People who write about technology love to huff and puff and hyperbolize. The fate of the entire world seems to hang on every move made by Microsoft or Google or Apple. Every new smart phone gets billed as a potential ‘iPhone killer,’ while every new product from Apple represents the dawn of a new era. It’s ridiculous – and exhausting. Daniel Lyons Read Quote
My job, originally, was to write blog posts for their ‘HubSpot’ blog. They have a business model built on content. Then I was writing e-books for them, and after I came back from L.A., they had this new plan to launch a podcast. Daniel Lyons Read Quote
My prior stint at ‘Newsweek’ was a very different world. So it’s what it’s like to be in one of these kooky software startups as a grown up. It’s not entirely pleasant! It’s like, ‘Oh, I don’t fit.’ Daniel Lyons Read Quote
One way Groupon hopes to gain an edge is by using software to learn about its members so it can deliver more relevant offers: my wife will get the manicure-pedicure deal, but I’ll get an offer on fly-fishing lessons. The key now is execution – delivering great customer service and keeping everybody happy on both sides of the transactions. Daniel Lyons Read Quote
Amid all the job losses of the Great Recession, there is one category of worker that the economic disruption has been good for: nonhumans. Daniel Lyons Read Quote
What if the Big Three automakers made products that were simple and easy to use – imagine a car with a user interface made by Apple – while also constantly trying to push the state of the art? What if they constantly sought out new technologies and ideas, and incorporated them into their products? Daniel Lyons Read Quote
I feel like Valleywag has been different things with different writers over the years. Up and down. I think it’s at their best when they get a legitimate scoop, like when someone leaks them documents. I feel like we could do more of that, breaking stories. Daniel Lyons Read Quote
I want to get in on how the media business is changing, how people are telling stories in new ways. Daniel Lyons Read Quote
