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Apple, iTunes, and Anti-trust

Submitted by jgrubb on Sun, 07/18/2010 - 9:04pm

I was just thinking about iTunes this morning as I was downloading the new Big Boi record. iTunes is the only option to download music on my iPhone. I'd rather download music from Amazon mostly because they offer their catalog in mp3 rather than AAC format, because their albums tend to be a dollar cheaper, but mostly I think Apple could use some competition.

Prepare for the backlash

Submitted by jgrubb on Sat, 01/30/2010 - 11:22am

Because there is going to be one, trust me. This device isn’t as obvious as iPhone. It’s kind of subtle. Which means that those of you who have done the spiritual work to prepare for it will be fine, but those who haven’t done the work, well, they’re probably going to miss a lot of this at first.

Apparent risk and actual risk

Submitted by jgrubb on Mon, 10/12/2009 - 11:24am

Apparent risk and actual risk: "There are people who I will never encounter in a restaurant.

That's because when these people go out for dinner, they go to chain restaurants. These are the tourists in New York who seek out the familiar Olive Garden instead of walking down the street to Pure.

That's fine.

Finding Your Co-Founders

Submitted by jgrubb on Mon, 10/12/2009 - 6:38am

Finding Your Co-Founders: "The hardest part of starting from scratch is finding the right co-founders. Ideas, comparatively, are easy. You may spend three years finding your co-founders while you’ll come up with a solid idea every 3 months or so. Luckily, once you settle into a great founding team you’ll be able to execute much faster on that killer idea you all come up with – beating those ten other folks who came up with the same idea at the same time."

Communities of Creators

Submitted by jgrubb on Fri, 10/09/2009 - 11:56am

Communities of Creators: "What I've found, though, is that being part of an active, ambitious, supportive and diverse community of peers is just as valuable, if not more so, than any of the more prosaic prerequisites for success."

I'll bet that's true. Maybe I'll find out someday.

(Via Anil Dash.)

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