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The Open Data Institute + Gavin Starks
Albert Wenger – Sep 12, 2012
One of the great promises of the Internet is that it provides for unprecedented access to data. Whether that is data on government or corporate activity or research results and intermediate measurements. By opening up that data so that entrepreneurs, [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: Data Structures (Records and Structs)
Albert Wenger – Sep 11, 2012
Today on Tech Tuesday we are diving into Data Structures. The idea of a data structure that combines multiple attributes to describe a thing, goes back as far as the 1960s and possibly earlier. Both the COBOL and ALGOL programming [...] Read more
Prioritization for Startups
Albert Wenger – Sep 10, 2012
I have written about the topic of prioritization before, but maybe with a title that was too oblique – “Applying Engineering Business: Binding Constraints.” There I made the point that at any one time a startup tends to have only [...] Read more
Feature Friday: Engagement and Growth Before Discovery and Analytics (Edmodo)
Albert Wenger – Sep 7, 2012
Today’s Feature Friday is not about a single feature but rather about initially prioritizing user engagement and growth over other features and in particular over discovery and analytics. The idea here is simple but still often ignored. If you have [...] Read more
A Different Take on Android Fragmentation
Albert Wenger – Sep 6, 2012
There is a rumor that Amazon today will announce an Android based smartphone tomorrow. And despite repeated denials there is also a persistent rumor of a Facebook phone that might be Android based. In China there are already several custom [...] Read more
Sailing and Team Work
Albert Wenger – Sep 5, 2012
Last Friday to Saturday I had the good fortune of being invited to crew on my friend Mark Hansen’s boat Sweet Lorraine (a beautiful J-145) in the 2012 Vineyard race. The course starts near the Stamford Harbor, goes up to [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: Data Structures (Overview)
Albert Wenger – Sep 4, 2012
Having taken some time off, I am excited to start Tech Tuesdays back up. We will continue looking at programming and the next topic are more complex data types which are also referred to as data structures. If you have [...] Read more
I Know What I Did This Summer
Albert Wenger – Sep 3, 2012
I am back from a 2 week break from pretty much all things Internet. With relatively few exceptions I stayed away from email, checking in, blogging, tweeting, reading Techmeme and all the other things I usually do during the course [...] Read more
End of Summer Blogging and Info Drip Break
Albert Wenger – Aug 16, 2012
I will be taking most of the rest of August off from writing daily blog posts. I am largely doing this because I will also be unplugging from the constant information drip. This is the information equivalent of a purge [...] Read more