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What I Learned From Teaching My Skillshare Class
Albert Wenger – Aug 18, 2011
Last week I had the pleasure of teaching my first Skillshare class. The subject was “Bayesian Probability and a Theory of Life” and is one I am very passionate about. I hope that I was able to convey some of [...] Read more
I Love (foursquare) Lists
Albert Wenger – Aug 17, 2011
When I first met Susan in a cafe in Paris 20 years ago, one of the very first things I told her was that I had a list of all the things I was going to see in Paris during [...] Read more
Skillshare
Albert Wenger – Aug 16, 2011
The Internet has been an amazing platform for creating and distributing educational content. Khan Academy has become the canonical example cited here but terrific free content is emerging from many different sources such as the Open Courseware initiative and even [...] Read more
Investing in Skillshare
Albert Wenger – Aug 16, 2011
Excited to announce our investment in Skillshare today. You can read some other posts about it here: Michael and Malcolm from Skillshare, Fred, and Jenna Wortham in the New York Times. Read more
Google Buys Motorola: Patent (and UX) Defense
Albert Wenger – Aug 15, 2011
Google buying Motorola is a strong defensive move against both Microsoft and Apple on two fronts: patents and user experience. Apple is vertically integrated and Microsoft controls Nokia (without having had to buy it). Between that and having filed or [...] Read more
Taxes in Marketplaces: Amazon’s Cloud Reader and Pressure on Apple’s 30% Cut
Albert Wenger – Aug 11, 2011
Fred’s blog post today is about how new and powerful HTML5 apps are emerging, giving the new Kindle Cloud Reader as an example. The Cloud Reader is also an example of something else: if you tax a system too much [...] Read more
Double Dipping
Albert Wenger – Aug 9, 2011
What happened in yesterday’s market underlines the deep bind we now find ourselves in. We have politically precluded new revenues and have shifted our attention to deficit reduction at a time when we would need to invest. We have already [...] Read more
If You Need To Raise Money, Get Your Financing Done ASAP
Albert Wenger – Aug 4, 2011
I was already planning to write this post today before I knew that the markets would open down sharply (Nasdaq down almost 3% as of 11:30am Eastern). While we are still well off the 52-week lows this shakiness in the [...] Read more
Identity, Pseudonymity, Anonymity and HR1981
Albert Wenger – Aug 3, 2011
The question as to what should represent people online has has generated some mighty fine posts and comments recently. Here is a short list of people strongly supporting some form of pseudonymity or even anonymity: - Caterina Fake: Anonymity and [...] Read more