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My Facebook Setup
Albert Wenger – Sep 26, 2011
Following f8, there has been a new explosion of discussion around Facebook’s voracious data gathering. For instance, Facebook keeps cookies on your machine even when you are logged out which allows them at least in principle to track your visits [...] Read more
Asking For Introductions (How To)
Albert Wenger – Sep 23, 2011
Mark Birch has a great post today about using LinkedIn correctly when asking for introductions. Very timely as I was planning to write about introductions today and now need to write only a fraction because Mark covers everything else (he [...] Read more
How Schools Destroy Learning
Albert Wenger – Sep 21, 2011
Couldn’t resist an attention grabbing headline here after spending yesterday morning with my daughter on the kind of homework that just completely takes the fun out of learning. In geography her class is learning about latitude and longitude. As homework [...] Read more
Google Wallet and In-App Transactions
Albert Wenger – Sep 20, 2011
Google’s announcement of the initial availability of Google Wallet was interesting but not because of any immediate impact. Initially, this will be the equivalent of a large field trial as it will be available only on Nexus S phones and [...] Read more
The Information (Mini Review)
Albert Wenger – Sep 19, 2011
While on family vacation in Scotland at the end of August, I read James Gleick’s “The Information.” If you have limited reading time and are looking for something practical or applied this is not for you. But if you have [...] Read more
Fighting Comment/Forum Spam
Albert Wenger – Sep 16, 2011
Comments and forums seem like an odd place for spam especially when they don’t permit HTML. What could a spammer gain? The only thing I can think of is possibly a link to their profile. Yet, last week a company [...] Read more
Announcing Wattpad
Albert Wenger – Sep 12, 2011
Today’s post is over at the USV blog, announcing our investment in Wattpad. Wattpad is an amazing community for sharing and reading stories. Go read the blog post or watch their video. Read more
Google: Owning versus Organizing
Albert Wenger – Sep 9, 2011
When Larry Page became CEO, I set out my hopes for how Google might evolve its role in the Internet marketplace under his leadership. In particular, I was hoping that Larry would be: While the purchase of Zagat is a [...] Read more
Regulation and Job Creation
Albert Wenger – Sep 8, 2011
The GOP debate brought more talk of a “wet blanket of regulation” weighing on economic activity. Apparently even President Obama thinks that environmental regulation is at issue here and has sadly rolled back some clean air standards. That’s quite ironic [...] Read more