Tag Archives: Jason Calacanis

Is Apple becoming evil? — Jason Calacanis vs Guy Kawasaki

External Links: Paul Graham’s criticism of Apple + Phil Schiller Grants Interview About Apple’s App Store, Claims Devs Actually Like Approval Process. + The BusinessWeek interview + iPhone developers are stupid.

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User revolt against the de facto monopolies in prediction markets?

InTrade (in the U.S.) and BetFair (in the U.K.) are de facto monopolistic, real-money prediction exchanges. Will those monopolies spur users to revolt? Will we see an open-source movement in prediction markets? That’s the question I asked privately to some … Continue reading

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Michael Weiss of Gawker is misinformed about the wisdom of crowds.

His Jason Calacanis-inspired critique of The Wisdom Of Crowds is an abyssal nullity. James Surowiecki is a great thinker, and the principles behind the wisdom of crowds are effective. (see point #3.) -

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The Most Important Discussion On Marketing I Followed This Early Morning

Michael Giberson and Robin Hanson are fond of Inkling Markets’ Godfather, Paul Graham. I am not. I am more interested in Robert Scoble, Loic Le Meur, and Jason Calacanis. With other bloggers, they started a discussion on modern-days public relations. … Continue reading

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Whose side are you on?

- Michael Arrington refers to this blog post, which I have already linked to. – I’m rather in the Mike Arrington camp, but I’m not necessarily proud of it. (Ducan Riley would tell me to “get fu****“. ) – I … Continue reading

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Digital Wrist Slapping

- Explainer: Michael Arrington is Ducan Riley’s boss —and Michael Arrington’s post (which prompted the 2 comments you see above) happened to contradict Ducan Riley’s previous take on the issue. (See Robert Scoble’s take, for more info on the general … Continue reading

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