Itay Dreyfus
@itay
Designer, always exploring.
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One mistake I often used to make at Justin.tv was offering a potpourri of business models (virtual goods, product placement, chat ads, contests, etc..). I was embarrassed to say Justin.tv would monetize with advertising when clearly that was the only answer. Own the simple business model.
Michael Seibel • How to Pitch Your Company : YC Startup Library | Y Combinator
Sublime — A second brain with a soul
sublime.app
Recently I thought about the heyday of bookmarking apps – Pocket, del.icio.us, Pinboard, Pinterest, etc.
It seems that many are still around. Or maybe these are the ones who managed to survive?
There was a rise in note-taking apps in recent years which made me think about whether we're... See more
Note Taking and
So, small is good but doesn’t scale and can be overwhelmed by changes, and big is powerful, but ugly.
Vicki Boykis • Good things don't scale
publishments | Are.na
are.na
FANZINE — GAFFA
gaffa.world
Crypto is a subculture. A self-contained universe, and a relatively small one.
Climbing out of the rabbit hole
Online, we need to make the big feel smaller, in the right ways. The challenge to start small from something that is currently controlled by Facebook and Google, is very hard. But people are doing it. Look at The Correspondent, or Open Culture, or Brain Pickings, or thousands of other small projects that have good communities around them. We need... See more