“The biggest concern is the $100 billion valuation that Facebook is seeking,” Dan Lyons writes. “To get an idea how outrageous this is, consider that Apple—the biggest, most powerful, most lucrative tech company in the world—sells for just over three times last year’s revenues. If you valued Facebook that way it would be worth only $12.5 billion.”
HYPE!
Posted by Don Rose - FEATURED EVENT - www.domainfest.com
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If you are looking for a world class conference and expo that covers all things D (as in Domains), with top notch panels and workshops, a stellar keynote, fun parties and the best set of domain-related exhibitors you will find in one event, DOMAINfest is where you need to be next week. For three full days, January 31 through February 2, DOMAINfest will once again return to sunny Santa Monica with one of the world’s best domainer gatherings - certainly the best to take place in Los Angeles. Whether you are a seasoned Internet veteran, a new net entrepreneur, or someone interested in generating income from domain names, you will find this event stimulating, entertaining, and a great opportunity to enjoy high level networking. We at WireLA highly recommend it.
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For more information on DOMAINfest 2012, see their website at www.domainfest.com - or read below for some highlights about this annual confab.
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DOMAINfest Global 2012
Santa Monica, California
Tuesday Jan 31 - Thursday Feb 2, 2012
Who Should Attend
DOMAINfest events welcome everyone involved in online marketing, advertising, publishing and domain investing, from newbies to old pros. The atmosphere at DOMAINfest is relaxed, yet at the same time filled with an energetic buzz thanks to everyone’s desire and willingness to network. You will definitely meet fellow attendees and expert speakers who are passionate about winning, and are eager to share thoughts and suggestions.
by Don Rose
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Well, it looks like the name Steve Jobs still has a lot of pull, as in pulling in theatre goers - on a work week night, no less - to see him on the big screen. Wednesday’s Westwood opening at the Regent Theatre for the new Jobs-umentary “Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview” was packed, and it looks like the original plan for a 2 day run has been extended (cue 80s band name) Til Tuesday.
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Here is the “iDoc” description, from the Landmark Theatres website:
In 1995, during the making of his TV series “Triumph of the Nerds” about the birth of the PC, Bob Cringely did a memorable hour-long interview with Steve Jobs. It was 10 years since Jobs had left Apple following a bruising struggle with John Sculley, the CEO he had brought into the company. At the time of the interview Jobs was running NeXT, the niche computer company he had founded after leaving Apple. During the interview, Jobs was at his charismatic best—witty, outspoken, visionary. In the end, only a part of the interview was used in the series and the rest was thought lost. But recently a VHS copy was found in the series director’s garage. Now, the entire interview has been cleaned up with modern technology, and put into context by Cringely. In it, Jobs talks about his pioneering days with Steve Wozniak, and how they assembled the first Apple computer and went on to found the Apple company. Jobs recalls the visits he made to Xerox Palo Alto Research Center and how it inspired the making of the Macintosh, the world’s first modern PC, when he was “on a mission from God to save Apple.” He talks frankly and sadly about his enforced departure from Apple and explains what he is doing at NeXT. Finally in spell-binding terms, he offers his vision of a digital future—a world of wonderful products created by artists and poets. Steve Jobs: the Lost Interview reveals the burning passion of Steve Jobs, a passion that would go on to give us the iMac, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad.
More info at http://www.stevejobsthelostinterview.com .
by Don Rose
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Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview has finally landed at Landmark. Locally, the Landmark Regent Theatre in Westwood Village (on Broxton) will be showing the Jobs-umentary today and tomorrow only, November 16 and 17, with showtimes at 715 and 9pm.
The newly found doc, around 69 minutes in length, was shot in 1995 when Robert X. Cringely interviewed the mercurial Apple legend for his wonderful miniseries on PBS called “Triumph of the Nerds”, about the rise of the PC industry. Only 9 minutes of the interview made it into that PBS show, but now we can finally see the entire thing, in theatres no less!
The original tapes were lost for years, but when Jobs died last month, the director of the interview went rummaging in his garage and, lo and behold, found a VHS copy of the footage. Now it has been cleaned up and we get to see the results.
Note: tomorrow is going to be a busy Thursday in Westwood. In addition to the Jobs doc, the weekly Westwood Farmers Market will also be on Broxton, between 12 and 6, followed by the monthly Westwood Live block party on a closed-down Broxton, so Broxton is THE cool place to be this Thursday Nov. 17! Be there!
There are 6 parts.
Watch Part 1 here: http://youtu.be/VwB9oahf8xc
Parts 2 through 6 are embedded below in separate posts.
