Archives for June 2014

Notes from reading.

Entering the Information Age
Albert Wenger on http://continuations.com/
http://continuations.com/post/73200931464/entering-the-information-age

• History of agregarian
• industrial age
• Definition of privacy & ownership
• abundance and scarcity
• catalytic events

A Narrative on the Threat to Internet Freedom
Brad Burnham on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZflC8oMdHE

• differentiating by user experience and scale
• Note: About context of history and present
• Non-rival goods: sharing economy
• Cost to reach consumer is nil

• Services acting as governemnts, not services

  • adjudicating disputes
  • defending national interest
• Networks reduce costs by peer-distributing
• https://hackpad.com/Networks-Under-Threat-oFUkc4ievup
• policy framework

The Freedom to Innovate
Brad Burnham on usv.com
http://www.usv.com/posts/the-freedom-to-innovate

• Policy
• foursquare 100k under $25k
• craiglist
• airbnb
• tumblr – Release new features

x need to pay attention to policy

The Road
Paul Graham
http://paulgraham.com/road.html

• Car owners and difficulties
• Computer software and difficulties
• No boundry between customer service and hackers
• Software should do what users think it will
• Build something people love
• Spend less than you make