December 2010
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philipsugar asked: Very well written blog. Best regards.
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Unfortunately, there's no word for privacy in my...
Maybe it’s because I grew up speaking Russian, a language that has no word that exactly means “privacy.” Maybe it’s because I’m a libertarian at heart. But the latest waves of furor over browser cookies, location-based profiles, and iPhone App preferences puzzle me. I think part of the problem is that marketers accused of exposing our intimate secrets cannot explain to the political podium...
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What's in a (company's) name?
Today, I was reading the blog for RockMelt, a cool new social browser that makes Google’s chrome look, feel, and act a lot slicker. I came across a post:
Behind the $12 Name – How RockMelt Came to be RockMelt
I remembered, fondly, how we came up with the name for Plumtree Software, a company I started with a few friends in 1997. I have been asked about the name quite a few times over...
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A New Year's Promise
I think I will follow up with a detailed list of more traditional (and some not so traditional) resolutions for 2011. It will be a part of this one.
I have gotten quite a few comments on my lack of blog output for the last two months. Mea magna culpa. Since September, I’ve been heads down doing some serious coding on an AdTech project in Manhattan while waiting for my new VC job to come...