Starbucks axes sandwiches as part of fix- January 31, 2008 Good move: "The sandwiches, which will disappear by this fall, boost a typical store's annual revenue by $35,000, so pulling them off the menu will cost at first. Chairman and Chief Executive Howard Schultz said that proves the company isn't letting the soft economy distract it from committing to big changes that will pay off over the long haul."http://evhead.com/2008/01/starbucks-axes-sandwiches-as-part-of.asp Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.- January 31, 2008 Michael Pollan - In Defense of Food: "Thirty years of official nutritional advice has only made us sicker and fatter while ruining countless numbers of meals.Pollan proposes a new (and very old) answer to the question of what we should eat that comes down to seven simple but liberating words: Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants."http://evhead.com/2008/01/eat-food-not-too-much-mostly-plants.asp (Untitled)- January 31, 2008 I tried to thoughtfully comment on a blog post complaining about Twitter being down, but after I went through a long signup process in order to post it, I got an error. Multiple times. I guess we all have our troubles. :)http://evhead.com/2008/01/i-tried-to-thoughtfully-comment-on-blog.asp The 247 lb. Vegan - WSJ.com- January 25, 2008 WSJ on a pro football player gone vegan: "He broke the touchdown record before midseason and was within reach of the career reception record. 'I was like, 'OK, this is working,'' he says. 'I have so much more energy when I'm out there.'"http://evhead.com/2008/01/247-lb-vegan-wsjcom.asp Startup Developers: Telling Schmucks from Superstars (5 min quiz)- January 19, 2008 If you answered yes to most these questions, come work at Twitter. Our development team is still really small, and we're just getting started. You can make a huge difference and have fun. Email lee at Twitter.http://evhead.com/2008/01/startup-developers-telling-schmucks.asp Vote for Twitter- January 11, 2008 Twitter was nominated in two categories in the upcoming Crunchies Awards. You can vote until midnight tonight (Pacific time)!Vote in the mobile category here. And best overall here:(I was also nominated under Best Founder, but I'm definitely not the best founder, so don't worry about that.)http://evhead.com/2008/01/vote-for-twitter.asp (Untitled)- January 10, 2008 Wizzard Media: 1 Billion Downloads in 2007, Podcasting Far from Deadhttp://evhead.com/2008/01/wizzard-media-1-billion-downloads-in_09.asp merry christmas from the williams'- January 9, 2008http://evhead.com/2008/01/merry-christmas-from-williams-on-flickr.asp (Untitled)- January 5, 2008 blog.pmarca.com: "...you can't believe any of the Internet measurement companies for any kind of accurate external analysis of Ning usage and traffic -- or, for that matter, usage and traffic of any web site other than perhaps the very largest.I'm talking about Compete, Quantcast, Alexa, and even Comscore -- none of their data maps in any way to numbers or patterns we see in our own server logs and activity metrics.This is a well-known problem in the Internet startup world and isn't discussed...http://evhead.com/2008/01/blog.asp |