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Amee: Building the Network for Environmental and Financial Risk
Albert Wenger – Jun 10, 2013
At USV we look for businesses that have network effects and use the internet to do things that simply weren’t possible before. We are particularly thrilled when we can find opportunities that also have the potential of having a positive [...] Read more
Some Thoughts on NSA’s Prism Program
Albert Wenger – Jun 7, 2013
By now it is no longer a secret that the NSA has been conducting a massive data gathering effort on US citizens. Let me say right up front: doing this in secret and reviewed only in closed door hearings and [...] Read more
Internet and Income Inequality: We Need To Think Ahead
Albert Wenger – Jun 6, 2013
On Twitter this morning I received a link to a Guardian piece titled “In the digital economy, we’ll soon all be working for free – and I refuse” by Suzanne Moore. What caught my attention was not so much the [...] Read more
The Problems with CALEA-II
Albert Wenger – Jun 5, 2013
The FBI is asking for an update to the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) which mandated a backdoor for communications gear. This revised version known as CALEA-II is asking for such a backdoor to be extended to [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: Technical Debt
Albert Wenger – Jun 4, 2013
The topic fo today’s Tech Tuesday is one that every startup I have ever seen struggles with: what to do about technical debt. First off, what is technical debt? The Wikipedia page explains it as “the eventual consequences of poor [...] Read more
Turkey
Albert Wenger – Jun 3, 2013
The scale of the protests against government in Turkey is significant with over 200 demonstrations in 67 cities. Social media has played an important role in making the rest of the world aware of the scale of the protests and [...] Read more
APIs and Copyright
Albert Wenger – May 31, 2013
Yesterday, the EFF filed an amicus brief signed by some of the big names in computer science and software engineering to support the court decision in Oracle vs. Google that APIs are not copyrightable. The brief is well worth reading [...] Read more
Nest: Two Lessons On Home Automation
Albert Wenger – May 30, 2013
We recently installed a Nest to control the heating and air conditioning. On a subsequent muggy day I was about to pick up the phone to call home and see if someone was there to turn on the AC (we [...] Read more
Creative Commons License for Continuations
Albert Wenger – May 29, 2013
Occasionally I get an inquiry as to whether someone can republish posts from Continuations. I finally remembered that I had meant to address this question and have added a Creative Commons License to the footer of the blog. I am [...] Read more