Inside ontheinside.info http://blog.ontheinside.info About ontheinside.info, some tech news, and a little New York Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:08:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Twitter grows first, monetizes second: Should the publishing world ever think this way? The NYTimes recently brought up the notorious Web2.0 question -- should we ever start an online business with the intention to make money? They pitted Twitter vs. Yammy, a new micro-blogging platform, that unlike Twitter is aimed exclusively at corporations and is charging for its use from the onset. Twitter ... http://blog.ontheinside.info/2008/10/21/twitter-grows-first-monetizes-second-should-the-publishing-world-ever-think-this-way/ How to scare your guests with a fake fire: Turn on a long-dormant heater. It was a wierdly cold fall day and we turned the themostat all way over to the red portion, waking the heater from its year-long slumber. After a couple of minutes, there was a dangerous whiff in the air, one akin to smoke, one that is sometimes associated with fires. ... http://blog.ontheinside.info/2008/10/14/how-to-scare-your-guests-with-a-fake-fire-turn-on-a-long-dormant-heater/ Camera only managed to capture 5% of our empire From left:  Philip Kor -- Producer (i.e. champion of Google Docs, odd-job laborer) Jason Chan -- Videographer (i.e. the man with the cam) Alvina Collardeau -- Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief (i.e. the boss) Zoe Woodbury -- Features Editor (i.e. voicemail and Wordpress extraordinaire; "it's relaxing")   (missing from photo) Kimmy Ratican -- Writer/Producer (i.e. gets to meet ... http://blog.ontheinside.info/2008/09/29/camera-only-managed-to-capture-5-of-our-empire/ Start-up world looks at Wall Street; tries not to laugh. It seems the start-up community feels pretty insulated from the crisis on Wall Street. According to this article in the NY Times, there is sufficient funding, the credit markets have not affected lending, and many venture-backed companies are not dependent on the financial services or housing industries.  But that's just all ... http://blog.ontheinside.info/2008/09/26/start-up-world-looks-at-wall-street-tries-not-to-laugh/ We are alive! I know it has been quite a while. Things have been ramping up quite a bit here OnTheInside -- we have added staff, scheduled a packed pipeline of personalities, and been exploring partnerships with big name publishers. But who cares about all that magazine stuff, right? The most important development has got ... http://blog.ontheinside.info/2008/09/26/we-are-alive/