Alex Schleber

Fearless Mind Explorer + Creator of Business Mindhacks: Business Psychology/Coaching, Archetype Branding, Lifehacks, WordpressHacks, INTP http://3on.us/mindhacks
RT @nntaleb: As with Ponzi schemes that require more & more borrowing, GMO & other BS schemes require increasing effort/advocacy to keep the thing going.
RT @balajis: 4/ But main take is that after years and many attempts, mobile digital payment is finally going mainstream. Apple as the classic last mover.
RT @SammyWalrusIV: Home Depot just sent me an email. Their Black Friday sales are starting now. Please stop.
RT @balajis: Thesis: startups are inherently volatile because they deal with small sample sizes. Few employees/customers/investors/users: high variance.
RT @BarbarianCap: $NUS Nu Skin Come for the illegal defunct Chinese MLM, stay for the credit event?
RT @paulg: When Chrome has been running for a while, Task Manager shows a random static web page using 80% of CPU. Anyone know why?
.@paulg solution is described here: http://www.wired.com/2014... helps turning off most (Flash) ads too w/out resorting to malware-ish AdBlockPlus
Milking is their biz. MT @theinformation how media vs. tech co's use cash, @mvpeers argues media co's should stop milking & start investing.
RT @Jessicalessin: Media cos use way more of their cash than tech cos do. Is that wise? This week's Data Point by @mvpeers. https://twitter.com/Jessica...
RT @gigaom: It’s Nadella’s Microsoft now as the company decouples Windows and Office https://gigaom.com/2014...
RT @Recode: FTC Settles Unusual Complaint Against Patent Troll http://recode.net/2014... by @amy_schatz
RT @modestproposal1: $CVC: "Verizon, in our opinion, continues on a path of pursuing the destruction of their own capital"
.@vgr you've seen stats here http://www.businessinsider.com/evidenc... supporting your Developeronomics piece from 2011? Acquihire rates now at $2-4M/engineer!
RT @CNET: "House of Cards" producer predicts Silicon Valley will replace Hollywood. Here's why http://www.cnet.com/news...
RT @anjiecast: Interest rates are so low that Germans are paying to keep money in banks http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance... #Bitcoin https://twitter.com/anjieca...
RT @ramez: There's no math that makes it even close to plausible that solutions for 21st century Earth woes will involve other planets. End of story.
RT @modestproposal1: Yes MT @AmbroseEP Question is why ECB hawks behaving so destructively. Are they stupid, or do they intend to smash EMU?
RT @BenedictEvans: iPhone value by location (Barcap) https://twitter.com/Benedic...
RT @jayrosen_nyu: Hilarious. CNN on air pundits conceal iPads behind their Microsoft tablets after MS pulls off placement. http://9to5mac.com/2014... via @macloo
RT @drbarnard: .@monkbent nailed the bear argument for  Pay in the @StratecheryMO email this morning. https://twitter.com/drbarna...
RT @tecramer: @monkbent Aside from corp commitment #ApplePay wins b/c it solves a consumer problem, #MCX solves a retailer problem. One is more powerful
RT @monkbent: .@chartier @drbarnard that’s a follow up to my piece on Stratechery laying out why Apple Pay would be a success http://stratechery.com/2014...
RT @waxpancake: What's worse: McDonald's hiring a former Mythbuster for credibility, or CNET covering it like news… twice? http://www.cnet.com/search...
RT @csoghoian: NSA director: We only keep the really good 0-days. https://t.co/eb7gWrgsoz
"Hiring is so tight that some investors are saying that compensation requirements for engineers are themselves the cause of the bubble."
.vgr you seen the stats here http://www.businessinsider.com/evidenc... supporting your Developeronomics piece from 2011? Acquihire rates now at $2-4M/engineer!
RT @pmarca: Forget the election, someone really needs to get to the bottom of this: http://www.baekdal.com/analysi...
The Great #Attention Heist, or: How Our Minds Were Hacked • Synereo Blog http://blog.synereo.com/2014...
RT @EvelynRusli: My 6 favorite slides from @BenedictEvans conversation on mobile trends this morning #wsjdlive http://blogs.wsj.com/digits...
RT @vgr: Italy economy in tailspin of ridiculousness. Bonus: great example of Baumol cost disease. http://www.spectator.co.uk/feature...
RT @monkbent: A monster post by me @stratechery: How Apple Creates Leverage, and the Future of Apple Pay http://stratechery.com/2014... Focusing on UX matters