A historical collection of our writing.
I believe that PDF and Flash will hang around for quite some time. They are too widespread to disappear quickly. But I am excited about the rise of HTML5 and the gradual replacement of these closed formats. For instance, Scribd’s move to HTML5 is one such step. The reason for my excitement is […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Bill Gurley has a must-read post up on how the $32B of affiliate fees will slow down the Internet disruption of the TV industry. I have one addition and one amplification for Bill’s excellent post. First, the addition. More than just supporting an existing flow of dollars, bundling is in fact not […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
In January I posted about staying fit (http://continuations.com/post/347328558/staying-fit) and mentioned that we started family yoga on weekends. While the kids’ participation has waned a bit, Susan and I have been quite consistent. In the past, I didn’t understand why some people were so fanatic […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Unix has some very powerful commands available. For instance, the simple combination of “rm -rf” if invoked by a superuser at the root would pretty much delete every file and directory on the system. Because such power is available systems are often configured to provide for some measure of […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Anyone who does mechanical work appreciates the impact the right tool can have on a job. For instance, the other day I needed to open up a cover that was held down by six screws. I first tried a screw driver. The screws were so tight, they didn’t even budge. But because the screws had […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
This week my blogging is likely to be lighter than usual and my email responses slower than usual. The reason is that we have move to the phone screen stage of finding candidates for the two positions at USV. If you are interested / have applied, you can read a more detailed update on the […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
