Writing

Now is a great time to be an internet entrepreneur. While much of the global economy sputters, tech companies post growth numbers other industries haven't seen in years. Their success hasn't gone unnoticed, and the pace of tech-company creation has [...]  Read more

One that won’t go away (under load), one that doesn’t keep me up all night (worrying about scaling), one that won’t make me sleep all day (when I should be adding features). If you have tried to build an Internet [...]  Read more

Let's start with a definition. A service is open when anyone can take anything (code, data, etc) from that service and do anything they want with it, without permission from anyone.You might argue that is an extreme definition. I'd agree. [...]  Read more

Dick Costolo, the CEO of FeedBurner, was interviewed today on Wallstrip. The interview is an entertaining summary that explains what FeedBurner does, why it's important, and how it makes money. Read more

I can’t say that the panel discussion – Web 2.0: Cult of the Amateur? A Debate – was the most interesting or even the most entertaining session at the Personal Democracy Forum held last Friday in New York. That honor [...]  Read more

The genius of the web is that it is flat – anything can be a link and anything can be linked to. But this is also one of its greatest limitations. When you come across the word Taurus on the [...]  Read more

I gave a keynote at the Information Industry Summit yesterday during the "preview session" which features emerging information businesses.We've been investing in information businesses for years at the various firms I've worked for and I've watched the business change a [...]  Read more

The sense of progress in the computer industry is so strong that it feels almost inevitable. That momentum may be most obvious in the increasing capabilities of the underlying technology – faster chips, cheaper storage, and more bandwidth, but there [...]  Read more