links for 2008-02-14

Google’s Data Asset | Union Square Ventures: A New York Venture Capital Fund Focused on Early Stage & Startup Investing

this is an excellent piece that describes perfectly why i feel that judging popular web properties solely on the basis of revenue generated may lead to undervaluation. the data – in the right hands – can have immense value

(tags: advertising aggregation algorithms analysis data economics google)
Christopher Blizzard » Blog Archive » pile of random firefox and mozilla stuff

“Eric mentions my interest in his D-Bus JS bindings. True – I am interested! ” – same here.

(tags: mozilla d-bus christopherblizzard javascript firefox linux)
Jeff Barr’s Blog » My New Home Office

pretty nice setup, Senor Barr

(tags: jeffbarr homeoffice)
Ghost-like white stag spotted | Oddly Enough | Reuters

cool. hope the “momentous changes” are for the better.

(tags: animals interesting rare scotland white stag)
Facebook bans ‘forced invites’ in apps | The Social – CNET News.com

“Ever come across one of those Facebook Platform applications that required you to spam a dozen of your friends with invites before you could access the results…? They’re annoying. And now Facebook has done something about it” – finally

(tags: facebook viral spam applications)