I'm Aaron Harris. I recently left one of the world's largest hedge funds, and finance in general, to launch Tutorspree. How am I going to do that? Well, that's what I'm figuring out every day. Observations on that, technology in general, and what I encounter along the way will form the substance here. If you want to get in touch, drop me a line at akharris at gmail dot com. Have fun with it, play safe.

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Oct 26, 2010
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First in a new series called: What the Subway Can Teach Us Techies: or “The Normals” in their Habitat (or WSCTUT for short). We talk a lot about the echo chamber of tech, where the community feeds on itself and builds products that regular folks won’t use (Chris Dixon calls them “The Normals,” which is nice and catchy). The subway is a great place to understand how the wider market actually works. The ads you see there are indicative of mass advertising preferences, and should be instructive as to who hopes to hit what market and how. In any case, this first is not a new phenomenon, but still surprises me. Companies are eschewing their own websites for the sake of facebook pages. It’s AOL all over again, but a lot of people seem to think it makes sense. Also, now we see how to make an Absolut Bloody Mary. Thanks, I do feel as if one would be useful on a rush hour train

First in a new series called: What the Subway Can Teach Us Techies: or “The Normals” in their Habitat (or WSCTUT for short).

We talk a lot about the echo chamber of tech, where the community feeds on itself and builds products that regular folks won’t use (Chris Dixon calls them “The Normals,” which is nice and catchy). The subway is a great place to understand how the wider market actually works. The ads you see there are indicative of mass advertising preferences, and should be instructive as to who hopes to hit what market and how.

In any case, this first is not a new phenomenon, but still surprises me. Companies are eschewing their own websites for the sake of facebook pages. It’s AOL all over again, but a lot of people seem to think it makes sense. Also, now we see how to make an Absolut Bloody Mary. Thanks, I do feel as if one would be useful on a rush hour train