Writing
Choose
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
Tech Tuesday: Survey Says!
Albert Wenger – Dec 20, 2011
Thanks for everyone who participated in the Tech Tuesday survey. I learned a lot. First off, not surprisingly, my audience overall is fairly tech savvy with 2/3rds knowing at least how to code up HTML and over ½ having done [...] Read more
ALF Yourself: Tracking Your CO2 Footprint Via AMEE + Foursquare
Albert Wenger – Dec 19, 2011
Last week I was in London to spend time with the team from AMEE. On the flight to London, I read an article that provided a potent reminder of the importance of measuring CO2 emissions. The Independent had a big [...] Read more
Louis CK and the Future of Paid Content
Albert Wenger – Dec 14, 2011
Comedians get to say what most of us think but don’t have the courage or circumstance to say. Louis CK has a fantastic new special out (warning: if you are easily offended this is definitely not for you) that is [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: Asking for Direction
Albert Wenger – Dec 13, 2011
So I got up earlier than usual this morning to work on a post about more details on how CPUs work and some actual assembly language. In particular I was planning to introduce the notion of registers and maybe the [...] Read more