chris dixon Aug 24, 2014 Mesh networking could be a great application for Bitcoin. Each node could set its own access rate. William Mougayar Aug 24, 2014 Close to decentralized storage like http://maidsafe.net/ William Mougayar Aug 24, 2014 Actually, check OpenLibernet…

awaldstein Aug 26, 2014 I wonder whether ‘opting in for the kids’ isn’t a different twist.I asked my mom a few weeks ago a similar question about her choices, abt leaving school to help pay rent for the family, working part time to manage the home and the like.Her response was that these were simply…

The move from desktop to mobile brought with it a shift in how we consume information. Instead of using a browser, we utilize dozens of apps that are each designed to complete a specific task. The result is that we have tons of great apps, but we’ve ended up with a disjointed user experience when…

God, what a mess, on the ladder of success Where you take one step and miss the whole first rung - Paul Westerberg I was in a board meeting the other day at a company we have been investors in for a bunch of years. It is run by a small, great group of people, who built a good social product that did…

Most businesses believe that technology can dramatically improve the way they operate. But they embrace technology with varying levels of enthusiasm. The lowest level of enthusiasm is to adopt technologies made by other companies – email…

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An article came out today in Businessweek about arrogance and Silicon Valley. I thought it was good, but there was one more point I wanted to make. People often accuse people in Silicon Valley of working on things that don’t matter. Often they’re right. But many very important things start out…