January 2012
Continuations: Tech Tuesday: DNS →
continuations: 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…
Jan 24th
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The Brilliant "Don't Be Evil" Bookmarklet →
parislemon: 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...
Jan 24th
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Continuations: Covestor: Getting the Message Out! →
continuations: 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…
Jan 16th
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Continuations: Moving Back to New York City and... →
continuations: 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…
Jan 15th
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Continuations: The Internet Is a Human Right →
continuations: 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,…
Jan 9th
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Roger and Mike's Hypernet Blog: Introducing our... →
thehypernet: 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…
Jan 8th
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Dave Morin: Resolutions for 2012: Whip myself–and... →
davemorin: 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….
Jan 6th
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Tens Of Billions Of Devices →
Image via WikipediaThe smartphone as a form factor has been firmly established. The tablet as a form factor has been firmly established. There will be new generations of laptops,…
Jan 1st
December 2011
Texting While Driving Asks For Driverless Cars →
Image via WikipediaSome people are referring to it as an epidemic. People who text while they drive are more likely to get into an accident. That sounds like common sense. But…
Dec 30th
parislemon: Dear Google+ →
parislemon: Earlier today I noticed something funny. My Google profile picture — the picture associated with my Gmail account, my GChat account, my Google+ account, etc — had vanished. A bug? Nope. It turns out, Google — without telling me — went into my account and deleted my profile picture. Why?…
Dec 28th
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Paris Action (5) →
Paris Action (4) Don’t Count Out Microsoft A Man Who Needs No Introduction Paris Action (3) Paris…
Dec 28th
White Space Revolution →
Image via WikipediaThe real question is why does broadcast television have a-n-y spectrum? Why is it not all going to wireless broadband? But until we get there, this small…
Dec 27th
Merry Christmas →
Sleep tight.
Dec 26th
Pay To Stay
parislemon: I’ve been thinking more about Google’s renewal of their search deal with Mozilla for Firefox. It’s fascinating on a few different levels. Most notably: Google is committing close to a billion dollars to bankroll a browser which is a rival to their own browser.  Why? Well, on the surface, they do get something out of the deal — something quite substantial. Firefox is a browser...
Dec 25th
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Lalu Yadav In The Lok Sabha →
Dec 24th
My Take On AirTime (4) →
Image via WikipediaGoogle Hangouts is not it, not by a wide margin. And Chatroulette was more like Lycos. AirTime might end up the Google of the random connections…
Dec 23rd
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Dec 23rd
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Happy Holidays →
Charlie Bit My Finger Charlie O’Donnell At His Inspiring Best
Dec 22nd
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"Why Now?" →
parislemon: Nice quick post by Chris Dixon reflecting on why certain web-based marketplaces are taking off now when they haven’t in the past. The key: I asked Roelof Botha the “why now” question regarding web-based marketplaces. He said something I thought was really interesting: marketplaces depend on trust, and trust requires knowing the reputation of a prospective counterparty. Today, for...
Dec 20th
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The NYU ITP Show Was Amazing →
Image by Getty Images via @daylifeI meant to show up last year but for some reason the event fell through the crack of things. I am so glad I got to show up this year. If you…
Dec 19th
Hillary Should Stay Two More Years →
Image by Getty Images via @daylifeThe Madonna Of Global Politics China is in sight. Russia is rumbling, and China is in sight. If Hillary had been vice president, she would have stayed eight years….
Dec 18th
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The Significance Of Eating An Apple →
I’d like to believe I am health conscious. And I wish the same upon others. I weigh the same that I did when I showed up in this country. That is no small achievement. Exercise,…
Dec 18th
Thug Le →
Dec 17th
New Business Cards →
“Don’t Throw Your Business Card At Me” New Business Card On The Way Another card designed by my friend Jackson Lin. This is two sides. He did it in five minutes…
Dec 16th
Following 2700 People On Google Plus →
Image via WikipediaA few weeks back I discovered this list. That gave me a start of sorts on Google Plus, even though I still don’t show up daily like I do on …
Dec 15th
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Kathmandu Six Decades Ago →
Dec 14th
FourSquare Should Rent A Stadium →
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Dec 12th
Paris Action (2) →
Paris Action
Dec 12th
Twitter Is Seeing Rebirth →
Being Able To Embed Tweets Is A Revolution
Dec 11th
Mobile Occupy, Dawn To Dusk Occupy →
Image by Saint Huck via FlickrEvent: December 12th: Occupy Strikes Back (RSVP for NYC only HERE) Occupy Wall Street Could Legitimately Go Indoors 24/7 camping out in a public place of a few hundred…
Dec 11th
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Dec 10th
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Paris Action →
Dec 10th
Being Able To Embed Tweets Is A Revolution →
I have been blaming Evan Williams for this the entire time. He ousted Jack Dorsey, and I can’t even freaking embed tweets in my blog posts. I mean, I can. There are services…
Dec 9th
The Future of Computing →
Source: New York Times Power in Numbers: China Aims for High-Tech Primacy Creating Artificial Intelligence Based on the Real Thing Vast and Fertile Ground in Africa for…
Dec 8th
Dec 8th
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Russia's Turn →
Image by didkovskaya via FlickrWhen things were rumbling in Egypt I predicted this democracy tsunami is also going to hit America and Russia and China. Well, it did hit America. We call it the Occupy…
Dec 8th
December Events →
Image via WikipediaZaarlys Holiday Party at Fontanas Thursday, December 8, 6:30 PM @ Fontanas Fontanas 105 Eldridge Street B/D Grand St Purpose Holiday Party Friday,…
Dec 6th
“Gupta has gotten more attention than most searching for organ donors online, and...”
– Photojojo Founder Amit Gupta Uses Social Media to Find a Bone-Marrow Donor - The Daily Beast (via steph)
Dec 6th
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Rachel Sterne: NYC CDO: Five Months Into The Job →
City Hall Newsmakers with Rachel Sterne from City Hall on Vimeo. Happy Holidays Tim Berners-Lee: The Internet Is Not A Country Rachel Sterne: CDO To: CDO Sterne GroundReport…
Dec 4th
Shakira Or Hydroelectricity? →
Cover of ShakiraSeveral months back I mentioned at this blog that I had been approached by a group in Kathmandu who wanted Shakira perform there. But they never really…
Dec 3rd
Why This Kolaveri Di Dance By The Japanese →
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Dec 1st
November 2011
Nov 27th
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The Real Story Behind The European Mess →
Image via WikipediaThe market is sending strong signals. The Europeans did the economic union thing, and they did the single currency thing. But they thought they all could still be all these various…
Nov 27th
Steve Jobs And NeXT →
Via Pete Cashmore
Nov 26th
Happy Holidays →
Image via WikipediaSean Parker. You have not replied to my email yet. Or was it a tweet? I forgive you. There’s still time. Brad Feld. You have been hogging the mountains
Nov 25th
Meeting David Karp →
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