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Tech Tuesday: Operating Systems (Making It All Work)
Albert Wenger – Nov 29, 2011
I ended last week’s Tech Tuesday on Input/Output saying I might write next about programming in assembly language, but it has since occurred to me that I should cover at least one other high level topic first: operating systems. That [...] Read more
Hugo (Movie Review)
Albert Wenger – Nov 28, 2011
On Saturday, I went to see Hugo by Martin Scorsese with our two boys and my Mom who is visiting from Germany. It was my Mom’s first 3D movie and she was thoroughly enchanted by the effects, reaching for floating [...] Read more
The Golden Age of Internet Marketing?
Andy Weissman – Nov 27, 2011
"Let the products sell themselves... fuck advertising, commercial psychology ... psychological methods to sell should be destroyed." - The Minutemen, Shit From An Old NotebookWe have enough data now to realize that display advertising on the Internet doesn't work. Some [...] Read more
Giving Thanks (To Teachers)
Albert Wenger – Nov 23, 2011
Since I am taking tomorrow and Friday off from blogging, I figured I would write about giving thanks today. I am finding a great many things to be thankful for from good health to amazing work (that frankly doesn’t feel [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: Input/Output (Interrupts and Queues)
Albert Wenger – Nov 22, 2011
So far in Tech Tuesday we have taken a first look at how a computer does its work (processor), where it keeps data for quick access (memory), where data is kept longer term (storage) and how computers talk to each [...] Read more
Sharing: One Network (To Rule Them All) or Network of Networks?
Albert Wenger – Nov 21, 2011
Yesterday, Techmeme was ablaze with posts about sharing on Facebook’s Open Graph. A CNet post by Molly Wood with the title “How Facebook is ruining sharing” appears to have kicked it all off. In it she argues that the automated [...] Read more
Shapeways Brings the Future of Stuff to New York City!
Albert Wenger – Nov 18, 2011
When we announced the USV investment in Shapeways a little over a year ago, I pointed out the potential to make New York City a global center for 3D printing. Since then the Shapeways team has done a lot to [...] Read more
Republic, Lost and United
Albert Wenger – Nov 17, 2011
Yesterday saw the beginning of a massive effort across a large number of Internet companies to help stop PIPA/SOPA legislation. While that is an important fight it is worth asking - can we afford to fight bad bills one at [...] Read more
American Censorship Day
Albert Wenger – Nov 16, 2011
Starting today and for the foreseeable future the “Continuations” at the top of this blog will be covered with a call to Stop Censorship. If you read yesterday’s Tech Tuesday post on networking or are familiar with the history of [...] Read more