A historical collection of our writing.
MySpace is a service that has tremendous benefit and utility to its users, and in terms of an efficient, scalable business, is wildly underrated in the tech industry. Facebook et al seem to get more attention and have more sex appeal, which I think works to MySpace’s advantage. Plus the most […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Marco built (well, released) something called Instapaper the other day which allows one to save web articles to read later.Its goal is simple (save to read later), its functionality is simple (click the read later button/bookmarket) and its design is simple (only 61 words — including credits – on […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Ian Rogers of Yahoo and elsewhere writes that that scale of the web creates media opportunity through the creation of:” . . . a loosely-coupled value chain including users as value creators. The value chain is not owned by a single entity (LimeWire, Apple, or Universal). There are many participants […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Seth Godin writes today about Charles and EJ’s latest designs at I’m in like with you:”Given the choice, that teenager you’re trying to market to is ignoring you and she’s on this site instead. Take it or leave it.”Design, functionality, sensibility, and new ways of creating engagement matter. […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Jeff Nolan writes something very insightful about the potential changed nature of venture investing (which is near and dear to my betaworks heart):”[I]n many ways I recoil at the notion that true invention and innovation matters less today, but it does appear to be the case. The fact remains that […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
In the context of design and aesthetics, Andrew Chen reminds me that:My Space is alot larger than Facebook in terms of users, pages per visitor, and ads per page viewed; andMy Space has more visits, visitors, page views, and average stay than Facebook (as of September at least).Of course, some […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
