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Barriers and Platforms

I saw Ben Feder, CEO of TakeTwo, speak today at the NY Games Conference. He talked about the...
Sep 30th

The New Op-Ed

I generally enjoy reading the NYTimes OpEds, but I often get the feeling that it must be tough to...
Sep 29th
I often undervalue marketing when looking at startups.  I...
Sep 26th
Listen Listen
I went to see the Japandroids last night at Mercury Lounge.  It was a fantastic show. At concerts...
Sep 25th

Backwards Net Neutrality

People are concerned about Net Neutrality for some variation of the following scenario: Verizon is...
Sep 25th

$0.02 on Net Neutrality

There’s a lot of news over Net Neutrality lately in response to the FCC Chairman’s...
Sep 24th

AT&T Network Failure

Many people have been complaining about terrible iPhone network service.  And, I’m writing to...
Sep 22nd
Warch Watch
I like how this music video captures how it feels to be wrapped up in both the process and...
Sep 22nd
Watching football 1 inch away from the TV. (part 3)
Sep 22nd
Watching football 1 inch away from the TV. (part 2)
Sep 22nd
Watching football 1 inch away from the TV. (part 1)
Sep 22nd
Warch Watch
rdeeming: I have heard about the marshmallow test a few times before, but this is the first time I...
Sep 21st

Newspaper Bailout

According to AlleyInsider, the Obama Administration is considering giving newspaper companies a...
Sep 21st

reCAPTCHA Acquisition by Google

Today Google acquired Luis von Ahn’s latest brainchild: reCAPTCHA.  Every news story...
Sep 16th

Baud and Provider

Hey Tumblr, what was the baud and provider of your first internet service? Me: 2400 baud Hayes modem...
Sep 16th

Statistically Generating The Perfect...

Now that I’m engaged, this knowledge is of little use to me.  But, I found this post from...
Sep 15th

Stanford Subnet

I was just on the wikipedia page for a Stanford-related topic, and as I was searching through the...
Sep 15th

Inexpensive User Testing

When I talk to startups about the benefits of constant, iterative user testing in product design...
Sep 9th
“Think lobbying’s awful — but smart? Think again. Lobbying’s...”
—  Four Rules for Constructive...
Sep 5th

Foursquare

It was recently announced that Union Square Ventures and OATV led the investment in foursquare. My...
Sep 4th

Email Infinite Loop

I’m on a Yahoo Group with a couple other junior investment guys at VC firms around the city. ...
Sep 4th