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Continuations: Tech Tuesday: DNS
Today we are continuing with the web cycle that I outlined two weeks ago. After a URL has been parsed in Step 1, the browser needs to determine the IP address for the domain as Step 2. Reprising the previous example, let’s consider the domain name dailylit.com. How does the browser determine…
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The Brilliant "Don't Be Evil" Bookmarklet
Kudos to Facebook (with some help from Twitter and MySpace) for having the balls to do this. It’s a bookmarklet that replaces Google’s new “People and Pages” area, the hardcoded social search area, and the search completion drop-down, with organic results.
In other words, it makes the new Google behave more like the old Google.
There has been a lot of back and forth in recent weeks over Google’s new Search+ functionality — about how “fair” it is, and whether or not it should lead to antitrust inquiries. But the bottom line is this:
Search+ makes Google worse. It replaces relevancy with Google’s own agenda to pump up Google+.
I say kudos to Facebook because while this isn’t an official app they created, they let their key product manager, Blake Ross, work on it and deploy it knowing full well that everyone would immediately tie it to Facebook. That in turn will put some heat back on Facebook, which itself is far from fully open with regard to data — and is gearing up to IPO.
But again, the key issue here is that what Google is doing with Search+ is making Google worse. This bookmarklet illustrates that in a very effective way.
John Battelle and Danny Sullivan have more on this, as do others. And be sure to watch the Focus On The User walk-through video, narrated by Ross himself.
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BEATING HEART (actual)
A donor heart beating in a mechanical system which keeps it warm, oxygenated, with nutrient enriched blood pumping through.
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(Source: mysticspiral)
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Continuations: Covestor: Getting the Message Out!
Our portfolio company Covestor today rolled out a tremendous overhaul of their web presence. The goal was to dramatically simplify Covestor’s message to make it easier for that message to spread and to improve conversion. The team has done an amazing job with a process that used extensive…
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Continuations: Moving Back to New York City and Homeschooling
In the middle of 2010 we started to seriously consider moving back to New York City. At the time one of the considerations was that it would be possible to experiment with homeschooling the kids. I am excited to report that we are doing both. We have a place in Chelsea that is a short walk from…
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Continuations: The Internet Is a Human Right
At first, I was surprised to see a New York Times OpEd by Vint Cerf with the title “Internet Access Is Not a Human Right.” But once I started to read I began to understand the point that Cerf was trying to make. It comes out clearest in the sentence “technology is an enabler of rights,…
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Roger and Mike's Hypernet Blog: Introducing our Hypernet blog
The big opportunities for entrepreneurs and investors are created by new technology cycles. Examples from the past are the PC Revolution, Client/Server, the Internet, and Social Networking.
Roger and I believe that social networking has moved from an early stage investment opportunity to a…
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Dave Morin: Resolutions for 2012: Whip myself–and Path–into fighting shape
BY DAVE MORIN, CO-FOUNDER AND CEO, PATH (AS TOLD TO COLLEEN TAYLOR FOR GIGAOM’S 12 TECH LEADER’S RESOLUTONS FOR 2012)
Dave Morin is the CEO and co-founder of Path, a social media sharing site that emphasizes privacy controls. Morin is also an investor in and advisor to a number of startups….
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