Topic: Fred Wilson

Twenty Tweets #10

What a blitzkreig start to this new Sunday morning, the time is barely gone 10am and I my neurons are firing just OK, I have to keep remembering the whole point of this exercise is to examine thinking about thinking and not the pot of ...READ»

Commentology #3

PREVIEWThere is a general social rule that our comments are to be mindful of social media principles.  Who defines social media principles? These principles are defined by those that emanate from the community and the community ...READ»

Why People Explore New Technologies

I think a lot about how people get and share information, how technology impacts those experiences, and what organizations need to consider (and do) when trying to communicate or engage or direct an audience towards taking some ...READ»

Venture Capital Letters

Fred Wilson, a venture capitalist working with Flatiron Partners recently started a blog about his work in New York City. Recent entries touch on conferences he's participated in, telecommunications, politics, and social software. ...READ»

Twenty Tweets #3

Solved the TwentyTweet problem by creating a Twenty Tweet template.  It is so much easier and rapid and its amazing how much time even a little bit of sensible method saves.  This also means that the tweet numbering is ...READ»

Commentology #5

PREVIEWIt is easy to be enamoured by the sound of our own voice.  Yet it is far more difficult to hear that voice.  The content is not important at all, what is important as personal exploration is the transformational ...READ»

Why Start (Up) Now

Amid the gyrations of the stock market, and predictions of a severe economic downturn, I have found myself in the interesting position of launching a start up with my friends at Lullabot and Bond Art + Science. Over the past six ...READ»

History Worth Remembering - The New York Internet Industry Speech Brainstorm

This is worth the time for anyone interested in NYC's Digital Media Industry Posted by: Shreyas Pandit August: 7, 2008 to NextNY NYC-based venture capitalist Fred Wilson is crowd-sourcing the talk he will give at the Web 2.0 ...READ»

Can the Wisdom of the Crowds Help Us Through the Downturn?

As mainstream media becomes more open to tapping into the blogosphere and even the Twittersphere during this collapse; news and analysis are becoming two-way conversations.READ»

Twenty Tweets #13

I don't know if this developing into one of my bad habits or if it is techno-blessing, the mere fact that I am starting my day out this way is a fundamental change to my basic routine but more importantly outlook.  As I sat in ...READ»

A Daily Dose of Blogs for the Tech Entrepreneur

Rashmi Sinha, co-founder & CEO for SlideShare, doesn't have a lot of time to read a lot of blogs, but the following sites are the ones that she makes time for, because they help her with the day-to-day challenges of running a ...READ»

The Self-Prescribing Media Doctor #10

The power of the internet is how we share not how we get into each others trousers.  One of the people on the net I find particularly interesting is Fred Wilson, as a professional label he is a venture capitalist, but the only ...READ»

Oprah Hearts Twitter. So What?

Oprah is now officially on Twitter. The Chicago talk show host completed her first tweet just this morning, and is devoting a block of time in her broadcast today to discussing the microblogging site. "HI TWITTERS. THANK ...READ»

Ning's Infinite Ambition

It isn't just a site where users can build their own social networks -- Ning is a model of how to create a perpetual growth machine.READ»

• 9 Social Networks That Aren't for Everyone
• Virtuous Circles

Twenty Tweets #2

Twenty Tweets is a better title than Twenty Twitters.  Wouldn't it be easier to just UNPROTECT my twitter account? Getting those tweets ready for this format is a pain to remove excess info like logos and time stamps, the tweets ...READ»

Twenty Tweets #11

Allowed myself to drift in the sea of my own followings but this reckless abandonment did not disappoint - Guy Kawasaki and Jay Rosen featured heavily in providing interesting links and being it's a lazy Sunday afternoon - I can get ...READ»

How Does Customer Support for Free Services Work?

Twitter, Digg, Facebook, Google, FriendFeed - there is no scarcity of networks and services that are free to users who enjoy a connection to the World Wide Web today. What happens when one of these services we have come to rely on experiences a problem? How does customer support for free services work? READ»

Finding Your Social Media Curators: 11 People Who Could Make Your Twitter Experience More Interesting

One of the most redeeming qualities of the social media landscape revolves around the unique ability microblogging (eg. Twitter, Facebook status updates, Blog comments) offers in the creation of "Thought Viruses." Everyone knows you ...READ»

SPMD Index

Index of THE SELF-PRESCRIBING MEDIA DOCTORSPMD #17: Pink (Leave Me) & Pink (Family) & Pink (Trouble)SPMD #16: Elvis (My Way) & Elvis (Dream) & Elvis (Rain)SPMD #15: MLK & Malcolm XSPMD #14: Alanis on Perfect & ...READ»

Winning the Relationship Game

Some ace relationship builders tell us why it's vital to turn business acquaintances into trusted partners and friends -- and how to do it.READ»

Too Many Social Network Updates? Two Tools for Filtering the Nobodies

There are plenty of tools out there for adding "friends" to your social network: Glue lets you connect with others who like the same media and entertainment sites as you, Twinkle lets you discover people tweeting near you, ...READ»

We Live in Public: Are We Surrendering Our Privacy--and Sanity--to the Internet?

Award-winning director Ondi Timoner's latest documentary is a captivating look at our growing dependence on the Internet.READ»

To Sell or Not to Sell: Silicon Valley Acquisitions Market Heats Up

That is the question in Silicon Valley as the acquisitions market heats up. And with it, another head scratcher: Are acquisitions good for anyone?READ»

Man vs. Machine

Serial Webmeister Jason Calacanis survived the dotcom bust and went on to sell Weblogs Inc. to AOL for $25 million. He says his new search engine--powered by people, of all things--will give Google a run for its money. We almost believe him.READ»