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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
Patents and the Growing Anti-Commons
Albert Wenger – Dec 12, 2011
The patent wars have really been heating up. For some time now Apple has been going around trying to get various Android devices off the market based on patent claims. Now the shoe is on the other foot as a [...] Read more
The Courage of Big Changes
Albert Wenger – Dec 9, 2011
As soon as your new startup has some actual endusers a fear of changes sets in. What if people don’t like it? What if they start to protest? I sometimes meet startups with only thousands of users that are firmly [...] Read more
Edmodo: Adding Greylock and Benchmark
Albert Wenger – Dec 8, 2011
After yesterday’s Twilio announcement, this will make two funding posts in a row but that’s just how it worked out: Edmodo today announced that the company has raised $15 million in a round led by Greylock and Benchmark. Reid Hoffman [...] Read more
Twilio: Fueling Up for Growth
Albert Wenger – Dec 7, 2011
Twilio has been growing rapidly in the US and they recently launched in the UK for voice with text coming soon. In addition to geographic expansion, Twilio has also been adding awesome new services such as Twilio Client and Twilio [...] Read more