“You can now share photo albums in your chats with Google Talk. Paste a Picasa web URL into your chat, and you can scroll through a slideshow of the album right in your conversation.

“Fifth Third traces its origins to the Bank of the Ohio Valley, which opened its doors in Cincinnati in 1858. In 1871, that bank was purchased by the Third National Bank. With the turn of the century came the union of the Third National Bank and the Fifth National Bank, and eventually the organization became known as “Fifth Third Bank.

“..to distinguish a signature-generating script from a plain signature file, append a ‘|’ to the name of the signature-file setting.

“First time panic attacks are usually one of the worst experiences of a person’s life.

“Video is harder for a computer to deal with. But people are more likely to create video about themselves than to create text.

“..‘value’ in social apps is related to your distance to the app.

“..most social software is built around providing personalized, socially-focused conversation. It’s person-centered and as a result is difficult for anybody but that person to really appreciate..

“Working at a startup you get told no — a lot.

Unless you’ve spent time in sales, you are probably not familiar with being told no a lot. Go watch Death of a Salesman and then Glengarry Glen Ross. That’s roughly what it’s like. You’re going to get told no by potential employees, potential investors, potential customers, potential partners, reporters, analysts… Over and over and over. Better start working on your fake smile.

“Who cares if you get free soft drinks or not? What really matters is what the work is like [at your employer].