A historical collection of our writing.
Over at Alley Insider, Peter Kafka waxes poetic about the Radiohead’s “In Rainbows” experiment, correctly recognizing that the import of this event is not how much money Radiohead made from releasing their album with a pay-what-you-want model, but instead:”Radiohead is likely to make a nice sum […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
New York Times:”Last year, Nike spent just 33 percent of its $678 million United States advertising budget on ads with television networks and other traditional media companies. That’s down from 55 percent 10 years ago, according to the trade publication Advertising Age.” […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
I’m biased but Jack did make a nice video for us: […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Brad BurnhamHere is the transcript for the Hacking Philanthropy Sessions event. It was a tough assignment for the transcriptionist. It was a large room where 40 high powered people were firing ideas back and forth without microphones. So despite a heroic effort, Yochai Benkler’s work on peer production came […] Read more
I’ve been aware of Amie St for a while now — heard the buzz, checked out the service a few times. Looked interesting, but I never spent too much time really thinking hard about what they were creating.The way it works is that all songs start out as free downloads and rise in price the […] Read more (opens Andy Weissman in a new tab)
Andrew ParkerEvery so often Union Square Ventures brings together a small group for a day-long conversation about the interplay between technology and society. We call these conversations Union Square Sessions. Yesterday, we hosted a conversation entitled “Hacking Philanthropy.” Hacking is used here as a term […] Read more
