A historical collection of our writing.
I’ve spent the better part of the last six years thinking about where web standards come from. Before joining USV, I was at the (now retired) urban tech incubator OpenPlans, where, among other things, we worked to further “open” technology solutions, including open data formats and web protocols. […] Read more (opens Nick Grossman in a new tab)
Tonight I will be participating in a panel discussion about Universal Basic Income. One of the key arguments for UBI is that we need to decouple people’s ability to meet their basic needs from traditional work because of the rise of automation. This is the case I make in my TEDx talk. But there is […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
We spend a lot of time in tech inventing and building new things. Some people are perfectly happy doing so without needing a deeper reason — some simply want success, others wealth, and many are excited about the potential to make the world a better place. Still I am struck by an undercurrent of […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
This past Saturday was Video Hackday in New York City. It had been organized by the team at Ziggeo with the help from many others, including a great roster of sponsors. I enjoyed participating and wrote a little hack that you can see here. Even though I am pretty rusty as a developer, I managed […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
One way of looking at a publisher’s chain of business operations is that there are five core things it must do: (1) produce content; (2) market/promote content; (3) distribution; (4) figure out the best user interface or experience for its content; (5) and monetize the business. This applies, […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
A couple of days ago there was a much favorited and retweeted tweet by the often funny Startup L. Jackson Now I happen to think that this is wrong in an important way but right in another and it is important to pick those two apart. Let me start by how it is wrong. Coding […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
