Laid off? Here's the good news. You have plenty of time to read Robert Scoble's 1,416-word post on what to do. But if your just looking for your morning hit of schadenfreude, well, then you'll need our 100-word version.

Lotus founder Mitch Kapor has some advice for the young guns writing apps for Facebook: "Platform owners have the power." Facebook will take your ideas and crush you; it's just that Mark Zuckerberg will be nicer than Bill Gates as he does it.. Sound familiar? [Compete Blog]

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