The show went on sale at noon on Saturday, December 10th. 12 hours later, we had over 50,000 purchases and had earned $250,000, breaking even on the cost of production and website. As of Today, we’ve sold over 110,000 copies for a total of over $500,000. Minus some money for PayPal charges etc, I have a profit around $200,000 (after taxes $75.58). This is less than I would have been paid by a large company to simply perform the show and let them sell it to you, but they would have charged you about $20 for the video. They would have given you an encrypted and regionally restricted video of limited value, and they would have owned your private information for their own use. They would have withheld international availability indefinitely. This way, you only paid $5, you can use the video any way you want, and you can watch it in Dublin, whatever the city is in Belgium, or Dubai. I got paid nice, and I still own the video (as do you). You never have to join anything, and you never have to hear from us again.

My favorite part is that he still owns 100% of his content and doesn’t owe anyone else anything.

Radiohead proved that they don’t need a music label and let the users choose the price that they want to pay They did pretty damn well with this promotion. Trent Reznor has given his music away, sold it himself, and retains the rights to his newer work.

This is a trend that we will continue in the future – mark my words.

Facebook has acquired location sharing service Gowalla for an undisclosed sum, according to a source close to Gowalla.

from CNN Money.

Acquired a ton of designers. First Sofa and now Gowalla.

Business week reported (last year) that Gowalla lost to Foursquare.

Update: Found via Daring Fireball: How to delete your Gowalla account.

Similarly, here’s how Android devices have changed after the iPhone: via Andrew Warner and via Daring Fireball.

Google Motion — Turn your email into a body of work.

Pinboard.in now a Yahoo product.

Use Reminders: Introducing a new feature that will change the way you live: Carrier Pigeon.

Angry Nerds — What do you do when you have bugs in your code? Send in the Angry Nerds. Consider these issues…resolved.

Reddit Mold includes features such as comment limits, a distinguishing reddit mold mark next to your username, and the inability to use certain letters such as ‘e’.

Starbucks Mobile Pour

…we’re proud to introduce the exciting new Starbucks® Mobile Pour service that puts baristas on scooters. In seven of the largest cities around the country, we’re sending out two scooter baristas per every square mile to ensure speedy service.

Tip: the easiest way to tell if it’s spam is if the user hasn’t set an avatar/image.

Eric Schmidt:

One day Larry and Sergey bought Android, and I didn’t even notice. Think about the strategic opportunities that has created. Sergey found Google Earth one day while he was surfing on the Web. And then he walked into my office and told me he bought them. “And I said, “for how much,” Sergey?” And it turned out to be a few million.

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Happy Holidays!

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