A historical collection of our writing.
If anybody still has any illusions about the current state of dysfunction of the patent system in the US, please make sure they listen to or read This American Life’s investigation of Intellectual Ventures (IV). IV was founded and is headed up by Nathan Myhrvold who made a fortune as the CTO of […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
A while back I announced on this blog that we were planning to move back to the city. I am happy to report that we have made a lot of progress on that and are now in contract to buy a place not far from the USV offices. When I mentioned this to a friend […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
The debt showdown in Washington is supremely frustrating as it illustrates the complete inability of our current political system to deal with the structural changes that we are facing. At present course and speed things will get a lot worse before we can hope for them to get better. Trying to fix […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Last night Susan and I watched “Catfish,” a movie from last year about a case of a fabricated online identity. The movie starts with a young man who is engaged in an online correspondence with what he believes to be a young girl who appears to be a painting prodigy. He also chats with the […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
I am very excited to be preparing for a talk at the Turing Festival in Edinburgh (last week of August). The subject, not surprisingly, will be “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet – how the Internet will transform business, government and society.” I love that Vint Cerf used “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” as […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Last year when there was a big debate about carry taxation, I came out in support of taxing carry as income (even though that will clearly mean a much higher tax bill for me personally). With the budget battle in Washington reaching ever new heights this issue is coming back in full force. I missed […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
