Telco 2.0 Indepth on Internet Stats

A few days ago I posted some tidbits on Google making up 6% of internet traffic.

If you want all the gory details. Telco 2.0 guys have it here Latest Internet traffic stats: Google and CDNs outmuscle Tier 1 Telcos

I like the contrast of declining “Revenue from Internet Transit Slide” with the increasing “Revenue from Internet Advertising”

Reminds me that this diagram still has meaning when analyzing opportunities in networking.

Fun With Your (Kids) Facebook Addiction » Bizarro

“The END of the WORLD came & went while you were on FACEBOOK” » Bizarro Oct 16, 2009

Gleefully Busting A Move

I love Glee. This week’s Bust A Move was great. I’m gonna have to break out my old vinyl. Yes, I was one of those people who bought the big single and played it to death

It’s here on youtube

Marketing Connects

Yesterday’s Marketing Supports Sales post reminded me of an old Marketing Connects rant I posted a while back.

The key point is that marketing people get the ball rolling, and keep the ball rolling so that “others can finish”. Marketing people fail if they decide/want to be the star. Their success is directly proportional to how big a star they make of others.

Marketing Supports Sales » Steve Blank

It became clear to me that the mission of marketing in most companies has to be to support sales. … “Sales is the sharp end of the stick, and marketing at best, is the stick.” » Steve Blank The Sharp End of the Stick

This is a very good “what does marketing do” post. It gets right to the heart of “Marketing vs Sales” politics/wars. The two biggest egos in the room are not gonna work it out amongst themselves. It’s got to be defined up front. Sales is the most important thing. End of story.

Updating Entrepreneurship Links – Fizz Page

I’ve updated the Fizz page so that none of the links are dead.

Changes

• The biggest change is that Marc Andreesen took his posts offline. Luckily the archives are available at http://pmarca-archive.posterous.com/
• Good news Steve Blank now has a blog

Barry’s New Stealth Gig – Ice Light Solutions

Finally caught up with Barry in the last month. He’s excited about his new stealth project Ice Light Solutions. The careers page indicates that he’s looking for DSP and Firmware experience.

Save The Great Bear Rainforest

Andrew (Andy) Wright is having his “Emeralds at the Edge” Book Launch on Oct 22 at Science World.

Link to the glowing Globe & Mail Review

All profits from the book are donated to Sierra club.

Good work Andy

2009 Version – BAEN 502

The 2009 version of my BAEN 502 course outline is now online. An early “thank you” to all the guest speakers who have signed on. download it

Briefly this course is based on Steve Blank’s Four Steps to the Epiphany and borrows heavily from his course. It is all about Customer Development which you can read about here on Steve’s Blog or here on Eric Ries’s Blog.

In a nutshell this process is very close to what I’ve experienced myself. It has really helped me explain my own past successes, and failures.

“Popular Songs” is a “Grower”

I’ve been playing the new Yo La Tengo album a lot. At first it didn’t jump out at me. But it has been in disc slot #1 of my car for a few weeks now, which is a telling sign. Most discs last a few days. I’m really liking the long jam songs near the end, as well as the more accessible songs at the beginning.

Here’s a long list of reviews. Enjoy