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My Take on Climategate
Albert Wenger – Dec 10, 2009
For the past couple of days I have not posted for two reasons. First, I was in London and tried to sleep as late as I could before my meetings (still effectively getting up before 4 am). Second, I was [...] Read more
Customer Service Matters for Mission Critical
Albert Wenger – Dec 7, 2009
Saturday night I arrived late at our house having taken our older son to his first tennis “tournament." Everyone else was already asleep and the house was dark. I tried to turn some lights on, only to discover that we [...] Read more
Worried About the Googlenet
Albert Wenger – Dec 4, 2009
Yesterday, I tweeted “welcome to the googlenet” and was asked to explain what I meant by that. My tweet was about the announcement of Google DNS. With Google DNS, you can now run pretty much entirely on a Google stack. [...] Read more
Working At Startups
Albert Wenger – Dec 3, 2009
I am excited to be speaking at the NYU Stern Entrepreneurial club later today about working at startups. Apparently, all the big banks and consulting companies come through the school (via Finance club etc) and extol the virtues of working [...] Read more
Touch Typing: a 21st Century Skill
Albert Wenger – Dec 1, 2009
This morning I am meeting with the principal at our kids’ elementary school. I am hoping to convince him that touch typing is more important for the kids to learn than good hand writing. When I look at my total [...] Read more
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