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Email Holiday Cards?
Albert Wenger – Nov 30, 2009
Susan and I are pondering whether to continue the tradition of a family picture as a physical holiday card (ordered from Shutterfly) or sending emails instead. On one hand, emailed pictures seem kind of cheap. Regular email is what we [...] Read more
Happy Thanksgiving!
Albert Wenger – Nov 25, 2009
Thanksgiving is by far my favorite holiday (isn’t it everybody’s?). We tend to have at least one if not two big family meals and there is nothing quite like leftover turkey sandwiches. But more importantly, it is a hugely important [...] Read more
The True Meaning of MSFT-NEWS (Cont’d)
Albert Wenger – Nov 24, 2009
Yesterday I wrote that a potential MSFT-NEWS deal is all about GOOG’s splitting of the profit pie (sorry - no links - writing on BB). As I have been thinking more about this, the most striking thing to me is [...] Read more
The True Meaning of MSFT-NEWS
Albert Wenger – Nov 23, 2009
There are a lot of posts worth reading about the potential impact or lack thereof of a possible deal between Microsoft and News Corp (and maybe other news sources as well), including Danny Sullivan, Jeff Jarvis, Andrew Parker and others. [...] Read more
New York City Is Rocking For Startups!
Albert Wenger – Nov 20, 2009
Here is just a small sampling of all the awesome events that took place in NY City this week (I realize I should have posted this at the beginning of the week). Just to name a few, there was Web [...] Read more
The Open Web is Under Attack: What To Do (Part 2)
Albert Wenger – Nov 19, 2009
Following up to yesterday’s post, here is what I think folks should do about the threat of platform lock-in at the application/content layer. First, recognize that this is directly related to net neutrality. The ability of existing platforms and content [...] Read more
The Open Web is Under Attack: What To Do (Part 1)
Albert Wenger – Nov 18, 2009
Yesterday, I wrote about why the open web is under attack. Today, as promised, the follow up on what to do about it. I believe the single most important thing is to let Congress know that people actually care about [...] Read more
The Open Web is Under Attack
Albert Wenger – Nov 17, 2009
Yesterday, Tim O'Reilly published a provocatively titled post: “The War for the Web." In it he discusses the dangers to the web as an open platform from the attempts by the biggest players to own more and more of the [...] Read more
Content Capital
Albert Wenger – Nov 16, 2009
Had a great discussion at dinner last night about the future of publishing and the role of authors and agents. My believe is that agents have to start providing content capital. The idea behind content capital is pretty much the [...] Read more