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Hiring Update #4
Albert Wenger – May 7, 2010
As of yesterday we have completed our 75+ phone screens. If you have applied but have not heard from us at all by now, then we somehow missed you and should contact us immediately.We are now in the process of [...] Read more
HTML5, View Source and Innovation
Albert Wenger – May 6, 2010
I believe that PDF and Flash will hang around for quite some time. They are too widespread to disappear quickly. But I am excited about the rise of HTML5 and the gradual replacement of these closed formats. For instance, Scribd’s [...] Read more
TV and Internet Disruption
Albert Wenger – May 5, 2010
Bill Gurley has a must-read post up on how the $32B of affiliate fees will slow down the Internet disruption of the TV industry. I have one addition and one amplification for Bill’s excellent post. First, the addition. More than [...] Read more
Becoming a Yoga Fan
Albert Wenger – May 4, 2010
In January I posted about staying fit (http://continuations.com/post/347328558/staying-fit) and mentioned that we started family yoga on weekends. While the kids’ participation has waned a bit, Susan and I have been quite consistent. In the past, I didn’t understand why some [...] Read more
Please Make it Hard(er) for Me to Cause (Email) Disasters
Albert Wenger – Apr 30, 2010
Unix has some very powerful commands available. For instance, the simple combination of “rm -rf” if invoked by a superuser at the root would pretty much delete every file and directory on the system. Because such power is available systems [...] Read more
The Right Tool for the Job
Albert Wenger – Apr 28, 2010
Anyone who does mechanical work appreciates the impact the right tool can have on a job. For instance, the other day I needed to open up a cover that was held down by six screws. I first tried a screw [...] Read more
USV Hiring Update #3
Albert Wenger – Apr 27, 2010
This week my blogging is likely to be lighter than usual and my email responses slower than usual. The reason is that we have move to the phone screen stage of finding candidates for the two positions at USV. If [...] Read more
Hiring Update #3
Albert Wenger – Apr 26, 2010
This is a two-part update: first some notes on process and then some additional info on applicants. We managed to complete a first pass of all 616 applications (359 for Analyst and 257 for General Manager). As a next step [...] Read more
Fighting for Openness (Hint: It’s not FB or even AAPL)
Albert Wenger – Apr 23, 2010
I have spent most of this morning reading reactions and thoughts about Facebook’s “Open Graph” via Techmeme, Tumblr, Twitter and comments to my post and Fred’s post. All of it has me convinced that the power of the web will [...] Read more