"I never saw the book as a launch pad for something else," he added, explaining that he promised Mr. Ishiguro veto power over the final script.
"We're here because this is a launch pad for something else," he shouted.
What is and isn't a vanity metric (to put it more politely) can be debatable, but today it's launching analytics for something that's squarely in the "not B.S". bucket — a company's revenue.
But, while those hacks simply rehash old styles, the techie streetwear brand Maria ke Fisherman uses the past as a launching pad for something new and exciting that pulls the zipper pants and mesh we loved from back in the day into a sexy cyberpunk future.
Now Reserve is ready to do more, with the launch of something called Reserve for Restaurants.
But as we laid out a couple weeks ago, don't look for a massive launch of something being billed as a "Facebook-killer" (not that anyone besides the press would label it as such anyway).
Microsoft must be chuffed/relieved and 360 owners generally have been crying out for something new since launch - Full Auto, clearly wasn't it - and Oblivion's graphics (the grass, the GRASS) will be appealing.
But while Graham had originally designed the site for hackers and a smaller community (and has grown beyond this after a number of years), it seems as if USV is aiming for something broader at launch.
Over email, Calacanis (who runs Mahalo and the Launch conference, and may be preparing for something new) emphasized that the company was doing all right, breaking even with $500,000 in annual revenue and two hit shows (Calacanis' and Pollak's).
"It's impossible to launch something for 1.3 billion people that will not piss people off," Chudnovsky told me.
