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Some Quick Observations on MegaUpload
Albert Wenger – Jan 20, 2012
Yesterday an international police operation resulted in the shutdown of MegaUpload and the arrest of at least four MegaUpload employees in Auckland, New Zealand. This action resulted in a large scale DDoS attack by the group known as Anonymous on [...] Read more
The Day the Internet Stood Still
Albert Wenger – Jan 19, 2012
Yesterday (Wednesday, January 18), has a good chance as being remembered as the day that the Internet first truly showed its political clout in the US. So far we have largely pointed at events abroad when discussing the Internet’s potential [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: Anatomy of a URL
Albert Wenger – Jan 17, 2012
Last week’s overview of “How the Web Works” introduced the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) as the fundamental way things are addressed on the web. Before we pick apart some actual URLs, it is worth looking at the name itself. The [...] Read more
Covestor: Getting the Message Out!
Albert Wenger – Jan 16, 2012
Our portfolio company Covestor today rolled out a tremendous overhaul of their web presence. The goal was to dramatically simplify Covestor’s message to make it easier for that message to spread and to improve conversion. The team has done an [...] Read more
Moving Back to New York City and Homeschooling
Albert Wenger – Jan 13, 2012
In the middle of 2010 we started to seriously consider moving back to New York City. At the time one of the considerations was that it would be possible to experiment with homeschooling the kids. I am excited to report [...] Read more
Presenting Option Grants to Boards
Albert Wenger – Jan 12, 2012
One of the nearly routine items at startup board meetings is the discussion and ratification of option grants for new employees and possibly refresh grants for existing employees. Too often unfortunately this information is presented to the board in a [...] Read more
Google Going All In
Albert Wenger – Jan 11, 2012
Last July I had predicted that Google would go all in by bundling Google+ aggressively with search and that is exactly what was just announced yesterday with Search, plus Your World. The “plus Your World” part right now refers “your [...] Read more
The Internet Is a Human Right
Albert Wenger – Jan 9, 2012
At first, I was surprised to see a New York Times OpEd by Vint Cerf with the title “Internet Access Is Not a Human Right." But once I started to read I began to understand the point that Cerf was [...] Read more
Public Parts by Jeff Jarvis (Book Review)
Albert Wenger – Dec 21, 2011
In Public Parts, Jeff Jarvis tackles the incredibly challenging and important topic of the impact of the internet on privacy and publicness. Jeff calls himself a “publicness advocate” in contrast with the often nameless “privacy advocates” who are cited whenever [...] Read more