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Excited about edX
Albert Wenger – May 3, 2012
For a couple of years now I have been complaining to folks in the Harvard administration that the school is woefully behind when it comes to embracing the Internet. So I was thrilled to see the announcement of the edX [...] Read more
Seattle, We Have a (Kindle Screen) Problem
Albert Wenger – May 2, 2012
I love reading books on my traditional Kindle. I find the eInk display to be easy on my eyes and make extensive use of highlighting. It’s great not to feel tempted to fire up an app or check email while [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: Syntax
Albert Wenger – May 1, 2012
Last Tech Tuesday, I introduced programming languages by making a series of analogies to human languages. We will continue the programming cycle today by deepening that analogy with regard to syntax. Syntax is the set of rules that describe how [...] Read more
Identity: A Huge Business Opportunity
Albert Wenger – Apr 30, 2012
Companies across our portfolio are spending a lot of resources on suppressing various types of undesirable behavior ranging from comment spam to outright financial fraud. Much of this could be avoided through a probabilistic identity system. I have written about [...] Read more
CISPA: Asking for a Fight
Albert Wenger – Apr 27, 2012
I don’t know whether to be upset or happy about the machinations that went on yesterday and resulted in the House passing CISPA with a 248-168 vote. There were critical last minute changes to the bill that vastly enhance the [...] Read more
Hacking Society Follow-up
Albert Wenger – Apr 26, 2012
On Tuesday we held a wonderful one day event at the USV offices with the title: Hacking Society. The basic premise was relatively simple. Networks are a emerging on the Internet that are disrupting existing hierarchical institutions. Starting from that [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: Programming Languages
Albert Wenger – Apr 24, 2012
This is the first post in the Tech Tuesday cycle on programming. Let’s begin with a simple observation: even though various human languages are quite different from each other they cover much of the same territory – the human experience. [...] Read more
The Bubble and (Misunderstood) Network Effects
Albert Wenger – Apr 23, 2012
Dave Winer last Thursday had a post called “It’s definitely a bubble.” OK, so it was more of a rant than a post but I share the sentiment of his title. The biggest issue that I see in the venture [...] Read more
The Learning Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Albert Wenger – Apr 19, 2012
I was on a panel for the wonderful iMentor organization earlier this week talking about the future of education. Every time I do that these days I emphasize that instead of talking about education we should focus on learning. Because [...] Read more