Month: January 2016

A New Business Model for Twitter

Only Customer Focus Can Address Twitter’s Decline Despite its 307 million users, Twitter’s market capitalization declined from $50 billion to $11.5 billion in the past two years. This is likely to continue as growth slows and its $100 million quarterly...

/ January 28, 2016

Exploitation Example from Patreon Hack

Last fall’s Patreon hack made it easy for anyone with basic technical skills to spam Patreon members. I received this “marketing pitch:” $99 for promotion of my profile in what seemed like a Patreon promotional opportunity: The funny thing is that with...

/ January 19, 2016

Elephant at Jaipur’s Amer Fort

I very reluctantly went on one of the elephant rides up to Amer Fort in Jaipur and immediately wished I hadn’t. These animals don’t seem happy at all. Though they are presented beautifully:

/ January 19, 2016

Sad Seahawks Fan – Picasso

This is actually Grande Baigneuse au livre (Large Bather with a Book) by Picasso.

/ January 19, 2016

Kittens – New Delhi, India

“Mom!” Not easy being a kitten in India. I was kind of far away from them and it wasn’t an easy shot to get. I have slightly more focused versions but they’re not as interesting. “What now?”

/ January 17, 2016

Cobra – New Delhi, India

I’m not a huge fan of the tourist traps in India but it was cool to see another snake charmer. His cobra seemed a bit younger and inexperienced at this type of work, even a bit edgy. I do not know...

/ January 17, 2016

Sacré-Coeur – Billionaire Terrorism

Available under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike.

/ January 17, 2016