A historical collection of our writing.
This is the first post in the Tech Tuesday cycle on programming. Let’s begin with a simple observation: even though various human languages are quite different from each other they cover much of the same territory – the human experience. We have words for food and activities and threats and so on. […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Dave Winer last Thursday had a post called “It’s definitely a bubble.” OK, so it was more of a rant than a post but I share the sentiment of his title. The biggest issue that I see in the venture market right now is the assumption by both entrepreneurs and investors that winner-take-all economics […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
I was on a panel for the wonderful iMentor organization earlier this week talking about the future of education. Every time I do that these days I emphasize that instead of talking about education we should focus on learning. Because the Internet is revolutionizing where, when and from whom we can […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Information does not want to be free; instead it wants to be distributed friction free. What that means is that information – content – wants to be in as many places as possible, with many options for access, and with an ease of use to access.Today, we have an abundance of great content flowing […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Fred WilsonYesterday Twitter announced that they plan to amend the assignments agreements that they sign with their employees. They call this proposed amendment the Innovator’s Patent Agreement. I’ve been aware of this effort inside of Twitter for a while and I like to call this move the “Twitter Patent Hack” […] Read more
The purpose of Tech Tuesdays is to provide non-technical employees or founders of startups with background on how technology works so that they can better communicate with engineers and also better understand technological constraints and opportunities. With that in mind I will take a fairly […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
