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daveg

  1. MT @mediatwit " @jayrosen_nyu, @lkramer and @rafat on future of print newspapers. Posting tomorrow!" Just like waiting for a newspaper then.
  2. Ludid dream apps, somewhere between digital crack and eXistenZ (and BS maybe) bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-…
  3. @jonathanglick but its kind of irrelevant even for US compared to what's going on in EU and China
  4. The Wikipedia entry on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia
  5. Andreessen Horowitz have put $9M into the Meteor javascript framework: gigaom.com/cloud/scoop-me…
  6. What I think will be next big trend "after 'search' of Google and 'social' of Facebook" (Talking my book) quora.com/What-will-be-t…
  7. Many Internet companies grow like a balloon - the value is in a thin layer. Quora is the opposite. Its a Wikipedia style stealth giant.
  8. "a new angel investor, what chances do I have of making a profit in 5 years" amazing answer from David Rose: quora.com/Angel-Investor…
  9. @bengladstone yeah I'm sure its BS - but worthy counterpoint to Londoners who think that Euro collapse is good for them
  10. @sotek I'm sure he did - I think its a really important quote, rather than an obscure footnote
  11. @sotek yeah, amazingly bold statement from @ev
  12. Euro breakup would half London property prices (Long and short term diff) telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsby…
  13. If I read right, Switzerland, with no cap gains, taxes options at income tax rates i.e. practically has world's worst startup incentives.
  14. "Having a large number of users and the inability to monetize them is a non-existent problem" quora.com/What-consumer-…
  15. @treehcapital thank you
  16. @tomscocca "Goldmans with obsessive focus on workers' compensation vs owners' reward could be seen as a kind of proto-Marxist institution"
  17. This Telegraph article smacks of a Press Release by sleazy money lending UK startup, borro: telegraph.co.uk/finance/person…
  18. @iand yeah - and you get to fly business class everywhere, according to what I see from Geneva. Depressing amount of self-entitlement.
  19. @tgoetz totally agree, on design blogs gimmicks (designs that can be explained in words) outperform those which transcend verbal explanation