Andrew Chen

Here are some links I’ve posted to my twitter account over the last week or two. You can follow me on Twitter if you like these! Many are work unrelated.

• Spot Runner Is Running On Fumes: Another 60 To Lose Their Jobs http://tinyurl.com/dj89n2
• rt @mkapor If you read anything about what’s happening to newspapers, read this essay by @cshirky (Clay Shirky) http://bit.ly/18tDhy
• NYT article, In Italy, a Vending Machine Even Makes the Pizza: http://tinyurl.com/cwuy5q
• Candy-Maker Tries To Ignore Kids Pretending To Smoke On YouTube http://tinyurl.com/casw5j
• Awesome Peter Funch Photo Series of Manhattan http://cli.gs/z67bZu
• Don’t launch http://tinyurl.com/bz5vop
• Struggling in-game ad firm IGA Worldwide seeks investments or possible sale http://tinyurl.com/c8ujol
• Yahoo Search Streak Snapped, Loses Share In Feb (Google Gains) http://tinyurl.com/b3v6dz
• demographic changes in myspace->FB movement: http://tinyurl.com/cb53or
• Introduction to the ad auction http://tinyurl.com/bmsjnb
• Pivots for change http://tinyurl.com/bu4tdr
• Sam Spenser’s Umbrella Bloom http://tinyurl.com/d95zbq
• i thought google thought behavioral targeting was evil? Now they just unveiled their new internet-wide cookie tracking: http://bit.ly/X5xWM
• slate article explaining icelandic elf detection: http://www.slate.com/id/2213353
• How Google Will Invade Your Privacy While ‘Protecting’ It http://tinyurl.com/d5nqwf
• graph of microlending vs venture capital: http://tinyurl.com/dza5r9
• Not Enough Work http://xkcd.com/554/
• can’t believe msft surface is a real product you can buy – i always thought it was a demo: http://tinyurl.com/brlalo
• Graham on Boston vs Silicon Valley, why YC left Boston (his opinion: Silicon Valley wins hands down) http://bit.ly/gAh6
• Some zone design lessons http://tinyurl.com/cjbuuc
• Cellphones vs Women (or Men) [Comic] http://tinyurl.com/bb5z32
• massive tetris flash game. Fun? http://sovietrussia.org/f/src/tetoris.swf
• 27 Huge Publishers Join To Replace The Bannerhttp://tinyurl.com/bpdv7r
• More Details & Stats on User Communication Patterns from Facebook Data Team http://tinyurl.com/bbvhnl
• 8 Ways the Changing Facebook Home Page Will Affect Application Virality http://tinyurl.com/dzzrkz
• Dilbert and The Smart Talk Trap: The Dangers of Skilled Bullshitting http://tinyurl.com/bt742t
• Branded Virtual Goods Boost Purchase Intent By 20% Or More On Social Networks http://tinyurl.com/boq7mo
• Unauthroized viewing of TV and movie content expected to grow http://tinyurl.com/aeet87
• The Last Days of the Oligarchs? http://tinyurl.com/cdluh5
• What is your game design style? http://tinyurl.com/br8sh7
• Facebook Extends Lead Over MySpace in US Traffic in February http://snipurl.com/d9qld
• Lessons Learned from imeem http://snipurl.com/d9w4s
• Opinion: Designing For Free Takes More Than ‘Just’ Game Design http://tinyurl.com/bqu6j6
• # of iphone apps in the appstore is accelerating!http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/03/05/apples-app-store-25000-apps-and-counting
• yahoo mail still 5X the size of Gmail: http://tinyurl.com/cezzco
• Don’t Throw Out the Subscription Model http://tinyurl.com/d92fah
• wikipedia article on the large % of icelandic people who believe in elves: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huldufólk
• nyt article on icelandic elves:http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/13/international/europe/13elves.html
• Watch this! Great speaker, and he’s 10 years old: http://tinyurl.com/a9rdhm
• rt @adachen Wow, YouTube hits 100 million *US* viewers http://bit.ly/8CWQH
• Icelandic logic behind the meltdown http://tinyurl.com/aloche