Pathologically Entrepreneurial
Psychology Category
PR: Pitching TechCrunch, Scoble, and other Influentials
By: Tony Wright on: Jul 4,2008 In: Marketing, Psychology, RescueTime, Software Dev, YCombinatorChristian Anderson (a former colleague at Jobster) had an interesting (and well-researched) post on his blog called “How to Pitch Robert Scoble — HINT: No Direct Tweets“… , which led to a discussion on FriendFeed (with Robert himself weighing in) that was pretty interesting.
I had a contribution bouncing around in my head but held off […]
Communication and “Infoporn” Are Killers
By: Tony Wright on: Jun 14,2008 In: Psychology, lifehackingThere are people in the world who make a living communicating and living “in the noise” of email, IM, Twitter, Digg, TechMeme and the like. For them, the parade of communication and and information is probably a boon.
Unfortunately, for the rest of us (who make a living producing stuff– whether it’s software, design, written […]
It’s not what you say… It’s what they hear
By: Tony Wright on: Apr 27,2008 In: Design, My Life, PsychologyLong ago, when I set up this blog I read a few primers on blogging. One of them suggested that you have a picture of yourself on your blog. There were lots of good arguments for doing it, so I dutifully hunted among my photos for a picture of myself. Turns out […]
Reading the Lines, Not Between Them (PG & Coding Horror)
By: Tony Wright on: Mar 23,2008 In: Psychology, Startups, YCombinator, lifehackingThere’s quite a flap over Paul Graham’s recent essay.
The attacking author quotes a comment on Reddit (always a good sign) as a good summary of the essay of why we should all be terribly offended.
“I work with young startup founders in their twenties. They’re geniuses, and play by their own rules. Oh… you haven’t founded […]
Exactly Why 37Signals is So Arrogant
By: Tony Wright on: Mar 9,2008 In: Marketing, Psychology, StartupsDon Norman recently wrote a fine piece entitled “Why is 37Signals So Arrogant?“. As a student of link/click bait, I have to applaud him. Bravo! It’s right up there with Jason Calacanis’ post about firing anyone who isn’t a workaholic (his followup is a bit more measured).
So I’m going to do one […]
I love the idea of contextual advertising, and I think Adsense has been a boon to entrepreneurship across the world. But it’s clearly broken. Today we received some nice feedback about RescueTime:
from A RescueTime User
to team@rescuetime.com,
[…]
Stealing Photos, Fair Use, and Business Models
By: Tony Wright on: Dec 19,2007 In: Marketing, Psychology, lifehackingI have a hard time getting high-and-mighty about the paparazzi crap that I see in grocery store lines, given that I can’t seem to tear my eyes away from the train-wreck controversies of online celebrities. I just…. can’t…. look…. away!
Over the past two weeks, one of the big memes in the echo chamber is […]
The Fuss About Macs, Priming, and Racism
By: Tony Wright on: Dec 12,2007 In: Design, Marketing, PsychologyAlan Steele (ex-Jobster colleague) tweets:
“using a mac for the first time in many years. so far i don’t see what all the fuss is about. it’s just another desktop…”
I tend to agree. A computer is a means to an end, and an XP Windows box usually gets me to my “end” just fine.
There are […]
- Currently co-founder of RescueTime
- Built and sold a web startup in 2006 in the recruiting space.
- Built and sold a 15ish-person web development consultancy
Other Tony Trivia
- Does not smoke a pipe.
- Currently bouncing around between Silicon Valley and Seattle, WA.
- Lived in Alaska for 8 years.
- Can fly a plane.
- Grew up racing sailboats.
- Played pen and paper RPGs, but won't admit it in public.
- Has killed and eaten a moose.
- Has never voted for anyone named Bush.
- Loves to cook and has made his own sausage
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