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Rio (Brazil)!
Albert Wenger – Apr 9, 2010
Last week we took a family vacation in Rio de Janeiro! We went to visit friends who had lived just up the street from us here for the past eight years but moved back to Rio (where they are from) [...] Read more
Quick Thoughts on OS4 Announcements
Albert Wenger – Apr 8, 2010
The big news of course isn’t multitasking, or unified inbox, but iAds and GameCenter. These are aimed squarely at making the iPhone (and iPad) a monetizable and viral platform to rival Facebook. Still this strategy seems flawed by being tied [...] Read more
The Price of Internet Freedom Is?
Albert Wenger – Apr 7, 2010
I have blogged in the past about threats to the open web and what to do about them. It is easy to be dismissive of concerns about Apple’s philosophy of control which necessitates a partially closed system. But there is [...] Read more
The iPad and Apple’s Lacking Cloud Strategy
Albert Wenger – Apr 6, 2010
We were on family vacation through Sunday, so when our iPad arrived via UPS on Saturday nobody was home, which meant that we had to wait until Monday for it to be re-delivered. I wish I could share first impressions [...] Read more
Financial Reform Bill Uproar May Be Unwarranted
Albert Wenger – Mar 25, 2010
Yesterday I saw a tweet from Josh Kopelman and then this morning a post from Bijan about Senator Dodd’s financial reform bill suggesting that it would impose a 120 day review period on angel investing (which would be crazy). They [...] Read more
Heyzap Social (A Lean Success)
Albert Wenger – Mar 24, 2010
Yesterday Heyzap announced the launch of their platform for taking social games from Facebook to the rest of the web (coverage by Venturebeat and Techcrunch). This represents not only a terrific opportunity for both Heyzap and social game developers, but [...] Read more
Healthcare Reform and Sailing
Albert Wenger – Mar 23, 2010
Yesterday I tweeted the following quick thought about healthcare reform: Just wanted to quickly expand on the idea behind this, which comes from sailing (one of my favorite hobbies). With a sailboat you can find yourself “in locks” which happens [...] Read more
Communicator: Done. Replicator: Next. The Future of Making Stuff.
Albert Wenger – Mar 22, 2010
I am an unabashed Star Trek fan and was thrilled to see JJ Abrams breath new life into the franchise. The original series popularized some technologies that seemed, well, futuristic. But amazingly we now have one of them and are [...] Read more
Communicator: Done. Replicator: Next. The Future of Making Stuff.
Albert Wenger – Mar 22, 2010
My post for today is over on the Union Square Ventures blog. It is about the future of making stuff (and has lots of Star Trek references). Read more