So Facebook Went IPO

Big deal. And I don't mean that in a sarcastic way. It really is a big deal.

GigaOm: Facebook just revealed its Kryptonite: mobile
GigaOm: Zynga & its Facebook Problem
New York Times: From Founders to Decorators, Facebook Riches
Jim Romensko: The Graphic Artist Who Is About To Become A Facebook Millionaire
Wired: Facebook’s ‘Letter from Zuckerberg’: The Annotated Version
Above The Crowd: Why Facebook Clearly Belongs In The 10X Revenue Club
AllThingsD: Zuckerberg Is the Billion-Share Man: Who Owns What, Who Makes What in the Facebook IPO
BusinessWeek: Zuckerberg Controlling 57% of Facebook Seen as Risk to Investors
Mark Zuckerberg: My Desk
Pando Daily: Mark Zuckerberg Loves It When A Plan Comes Together
Inside Facebook: The details: Facebook spent $68 million on acquisitions last year
ReadWriteWeb: Biggest Winners In Facebook's IPO
Mashable: Facebook IPO Reveals How It Made $3.71 Billion in 2011
Guardian: Facebook IPO sees Winklevoss twins heading for $300m fortune
Guardian: Facebook's letter from Mark Zuckerberg - full text

Facebook And Big Data
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Facebook's Next Major Breakthrough
The Google/Facebook Of Microfinance
Facebook Will End Up The Social Graph Operating System
Should FourSquare Be Scared Of Facebook?
Facebook Alternative? Dave McClure Is Full Of It

Randi, The Flamboyant Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg In 2005
Jessica Mah, Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg Loves Union Square Ventures
Zuckerberg Has Stature
The Twins Were Rowing Boats

Spotify Now Advertising On Netizen

Image via CrunchBaseThis blog just landed its biggest advertising deal ever. Spotify is going to place two text link ads at this blog for $598. Two text link ads for a year. The space is going to be used to place job openings.

I just helped Spotify land a superstar developer, and the text link ads followed.

The Spotify Event Was Great
The Spotify CTO Talk
Sean Parker's 2009 Email To Spotify
Sean Parker: Mystery Man

They might even have a consulting gig for me in a few weeks. Their guy I need to have dinner with - "Dinner is on me" - Howard Smith, Chief Recruiter, Spotify - is in Europe and
Image via Wikipediahence the delay. He should be in town in two weeks.

Howard first wanted me to come in full time. I said I can't do that. I have a few balls in the air I can't drop. The idea was that I'd get into some kind of a full time Chief Evangelist role. I said I could do that or I could come in as a Vision Specialist, for about six months. I think Spotify has what it takes to become one of the truly big tech companies in the world. For me it is the most exciting tech company in New York City in terms of how big it could grow.

And so we are talking.
Image via Wikipedia
And I have a hidden agenda: I am trying to get to Sean Parker. (My Take On AirTime (4)) If Sean Parker is as excited about Spotify as I am, we got a few things in common.