A historical collection of our writing.
Brad BurnhamI 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 would have to go to Larry Lessig, Yochai Benkler, or Seth Godin, but the debate […] Read more
Brad BurnhamI share Fred’s determination never to miss out on a later round investment in a company we have nurtured because we do not have adequate reserves. For me, however, the more interesting insight that came out of the exercise of planning our reserves was that this process is different and in some ways […] Read more
Brad BurnhamThe 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 web, you probably know immediately if it the word refers to a car, a bull […] Read more
Brad BurnhamThe 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 is another dimension of that progress that has […] Read more
Brad BurnhamI had a cup of coffee yesterday with Craig Newmark. Toward the end of the conversation, I told him that one of the most important things I learned by studying Craigslist was the importance of customer service. Craig is, famously, a customer service rep at Craigslist. He describes himself as working […] Read more
Brad BurnhamWhen Mark Twain said that, he almost certainly was not thinking about the fate of network operators and mini-computer companies, but it seems more and more likely that 20 years from now Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, Comcast, Cingular and T-Mobile will be where DEC, Prime, Data General, Stratus, and Tandem […] Read more
