Laughing at Facebook

Posted on July 25th, 2008 in Advertising, Technology. 0 Comments

Facebook ads are generating a laughable 7.5-cent CPM. The recent Facebook Developer Conference avoided discussing the impact that this has on both Facebook’s future as well as the future for application developers who are now expected to play nice and fight for Facebook’s good graces to really scrape up that golden pot of 7.5-cents.

The good news? Facebook Connect looks promising and can’t be as evil as Beacon. Microsoft is now running Facebook search and seems to be on the cusp of some interesting search technology dubbed BrowseRank.

Randy Pausch

Posted on July 25th, 2008 in Inspired, Media. 1 Comment

I’ve been meaning to write a post about Randy Pausch and his “Last Lecture” since last September but never got around to it.

Earlier today, Randy Pausch passed away from pancreatic cancer. He was a computer science professor from Carnegie Mellon who delivered his final lecture after doctor’s predicted he only had 5 more months to live. The lecture quickly spread throughout the web and Randy Pausch’s hopeful remarks were viewed by millions. From his lecture, Dr. Pausch published a book which has now been translated into 30 languages. Hopefully you will find the time to listen to or read his words.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

End of School and Beginning of Milan

Posted on May 20th, 2008 in Trips, UPenn. 1 Comment

School is out already.
Everything has gone by too fast and I haven’t posted about the things I’ve been doing. Some highlights in the past 3 months: New Orleans, PennSix show, PennSix on the radio, and some others. I’ll try to track back and write about them, but for now, I am currently in Milan for Wharton International Programs for the next 10 days. I’ll put up some posts and pictures during these next few days. So stay tuned…

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