A historical collection of our writing.
In the past few days I’ve seen a few things happen that demonstrate that what were once tech concepts or principles have seeped into non-Internet world, and are being applied in places maybe they were not originally intended, but to great effect. First, I serendipitously met a woman who runs major […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
My grandfather Nick lived what looks in hindsight like a cliched life. Born in “Turkey” in the 19th century, as he told us (we only later learned he grew up in Jerusalem, which was then part of the Ottoman Empire, ie, Turkey), steamship through various ports ending up in Ellis Island in the early […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
The shift from hierarchical models of resource allocation to more efficient marketplaces is occurring not only in handmade goods or creative projects, but in the provision of financial services as well. New digitally-native financial services that use technology in ways that directly benefit the […] Read more
One of the most interesting trends in technology and business and politics today is what I like to think of as the generational one. Meaning, what happens when the group of kids who grew up with Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Youtube, iPads, Soundcloud, smart phones, streaming video and music, 1TB hard […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Today is an exciting and loving day, as my wife Susan releases her first book – Feeding Eden – essentially a memoir about our family, how we have dealt with some serious food allergies my son has, and how as a result our relationship to food is now pretty different from most people. No Foodie […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
“You know a lot of people consider skateboarding a dumb thing to do. But to me skateboarding made me reassess everything I did. If it was raining, I was bummed, because I couldn’t skate. If I was looking at a street, I’d think that’d be a great ride, I’d be checking the sidewalks to see […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
