The Internet today, is a lot like mail delivery in the 1800’s. Surprisingly, web services don’t have “flags”. Rather, applications are forced to “ping” Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, etc. every few minutes and ask “have any of our users done anything new?” These applications are literally checking to see if each virtual mailbox is empty/full every couple of minutes.
Redeye VC on Internet Applications
3 July 2008
26 May 2008
However, after witnessing how a 90-character update can unleash such a torrent of concern, support and love — I now know we have nothing to fear from the atomization of conversation. Rather, it’s just the opposite. As tools get created to atomize our interactions, they provide a much easier, much faster way for us to react to the events in others’ lives.
Redeye VC on Conversation
24 January 2008
I see many consumer Internet pitches these days where the basic marketing strategy is to (1) get covered by Techcrunch, (2) get tens of thousands of users from the “Techcrunch Bump”, and then (3) “grow virally”.
Redeye VC on TechCrunch