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The Information (Mini Review)
Albert Wenger – Sep 19, 2011
While on family vacation in Scotland at the end of August, I read James Gleick’s “The Information.” If you have limited reading time and are looking for something practical or applied this is not for you. But if you have [...] Read more
Fighting Comment/Forum Spam
Albert Wenger – Sep 16, 2011
Comments and forums seem like an odd place for spam especially when they don’t permit HTML. What could a spammer gain? The only thing I can think of is possibly a link to their profile. Yet, last week a company [...] Read more
Wattpad
Albert Wenger – Sep 12, 2011
Stories have been with us probably as long as language has, and the need for stories appears deeply rooted in all of us. We have come a long way from quite literally sitting around a fire to sophisticated technologies such [...] Read more
Announcing Wattpad
Albert Wenger – Sep 12, 2011
Today’s post is over at the USV blog, announcing our investment in Wattpad. Wattpad is an amazing community for sharing and reading stories. Go read the blog post or watch their video. Read more
Google: Owning versus Organizing
Albert Wenger – Sep 9, 2011
When Larry Page became CEO, I set out my hopes for how Google might evolve its role in the Internet marketplace under his leadership. In particular, I was hoping that Larry would be: While the purchase of Zagat is a [...] Read more
Regulation and Job Creation
Albert Wenger – Sep 8, 2011
The GOP debate brought more talk of a “wet blanket of regulation” weighing on economic activity. Apparently even President Obama thinks that environmental regulation is at issue here and has sadly rolled back some clean air standards. That’s quite ironic [...] Read more
Firing
Albert Wenger – Sep 7, 2011
Yesterday, Yahoo fired CEO Carol Bartz. Whether or not you agree with that, one thing is clear: firing someone over the phone is wrong. Much as it may be difficult this is a message that should be delivered in person [...] Read more
Jig – When You Need A Little Help
Albert Wenger – Sep 6, 2011
When we first announced our investment in what was then called Tasty Labs we provided no indication as to what the team was building. That's because they were just getting going on a problem that Joshua had been thinking about [...] Read more
Jig
Albert Wenger – Sep 6, 2011
Blog post today is over at the USV blog where I talk about jig, the service launched by the TastyLabs team. It is a way of formalizing the #lazyweb and getting help from friends, followers and strangers. I have a [...] Read more