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The Mez Ledger · Monthly Close October 1 – October 31, 2008 787 stories · Vol. 08 · Catalogue 44 · Issue 305 Get it by email ↓
The month's top story

Freemium is Not a Business Model

markevanstech.com · 2 sources

Also covering this pchristensen.comFreemium Isn’t A Business Model, It’s A Marketing And Trust Strategy
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What dominated October

3 stories that ran all month
  1. Technology

    Open Source is Free Software

    5 of 30 days · 6 articles

  2. Technology

    Google App Engine Roadmap posted

    4 of 30 days · 5 articles

  3. Technology

    When PHP Actually Is Your First Programming Language

    4 of 30 days · 5 articles

Business 91 stories

  1. Freemium is Not a Business Model

    markevanstech.com · 2 outlets

  2. Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy

    paulgraham.com · 1 outlets

  3. Hedge Fund Manager: Goodbye and Good Luck

    portfolio.com · 2 outlets

  4. A CEO's Sequoia Meeting Notes

    blog.weatherby.net · 1 outlets

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  1. Don't know what startup to do? Try this

    spokeo.com · 2 outlets

  2. Joel is giving away his software to Y Combinator startups

    fogcreek.com · 2 outlets

  3. Review my startup: YouIntern.com

    pluraprocessing.com · 3 outlets

  4. Why startup pitches fail

    venturehacks.com · 1 outlets

  5. Do I Look Like a CEO?

    businessweek.com · 1 outlets

  6. Angel investor: Want my money? Here's my checklist

    alleyinsider.com · 2 outlets

  7. Techies Vs. The Business

    plpatterns.com · 1 outlets

  8. The Young Man's Business Model

    paultyma.blogspot.com · 1 outlets

  9. Bank Robber Recruits Accomplices With Fake Job Ad on Craigslist

    schneier.com · 1 outlets

  10. Reduce Your Business Costs With Free Stuff

    thinkvitamin.com · 3 outlets

Sports 41 stories

  1. Clever hack by small Bay Area high school team transforms football

    nytimes.com · 1 outlets

  2. CSSHttpRequest (CHR) is a method for cross-domain AJAX using CSS for transport.

    nb.io · 1 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. Windows is a Ghetto

    brandonbyars.com · 1 outlets

  2. Paul Krugman wins economics Nobel prize

    economix.blogs.nytimes · 1 outlets

  3. Trying out Windows on Amazon

    aws.typepad.com · 2 outlets

  4. Rate My Startup - Dawdle.com Is A "Moronically Easy" Online Marketplace For Gamers

    dawdle.com · 1 outlets

  5. First look at Windows 7

    arstechnica.com · 1 outlets

  6. The eyeballing game

    woodgears.ca · 1 outlets

Technology 549 stories

  1. How do I get in shape? Excercise Hack for Entrepreneurs

    davidadewumi.com · 1 outlets

  2. Rackspace acquire Slicehost

    blog.jungledisk.com · 3 outlets

  3. Bill Gates' mysterious new company

    techflash.com · 2 outlets

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  1. Google App Engine Roadmap posted

    techcrunch.com · 5 outlets

  2. Full videos from Merbcamp 2008 now available

    tom.preston-werner.com · 2 outlets

  3. A programmer's view of the Universe, part 1: The fish

    steve-yegge.blogspot.c · 1 outlets

  4. Don’t Mistake Ambition for Entitlement

    mattmaroon.com · 1 outlets

  5. Stefano’s Linotype: Why Programmers Suck at CSS Design (CSS Guide)

    betaversion.org · 1 outlets

  6. Reflections of a YC Dropout

    orianmarx.com · 1 outlets

  7. The genius of late bloomers - Gladwell

    newyorker.com · 1 outlets

  8. IPhone NDA officially dropped

    developer.apple.com · 1 outlets

  9. Looking Back on Selling Gravatar to Automattic

    tom.preston-werner.com · 1 outlets

Entertainment 10 stories

  1. Netflix API Launches

    blog.programmableweb.c · 1 outlets

  2. Lala May Have Just Built The Next Revolution In Digital Music

    techcrunch.com · 1 outlets

Show 6 more

  1. The Term Paper Artist

    thesmartset.com · 1 outlets

  2. New Google Chrome Builds Show Greasemonkey Support

    mashable.com · 1 outlets

  3. "Counter­terrorism in the airport is a show designed to make people feel better"

    theatlantic.com · 1 outlets

  4. Delicious, Upcoming Founders To Show You Political Bias Of News Sites

    techcrunch.com · 1 outlets

  5. Musicians use both sides of their brains more frequently than average people

    physorg.com · 1 outlets

  6. Ask HN: Review our app, Muspy (new album notification service)

    muspy.com · 1 outlets

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