December 2008
3 posts
The Flickring Mob →
Schneier reviews Clay Shirky’s new book Here Comes Everybody:
No one coordinates Flickr’s 6 million to 8 million users. Yet Flickr had the first photos from the 2005 London Transport bombings,…
November 2008
8 posts
First Impressions: How To Pitch a VC →
I’ve been “on the other side of the table” at Venrock for only a few weeks, but I have seen enough entrepreneurs pitch us to make a few observations. Here are some quick do’s and don’ts…
Bill Kristol Takes on News Legend, Loses [Losers] →
Old-school journo Pete Hamill and Bill Kristol got together for a little argument, filmed by IFC’s new Gideon Yago-hosted thing The IFC Media Project. As Bill Kristol is a sad joke and Pete…
Applications for SXSW Digital Mission close Nov... →
Applications for the next Digital Missio are now open. Judging by everything I’ve heard the last one was a success - so I imagine this one will be too.
It is described on their …
Hulu Ignores Long Tail, Does Quite Well →
The Financial Times reported today that Hulu, the joint venture video streaming site created by News Corp and NBC Universal, will soon pass YouTube in revenues. Hulu, which provides free,…
Blogonomics →
Felix Salmon questions if micropublishing is dead:
The dream of internet publishers was that media buyers would flock to a more niche medium, where they could target people much more accurately….
Flavorpill Cash Crunch? [Silicon Alley Insider] →
Flavorpill, a New York-based email newsletter company, is hitting up investors for an 11th-hour cash infusion after losing ad revenue, a source tells us. The company has already reportedly…
The Truth, or What We Want to Hear? [Five Years... →
Eric Wiesen
Years ago, when I was a Silicon Valley lawyer, a VC client related an amusing anecdote about being pitched by early-stage companies (I know, VC jokes are always the…
