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Tech Tuesday: HTML
Albert Wenger – Mar 6, 2012
Over the next three Tech Tuesdays we will cover the three essential technologies that together make up the bulk of most web sites: HTML, CSS and Javascript. This is Step 7 of the web cycle where the web browser uses [...] Read more
The Board Of Directors: Role and Responsibilities
Fred Wilson – Mar 5, 2012
This is the first of a series of MBA Mondays posts on the topic of The Board Of Directors. I want to dig into the role and responsibilities of the Board as a way to kickoff this series. But first [...] Read more
The Network
Andy Weissman – Mar 5, 2012
Today is an exciting and loving day, as my wife Susan releases her first book - Feeding Eden - essentially a memoir about our family, how we have dealt with some serious food allergies my son has, and how as [...] Read more
Bringing Time Back to the Web (Or: The Struggle for Depth)
Albert Wenger – Mar 2, 2012
Evan Williams apparently recently said that there is an issue with all of us being stuck in a kind of “continuous present” on the web (ironically, I can’t find that quote right now). I am certainly stuck in that all [...] Read more
Who Is Next After Newspapers?
Albert Wenger – Mar 1, 2012
Yesterday I tweeted out this fascinating chart about what has happened to newspaper advertising revenues: The chart comes from this blog post by a professor named Mark Perry. In the comments to the post there is a brief discussion that [...] Read more
We Need Peer Produced Mobile App Security
Albert Wenger – Feb 29, 2012
First there was the Path address book tempest. Now there is a concern about apps being able to access photos without permission. It would be a shame if this resulted in more centralized control over apps and longer review processes. [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: Web Browser (Part 1)
Albert Wenger – Feb 28, 2012
We have now reached step 6 of the web cycle and are back at the web browser. The web browser is receiving an initial HTTP response from the web server. The first part of this response tells the web browser [...] Read more
Cord Cutting Experiment and Question
Albert Wenger – Feb 27, 2012
We moved back to the city some 6 weeks ago. Since then we have done entirely without traditional television. So admittedly that’s less than two months, but the initial results are encouraging. The only show that I watch with any [...] Read more
Cracks in the Sidewalk
Andy Weissman – Feb 27, 2012
"You know a lot of people consider skateboarding a dumb thing to do. But to me skateboarding made me reassess everything I did. If it was raining, I was bummed, because I couldn't skate. If I was looking at a [...] Read more