Category Archives: internets

The sky is not falling

Posted on August 20, 2011 by kfarr

I am writing to share some reactions to Claire Cain Miller’s piece in the New York Times, “Silicon Valley Booms but Worries About a New Bust.” I met Claire at the Founder Showcase event she mentions in her article and … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, internets, media, tech, work | Tagged boom, bust, farr, fundraising, gross margin, kfarr, kieran, new york, new york times, nyt, nytimes, quote, saas, silicon valley | 4 Comments

Python Multithreaded S3 Bucket-to-Bucket Copy (on Amazon Web Services)

Posted on November 6, 2010 by kfarr

For both backup and staging purposes, we regularly need to backup an entire S3 bucket to another bucket. AWS has no built-in function to do this, nor does the boto Python library. We started off with a simple for key … Continue reading →

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My First Hail Using Cabulous

Posted on October 27, 2009 by kfarr

I’ve been advising the team working on Cabulous, a new mobile location-enabled app that makes it easier for cabbies to advertise their locations — and for passengers to find them. I drove last Saturday and helped with an early beta … Continue reading →

Posted in internets, taxi, tech | Tagged android, app, application, at&t, blackberry, ca, cab, cabbie, cabulous, california, gps, gps-enabled, hail, iphone, location, location-aware, location-enable, mobile application, san francisco, sf, taxi, taxicab, taxis, transit, transportation, web | 4 Comments

Thoughts on group ownership with unfunded startups

Posted on August 14, 2008 by kfarr

Good news! Steve and I finally released our website, VidSF.com, to the public. More good news! We had a great initial meeting with content producers. We recruited them via craigslist and we made absolutely clear that a) we are unfunded … Continue reading →

Posted in internets, media, tech | Tagged boot, bootstrap, bootstrapped, san francisco, sf, startup, strap, unfunded, vid, vidsf | 5 Comments

With Daily Show and Colbert, Hulu takes the trophy. Joost dead?

Posted on June 10, 2008 by kfarr

When NBC and Fox announced their ‘me too’ online video joint venture, Hulu, I was understandably skeptical. After all, Joost had already launched to much fanfare with top partners like Viacom’s MTV and Turner’s Cartoon Network. YouTube had quite a … Continue reading →

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Media roundup: sci fi, electronica, the tragedy of suburbia, and public radio

Posted on May 30, 2008 by kfarr

And now, a brief list of things produced by fellow humans I enjoyed reading, hearing and watching in the past few weeks. Books: Larry Niven’s Ringworld I was drawn in by the concept of a ringed artificial habitable structure orbiting … Continue reading →

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Examiner print daily is heaven, Examiner online is hell. Why?

Posted on May 28, 2008 by kfarr

The current iteration of the San Francisco Examiner — the free, tabloid-sized print daily focused primarily on San Francisco news and events — is top notch. It’s a quick read, conveniently sized and simple but effective in delivering a local … Continue reading →

Posted in internets, media | Tagged ads, chronicle, cpm, daily, digital, examiner, industry, journalism, journalist, media, news, newspaper, online, pageviews, print, reporters, revenue, san francisco, sf, sfgate, stories, the examiner, views, web | 2 Comments

Last.fm + iPod = Profit?

Posted on May 14, 2008 by kfarr

Last.fm is a top-rate music streaming service that suggests music based on your previous last.fm plays, songs you play in iTunes (“scrobbling”), and songs your friends like. But, it’s frustratingly tied to your computer. You have to listen to via … Continue reading →

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It’s official: the undergraduate degree is the new high school diploma.

Posted on May 14, 2008 by kfarr

It hit me when I saw this craigslist post for a Yelp data entry job. Responsibilities: •Reviewing and researching business data •Accurately/flawlessly updating business information Requirements: •BA/BS degree •Attention to detail with the ability to complete a large volume of … Continue reading →

Posted in internets, work | Tagged career, college, craig, craigslist, degree, diploma, education, employment, graduate, graduation, high, high school, hunt, job, list, monster, school, search, undergraduate, university, value | 2 Comments

TV, online video ad buys approach convergence already enjoyed by end-users.

Posted on May 9, 2008 by kfarr

In the world of online buying of offline video ads, Google announced they’ve publicly released their experimental TV ad buying service. TV buying is now integrated with an advertiser’s existing AdWords buying interface, making buying as simple as they did … Continue reading →

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