A historical collection of our writing.
I have written previously about unemployment and structural change in the economy, arguing that we are facing a particularly bad outlook for employment. The New York Times on Saturday had a good article on this subject that combined some chilling statistics with a couple of stories of individuals […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Brad BurnhamNathan Myhrvold and I have exactly the same goal. We’d both like to promote useful innovations that have a positive social impact. But we have very different opinions about how to do it. Nathan believes the patent system is the answer, and I believe the patent system is the problem. The New York […] Read more
Fred WilsonIt's time for MBA Mondays again. For the third week in a row, the topic of the post has been suggested by a reader. Last week, Elia Freedman wrote: "A suggestion for your next post. The logical follow-on is to explain the second half of the TVM (time value of money), which is compounding interest." […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
I got Google Buzz last night in my gmail account and have started to play around with it a bit. Here are some initial thoughts. First off, I agree with Andrew that the integration of Buzz with Gmail will turn out to be a net positive for adoption at least initially (and if it takes […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
If you needed yet another reason to switch from operating your own MTA for transactional email to using a service provider, SendGrid recently introduced a killer feature: reply processing. No more need to send emails from “[email protected].” Instead, let people take actions simply by […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
One of the great promises of cloud computing is to make things that were previously difficult easy. Complexity is hidden and a service can be accessed through a simple API and purchased with a credit card. When that can be achieved, the results are magical. This is true for consumer services, such […] Read more
