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What Do AAPL and AMZN Have, that GOOG, Twitter and FB Need?
Albert Wenger – Jan 29, 2010
Each has more than 100 Million credit cards on file to enable 1-click purchases of content, apps, and virtual goods. When I compare doing anything involving payment on other platforms the experience is cumbersome to the point of being useless. [...] Read more
iPad: First Overhyped, Now Underestimated
Albert Wenger – Jan 28, 2010
Yesterday’s “reveal” of the iPad was predictably anti-climactic. With the hype that had built up, anything short of a mind-reading, teleporting device had to be a bit of a letdown. But we are now likely to enter the phase of [...] Read more
DLD10
Albert Wenger – Jan 26, 2010
Heading to the Munich airport after 2 days at DLD - a thoroughly enjoyable and productive conference. Here is my report from last year: http://continuations.com/post/73536016/dld - I was happy to see that the biggest nuisance from last year had been [...] Read more
Minimizing Jet Lag (for Trips to Europe)
Albert Wenger – Jan 25, 2010
With family (parents) in Germany, two investments in London, and conferences (eg DLD) and vacations, I wind up flying to Europe at least half a dozen times a year. Here is the system I have come up with for minimizing [...] Read more
An Ongoing Lack of Imagination in Pricing (of Digital Content)
Albert Wenger – Jan 21, 2010
Yesterday brought two announcements and one rumor that all relate to the pricing of digital content: the New York Times announced that it plans to add a paywall in 2011, Amazon announced that it will offer authors a 70% royalty [...] Read more
Some Real Estate Tips for Startups
Albert Wenger – Jan 20, 2010
Now that the cost of servers and bandwidth has plummeted, office space tends to be the biggest expense following payroll for a lot of web startups. Here are some quick tips on what to do. You might also want to [...] Read more
Nexus One Needs Simpler Default UX
Albert Wenger – Jan 19, 2010
I have been carrying around a Nexus One for a couple of weeks (in addition to my somewhat nervous feeling Blackberry). There is a ton to like about the Nexus. It works fantastically well with all of Google’s services. The [...] Read more
Lean Startup and Network Effects (Patience, My Young Padawan)
Albert Wenger – Jan 15, 2010
I am a huge fan of the Lean Startup philosophy (and Eric Ries / Steve Blank who have done so much to evangelize it). Recently, i have been thinking a lot about the relationship between this approach and network effects. [...] Read more
Google and China (Wishing for more US Credibility)
Albert Wenger – Jan 13, 2010
I have worried on and off on this blog about the growing reach of Google. But yesterday I was thrilled to see Google take a determined stance on the issue of censorship and – by implication human rights – in [...] Read more