in a car stereo to replace the radio. I don't think seeing mobile broadband access in vehicles is unthinkable (and heck, probably already out there - I'm sure you guys would know).
As another poster mentioned - this may even allow them to enter into other countries which would be amazing as any time I leave the States for travel I'm without my trusty Pandora for the whole duration.
So plenty of options out there - and I'd love to buy stock in a company whose product I actually use and enjoy - not just want to invest in purely with profit margins in mind. Hopefully other shareholders would have a similar outlook - but I doubt it. I hate, hate, hate, when companies begin working in the interest of their shareholders and not their clients, though you'd think the two views would be the same.
Anywho, Pandora, if you're reading this - I've got plenty more ideas. I'm totally for hire. :)
Here: http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account
Yes, yes you can.
Here: http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account
Wait, did I just read that? So we're both giving them jobs and letting them starve?
That was actually my first though.
An article I read mentions that this wasn't so much buying the site as it was buying Huffington herself as a way to perhaps revive AOL's dying economy.
My personal take: AOL doesn't stand a chance with the AOL name. That branding is tainted. Reinvent yourselves, guys.
Does this mean we can get rid of Homeland Security which was initially purported to have been created simply to bridge the gap between all the agencies that already existed?
One of the best pieces of advice on how to be a better driver given to me by my driving instructor ages ago: BE PREDICTABLE.
Simple as that. It's easy to remain safe on the road when you can anticipate events - even stupid events with enough warning.
Beyond that - I wish people would realize tailgating doesn't gain them anything. Rather - I wish officers would start enforcing this more than speeding. This isn't NASCAR where drafting is ok. This is a bio-mechanical ecosystem filled with machines that crunch and families who'll die. I can work with people who speed and operate predictably. I can't work with asses who invade my "buffer zone" and risk my safety.
Then another of cholera.
"Keyboard-less, light devices are better suited to consume content, big machines with lots of inputs are better suited to create content."
You know - I never looked at it that way before, but I really like statement. Good perspective. :)
Because everyone's going to migrate to smartphones? Unlikely. Touch screens are nice for environments where a mouse isn't practical but not my favorite for full on browsing. The two are entirely different animals, IMO.
I think the mobile browsing search can be/is covered by other methodologies that are probably equally effective - for example many people stay logged into things such as facebook and whatnot while willfully giving out piles and piles of their own personal information/preferences (look at foursquare for example). It's only *slightly* more difficult with the desktop/laptop-only crowd. This new idea may very well bridge that small gap.
I've only run into that when I click the ad links that show up at the top of my results sometimes. It passes through doubleclick I believe. Is that what you're talking about?
Hah, that's golden actually. Oh well - shows the effort dell is putting into the community.
Only way I even knew that much of the site existed was after talking to a dell sales rep - though mind you I haven't purchased anything yet.
http://linux.dell.com/
Apparently it wasn't Qwest but glad to see you guys are taking it seriously.
Ref: http://idle.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1957706&cid=34934904
With video? I'd much rather pirate - oh wait... ;)
I'm going to have to agree and disagree with a lot of these sentiments. Overall I think the Early Adopters are getting bored. Afterall - we're the early adopters because we like "newness".
However, because of the late adopters (our older family members we didn't keep in touch with very well before) are the reasons a lot of us will stick around.
There was another post on here suggesting email being a viable replacement...who wants to teach grandma how to attach pictures and cc everyone she wants that email to go to? It's simple for us of course, but not as simple as facebook.
The thing that sold me on facebook was a certain level of it being more streamlined than the other social networking sites. Now it's as bloated as say AOL's software suite. But maybe those increased features are at the level of "newness" that the early and middle adopters need to keep interested.
The next big thing will probably just be something almost exactly like facebook but with a better interface and set of features.
Like that'll stop them from the usual:
there/their
your/you're
and pretty much everything else listed here: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling
I'm a heavy user of spell check, but in no way do I think we should rely solely on that. I have friends who still think it's spelled "congradulations" and that's not a typo. That's just tragic.
"...you pretty much have to pick a side fairly early. Are you a "get it done" kind of person, or a intellectual thinker who prefers somebody else do the nuts and bolts of carrying something to production?"
I wish so much that these lines were explained to me by anyone while I was in high school. This would have made things much clearer to me. At that age as far as I knew college/uni was pretty much just a continuation of high school.
What drives me nuts is how high schools (at least in my experience) have completely trashed the idea of going to a local technical college. And you know where I went? A local technical college. And you know what - I loved my experience there. Small classes, teachers who had time for you and knew your name, and administration you could actually deal with. I've got friends in the more prestigious places and the course material was pretty much the same, if not exactly from the same book.
Seriously?
Operating in this manner is what makes the whole operation *sustainable*. And of course they're not investing the principle in Africa. Might as well give it to one of the million Nigerian Princes.
And the Gates letter has NOTHING to do with stifling Chinese development. It has everything to do with asking the U.S. to step up its game in that field.
Ever wonder why when you fly they say to put your oxygen mask on first? If you cripple yourself in the process you're useless to help.
This sounds awfully familiar to...oh wait, a story from yesterday!
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/12/02/2327227/Google-Loses-Street-View-Suit-Forced-To-Pay-1
Since EMI didn't *really* care about their music being distributed online they can win the case but only be awarded $1 in damages.
I'm pretty much talking out my ass but what is all this "control the web" nonsense? Isn't that precisely what we're 100% against?
And perhaps it's semantics + bad journalism. What they seem to be really asking - "whose technologies will gain the highest presence on the web?"
But that's not really "control" by any means.
"and basically told them to F off"? Umm, no. From your own link: "We recognize and respect the work of all the Pirate Parties and wish them luck. We hope that they all continue their fight as they think is right. And so will we fight, as we think is right." That's a mile away from telling anyone to "F off". They're supporting the same cause - they're just not aligned in their methodology.
Seconded. :)
1) Bicycle != Motorcycle. 2) Poorly/not cited. 3) My first question was "what country was this in"? And you can't find that directly in the article. BAH HUMBUG.
This seems to be leaning towards a variant of Ricochet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricochet_(Internet_service) I was actually pretty bummed out that they failed. They were way ahead of their time.