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Tech Tuesday: Documentation
Albert Wenger – Jul 23, 2013
Several of the past Tech Tuesdays have been about topics that often get short shrift in startups, including security, backup and disaster recovery planning. Today I want to write about another topic in that annoying-but-needs-some-attention category: documentation. One of my [...] Read more
The Past Fighting the Future
Albert Wenger – Jul 22, 2013
One of my favorite quotes is William Gibson’s “The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed.” He apparently said this for the first time as far back as 1993 and it seems more true today than [...] Read more
Demand Transparency on Surveillance Now
Albert Wenger – Jul 18, 2013
The Internet makes possible unprecedented levels of transparency. That is why it all the more disconcerting that large government programs operate entirely in secret. Nick Grossman has an important post up today on the USV blog about starting by giving [...] Read more
Delaware Benefit Corporation Statute Signed Into Law
Albert Wenger – Jul 17, 2013
Today was an important day for Benefit Corporations: Governor Markell signed a Delaware Benefit Corporation Statute into law. I had the pleasure of presenting an investor perspective at the signing. Here is roughly what I said: Our problem as society [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: Disaster Recovery Planning
Albert Wenger – Jul 16, 2013
Last Tech Tuesday I wrote about the importance of having backups and testing whether you can restore from them. While this sounds like something everyone should or would do it is all too easy with the many things a startup [...] Read more
What Should Public Libraries Offer?
Albert Wenger – Jul 15, 2013
Not that long ago when I was still living in the suburbs the next town over embarked on a massive construction project for a big new public library. I recall thinking at the time: but what will they put there? [...] Read more
Apple Ebook Pricing: A Case Study in Collusion
Albert Wenger – Jul 11, 2013
It is well worth reading the arstechnica piece on the Apple ebook price collusion verdict in full. This is the perfect case study of what happens in markets where some participants have too much power. It is fascinating to see [...] Read more
Looking for Guides (Tutors) for Our Children
Albert Wenger – Jul 10, 2013
We are excited about going back to homeschooling for our three children after the summer vacation. The goal is for each of them to explore one or more interests and use those to motivate learning and skill building. In order [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: Backup
Albert Wenger – Jul 9, 2013
For startups, backup is a lot like security, something you need to have but not something that’s really visible to endusers or that endusers even care about unless of course things go terribly wrong! So in today’s Tech Tuesday I [...] Read more