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Tech Tuesday: Data Types (Part 3)
Albert Wenger – Jun 19, 2012
This will be the third and final part of talking about data types as part of the programming cycle on Tech Tuesdays. Part 1 introduced the basic issue. Part 2 went under the hood and showed how explicit type declarations [...] Read more
Duolingo
Brad Burnham – Jun 18, 2012
Luis von Ahn is nothing if not ambitious. The inventor of the captcha and the founder of re-captcha has a new goal - to translate the web into every major language. Because web users speak hundreds of different languages, and [...] Read more
My Slightly Odd and Yet Perfect Father’s Day
Albert Wenger – Jun 18, 2012
I love what I do as a VC at USV. Being involved with many different companies each with unique opportunities and challenges is absolutely amazing. But it does mean that I have very little time to build things myself. So [...] Read more
Cities, Venture for America and the Downtown Project
Albert Wenger – Jun 13, 2012
Last night I went to a fundraiser for Venture for America here in New York. I am happy to report that the place was hopping and hopefully a lot of money was raised. Congratulations to Andrew Yang and his team [...] Read more
Tech Tuesday: Data Types (Part 2)
Albert Wenger – Jun 12, 2012
Last Tech Tuesday we got started on data types as port of the ongoing cycle on programming. This post will not make sense without reading Part 1, so if you haven’t you should go back and do that now. We [...] Read more
Speaking at Velocity Conf (Seeking Input)
Albert Wenger – Jun 11, 2012
Velocity is a great O'Reilly conference on web performance and operations and many of the devops attend each year. The theme for 2012 is “A Faster, Stronger Web.” I am honored to be giving a keynote there and what will [...] Read more
Mind The Product (2012 and Always)
Albert Wenger – Jun 8, 2012
Foursquare’s new release was a big deal. I wrote yesterday about the courage it takes to make these kind of changes. Fred posted today about how he loves the “like” for check-ins. My personal favorite is the amazing new feed. [...] Read more
The Next Stage of USV.com
Andy Weissman – Jun 6, 2012
Almost seven years ago, USV decided that our web site should be a blog. One that allowed for a varied and ongoing conversation with the world and one that could evolve over time. Fast forward to 2012: we realized USV [...] Read more
Wattpad!
Albert Wenger – Jun 6, 2012
Today’s post is over on the USV blog about Wattpad’s amazing growth and new round of fundraising. I am excited about about how they are re-imagining the book! Read more