February 2012
“One thing that I find missing is discovery of non-new content. The web is...”
– Evan Williams, “Getting The News”
Arctic Monkeys - R U Mine
new single from the...
“If Yahoo was making a legitimate claim on patent infringement, my guess is they...”
– Back to Innovation? Scott Thompson’s First Shameful Move | PandoDaily
just when you thought yahoo hit bottom
The Funk
This morning I saw an interesting post on Hacker News - I’ve Lost Enthusiasm For My Startup.
This happens from time to time and it can come for a variety of places. The founder isnt’ happy with the culture. Or the product isn’t taking off as quickly as they had hoped. Or they are fearful of failure. Or there is something else going on in their personal life that has impacted...
Arcade Fire - Wake Up (live & unplugged)
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WatchLeaving today. I’m gonna miss this place
The importance of the iPod Touch (and where is the...
When I look at the stats of some the most popular iOS apps in our portfolio I’m amazed at the importance of the iPod Touch.
The Touch has come a long way since it was first introduced. It’s slimmer, has a camera and battery life is great.
The drawback of course is that it relies on WiFi for connectivity. There ain’t no cellular option on the Touch like the iPad 3G.
But...
At what point does your mobile compete with cable
Earlier today I read another article about the rise of smartphones.
http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2012/02/20/nielsen-66-of-americans-ages-24-35-own-a-smartphone/
It’s not a surprise if you have been following Apple’s iPhone or Android’s success. And of course we see the result of all these smartphones in our portfolio. The number of mobile downloads is accelerating.
We all...
“To me, the hardest part of scaling people is learning to lead your self.”
– @jerrycolonna’s guest post, The Management Team, on avc today
Days (Trentemoller Mix) by The Drums shared from...
Transforming a community, one developer at a time
Ever since we left SF and moved to Boston, our family goes somewhere warm for school vacation each February. It’s our time to thaw out, slow down, spend quality time together and have fun.
So this week we are doing just that.
And while I’m loving the time with my family at a beautiful place, this island/community needs a transformation.
This island has two sources of jobs...
Moving from the Wii to the Xbox & need suggestions
We are moving to a new house next month (god willing).
It’s been a good excuse for me to make some new decisions on a new phone systems, wireless routers, back up systems and TV. I’ll likely write about those decisions in a future post.
We have had a Nintendo Wii at our house since they first came out. The kids mostly play games on the ipad or iphones. But when they have friends over...
New OSX could make the Mac as game-friendly as the... →
nabeel:
The new version of OSX that Apple announced today feels like it could strangely make the Mac as valuable a channel for games as Facebook or the iPhone.
Very interesting.
“Twitter cares more about its societal role—with its revenue model still a work...”
– Fast Company: The Women of Twitter - Magazine - Vogue
i love twitter.
Take my data
The Path story continues this week.
You can check out all the various posts on the subject on Techmeme right now.
The issue is that Path 2.0 had used our personal address book data to find friends that also use Path.
At the highest level, I think that is a feature - not a bug or a problem for that matter.
I’m sure there are things that Apple and dozens (or more) of iOS apps can do...
The Drums - Birthday
original by the sugarcubes....
Taking big risks
There comes a time in every company where the leader or founders have to decide whether they are going to take a big risk or play it safe.
I met with a founder last week that was telling me about his frustration with his company. Things are going very well considering but he can’t get the team to take risks.
The most striking thing about Facebook is how often they are willing to take big...
