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Ethan Bloch is Co-Founder and CEO of Flowtown.

He's an eccentric young blood outta Baltimore, living in San Francisco, who's passionate about marketing, finance and tech.

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My big ass photo [Front Page, Business, SF Chronicle 3/7/10]

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Friendcasting" is how experts are referring to the phenomenon of social networks determining the news stories we read and the videos we watch. It's changing online marketing. If your business depends on attracting more web traffic, consider this a sign that you should worry a little less about search engine optimization and a little more about developing your social-media strategy.
via inc.com

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Startup Priorities: Is Design More Important Than Engineering?

It's actually pretty easy to write a Web-friendly app or Web site these days," writes McClure. "But it's still incredibly difficult to create visually appealing interfaces and, beyond that, to design them in ways that are compelling and engaging, drive calls to action, and are measurably adept at getting more customers to use your products.
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White Sky by Vampire Weekend [Contra]

White Sky by Vampire Weekend  
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We always believed that the Internet was never just about information, but that it was ultimately about connecting people. And, that pushing the web to become a more social place, with real identity and privacy, and less anonymity, was the most important work that could be done to push the Internet forward.
via davemorin.tumblr.com

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Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.

Dwight Eisenhower

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Imagine a world in which the business of business was to imagine worlds people might actually want to live in someday.

Christopher Locke

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Just In Case You Want More... [Avatar]

Avatar is not even 7 days old and I've seen it twice IMAX 3D and have discovered a world that runs far beyond the movie. Here's a collection of a few online Avatar goodies:

  • http://www.avatarmovie.com/index.html - Official Avatar Website: Includes additional video, pictures (although the Avatar Flickr stream is better) and links to other Avatar related goodness. A beautifully designed feature pushing website.
  • http://www.learnnavi.org - Learn Na'vi: Forealz!? Na'vi is the constructed language spoken by the the Na'vi on Pandora. The language was created by Paul Frommer, a professor at USC with a doctorate in linguistics. This website exists to share this beautiful language with all who want to learn. Shit, I had trouble learning Spanish.
  • http://www.pandorapedia.com - Your Pandora Resource: Pretty much self explanatory, a Wiki for the Planet [Moon?] Pandora. Still a bit sparse, currently has 15 article, just enough to get your geek on. The video below was found on the Pandorapedia's homepage.

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Where The Heck Is WSYK?

It's been over 1 year since I stopped producing WSYK. The fact that even 1 person watched my show back then always blew me away.

The fact that someone just took the time to write me 1 year after the show stopped, to ask where the heck it is === MIND BLOWING + AMAZINGLY HUMBLING + EARLY HOLIDAY GIFT

Hey Ethan Bloch!  What should I know?  I'm sitting here about a year later and still waiting to learn what I should know. COME BACK!  You are totally awesome and every subject you covered in WSYK I remember because of the amazing info blasted into my brain.  I always feel smarter after watching your shows.

Thank You!

Here's a throwback WSYK, just 3:13 and one of my favorites

 

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