Below are all the posts for the “Unstructured Thoughts” blog from 2008 to 2009.
Also, visit the archives for the Taylor Davidson blog for hundreds of additional posts from 2006 to today.
2009: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2008: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
- May 2009 (14)
- 26: Aggregating Interests (or, why I’m combining my blogs.) (6)
- 21: The Paradox of Ambient Intimacy. (1)
- 19: Would you hire a couple professionals or every single passionate amateur? (2)
- 18: The Law of Averages guarantees someone will win, but it doesn’t say how. (6)
- 17: Quarter-Thoughts (42)
- 16: What’s free today may not be free tomorrow. (8)
- 10: Feltronification, Diversification and Exploration (0)
- 07: A “Personal API” could be a modularized, standardized interface for collaboration. (42)
- 07: The Management Myth (0)
- 05: We are all public figures in our own spheres. (1)
- 05: Moving on: what’s next? (2)
- 04: Thanks! … to 15 people from Toronto and New York (2)
- 04: Thanks! … to 10 people from Knoxville, Richmond, Washington DC and Philadelphia (0)
- 02: Thanks! … to 36 people from Austin and SXSW (13)
- April 2009 (18)
- 30: Skype and Twitter should merge (even if they won’t). (31)
- 30: Our misplaced notion of privacy (or, why social media has a major perception problem). (12)
- 30: Are revolutionary ideas being pushed to the margins? (0)
- 29: On cloud computing, lifestreams and the persistence of online lives (0)
- 29: How I was wrong, and why I was right. (1)
- 27: On innovation in business, career and life (0)
- 26: Hashtags are useless until threads are meaningful. (23)
- 19: A little known fact: I’m actually a baseball geek. (12)
- 19: Extending the @tag from a social gesture to a communication tool. (0)
- 19: Realtime data shapes realtime decisions. (8)
- 17: Shifting values, faster paces and dragging minds will force us to create new solutions. (0)
- 16: Even the inspired need inspiration. (3)
- 16: Developing “personal APIs” will be the key to scaling collaboration. (10)
- 10: The “Post-Consumer” Era is a Fad. (43)
- 08: Relationship “contracts” need to be based on our inability to predict the future. (10)
- 08: On realtime, search, tagging and structuring the cacophony (0)
- 06: Refreshing the Expenses behind the “Drive-By” Trip (13)
- 01: Less predictions, more realities; less institutions, more people. (4)
- March 2009 (5)
- February 2009 (16)
- 27: Invest in the venture system, not venture capitalists. (52)
- 23: GameChangers, Improvisation and the Agreement Principle (3)
- 22: We form ourselves more by the routes we take than the destinations we reach. (12)
- 21: Curating thoughts from the dot-com (0)
- 20: The market for attention is more valuable than the market for consumption. (8)
- 19: Venture capital is not broken. But it could use an alternate incentive structure. (54)
- 16: Connections and Connectedness (3)
- 16: Building Communities in Santa Cruz, California (3)
- 15: The Expenses Behind the “Drive-By” Trip (54)
- 14: Tomorrow is Today (7)
- 14: Unordered Thoughts (0)
- 13: Creating, funding and acquiring “skins of data” (9)
- 10: Can business strategy be created in the open? (1)
- 10: Why should we bemoan the departure of “dumb money”? (0)
- 03: New organizational structures are enabling conversations and creating new markets. (5)
- 02: Adding to the Cacophony (0)
- January 2009 (19)
- 31: Talent follows opportunities: Where are the emerging opportunities? (1)
- 29: Value is created at the edges but captured at the hubs. (10)
- 28: Zero Visibility Possible (2)
- 27: “Instead of looking for a job, create your own.” (1)
- 26: Catching up on the Drive-By Road Trip (3)
- 25: Weekend Reading (11)
- 23: Modeling Viral Loops (32)
- 22: Social Venture Commons: empowering a new organizational design model (6)
- 22: Is there a funding gap between “testing ideas” and “building businesses”? (3)
- 21: Who wants to build a “find a date using Twitter” service? (118)
- 20: Does the “shotgun” approach to testing ideas lead to products or businesses? (1)
- 18: Unordered Thoughts (5)
- 16: Social capital isn’t new, but everything about it is. (59)
- 15: How can we incent global optimization? (0)
- 15: Why would the venture industry be any different? (2)
- 13: Financial Models Are Always Wrong: Create One Anyway. (75)
- 12: Supporting early-stage ventures: How do you help someone fish? (9)
- 07: Unordered Thoughts (8)
- 01: Bring on 2009 (0)
- December 2008 (11)
- 30: Organizing Past Thoughts: The Photography Business (1)
- 29: Drive-By Non-Consulting: Scottsdale, AZ and Los Angeles, CA (10)
- 22: Confirmed: Venture Capital for Long Tail Entrepreneurs will be a SXSW Core Conversation (20)
- 17: Drive-By Consulting: College Station, TX and Dallas, TX (3)
- 15: Drive-By Consulting: Houston, TX (0)
- 11: Be Undeniably Good (12)
- 10: A Freemium Life (19)
- 09: Drive-By Consulting: Atlanta, GA and New Orleans, LA (5)
- 08: What is the next platform for new businesses? (12)
- 02: Drive-By Consulting is Under Way (9)
- 01: Are “Online Conversations” Really Conversations? (18)
- November 2008 (16)
- 24: What trends can entrepreneurs leverage to create new businesses? (9)
- 23: Drive-By Consulting, Literally (4)
- 20: The US automotive industry needs to fail to succeed (37)
- 19: Nico Nico Douga: Monetizing a Community (0)
- 18: Content is cheap, context is expensive: Is it any surprise which one we lack? (13)
- 16: In pursuit of intellectual honesty (0)
- 13: Don’t create a company, create an ecosystem (28)
- 12: Who still loves ads? (10)
- 10: Don’t Listen to Me (2)
- 09: Incomplete Thoughts (0)
- 09: A renewed look at “How to Fail” (0)
- 07: Summit 2008 (0)
- 05: Focus on Producing rather than Perfecting – A core concept behind “How to Fail” (1)
- 04: Are we scared to set prices? (0)
- 04: How to Fail and Start Again (3)
- 03: Update: Venture Capital for Long Tail Entrepreneurs (1)
- October 2008 (6)
- 24: Millenials are shaping the workforce (5)
- 22: Past client ClearCount raises $4.1 M Series A (1)
- 20: How can you avoid a “startup depression”? First, understand your business model. (17)
- 20: BarCampDC2: Exploring Ideas (8)
- 15: “A Great Rebalancing” (0)
- 02: Over-optimization: A core concept behind “How to Fail” (5)
- September 2008 (7)
- 30: Considering the future of the music industry: Jeff Price of TuneCore and Ethan Bauley (12)
- 23: How to Fail: 25 Lessons Learned through Failure (1853)
- 22: Online technologies will transform how we make offline decisions (9)
- 17: What Startups can learn from Billy Beane (0)
- 15: “Good ideas have lonely childhoods” (0)
- 09: Photrade: A photography sharing, licensing and syndication service without a compelling value proposition (6)
- 02: Markets in Everything: Innovation in Angel Investing (4)
- August 2008 (4)
- July 2008 (11)
- 30: Direct Marketing is Dead. Long Live Direct Marketing! (23)
- 25: Why is it important to test ideas in the marketplace? (5)
- 23: Why are people questioning “innovation”? (18)
- 21: Venture Capital for the Long Tail (14)
- 17: Updates on Bars For Us and RTP Startup Weekend (0)
- 15: Can we re-create scarcity? (0)
- 14: Recap from RTP Startup Weekend (2)
- 11: RTP Startup Weekend (0)
- 10: Do we need a new funding model for starting businesses? (1)
- 09: How can we create a funding model for lifestyle businesses? (1)
- 09: Web startups: Beyond advertising-based revenue models (1)
- April 2008 (1)
