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“You were fashionably sensitive
But too cool to care.”
- Jewel in the song Foolish Games

I was too young to follow Miami Vice on tv in the 80’s, but damn did movie’s the teaser trailer hit a nerve.

“One man gives freely yet gains even more. Another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty. ” - Proverbs 11:24

“I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.” - Isaac Newton

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Russell often writes pretty good blog posts, but parts of his rant against business model-less Web 2.0 startups is bad analysis. Not all media must be monetized by charging the consumer. Advertising enables an indirect, brand or lead-generation, revenue model. Notable examples, Google and Yahoo. With the demand for leads in the real estate/housing business, Zillow is probably doing something very smart by building an audience and then charging for leads and advertising.

Business is a good game - lots of competition and a minimum of rules. You keep score with money. - Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari