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What Medium Is 23 Aug 2013 | 11:59 pm
First, some disclaimers: I’m writing this as I sit a few feet away from Medium’s NYC team. (I even asked them for tech support while writing this!) Ev Williams, founder of Medium, is an old friend of ...
Bringing Water to A Town Like Ours 22 Aug 2013 | 10:52 pm
I've had the good fortune to get to speak in public hundreds of times, about any manner of subjects. But I've never, never had the moments following one of my talks bring me to tears. Until yesterday...
A Brief History of Apple's iWatch 10 Aug 2013 | 03:17 am
A brief timeline of Apple iWatch's entrance to the market. September 10, 2013: As key members of the tech industry and trade press gather on a clear Tuesday morning, Tim Cook leads much of Apple's se...
Respecting Cinema in the Digital Age 8 Aug 2013 | 10:09 pm
I'm definitely one of those guys you'd think of as a tech nerd. I spend all day jumping on and off different social networks, I've got tons of followers on Twitter, and I've been blogging here for alm...
Shushers: Wrong about movies. Wrong about the world. 8 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
There’s been a delightful debate the last few days about how to accommodate the increasing number of people who want the experience of watching movies in public theaters to fit in with the way they li...
On Location with Foursquare 7 Aug 2013 | 03:01 am
There's a great, deep story by Austin Carr in Fast Company today giving a broad overview of where Foursquare is headed, as a product and as a company. I was quoted a few times in the piece, and spent ...
10 Rules of Internet 18 Jul 2013 | 02:28 am
In my years working in technology, I have learned a few things. These lessons have become oft-repeated refrains when speaking to people, so I thought I'd collect them so I have a link to send folks wh...
Silicon Valley on the Middle Class and Unions 10 Jul 2013 | 11:29 pm
Paul Graham on Unions: I wouldn't quite call the high-paying union job a myth, but I think people who dwell on it are reading too much into it. The era of labor unions seems to have been the same ki...
The Golden Age of RSS 3 Jul 2013 | 09:31 pm
2013's web bests include Digg, Flickr, RSS readers + new blogging tools from @ev & @davewiner. Wore the pants so long they're back in style! — Anil Dash (@anildash) June 29, 2013 One of the things I...
Let's Meet! Or, How To Pursue Serendipity 25 Jun 2013 | 01:40 am
One of the things I love most is meeting new people who are outside of the usual circles that I travel in, who can teach me about things that I'd never learn about otherwise. To that end, I devote as ...