This type of shit just boils my blood. From GigaOm: Just days after Hipmunk’s June funding announcement, a company called i2z Technology LLC told the travel start-up that it has to buy a license for a 1994 patent that covers a method for displaying data in multiple computer windows. Despite its high-tech sounding name, i2z… Continue reading Fuck You, Patent Trolls
Category: Innovation
See Google’s Self-Driving Car in Action [VIDEO]
This is the future, people. If Google make this into a consumer product, their stock price will go through the roof. There are lots of mental and technological barriers to break first, though. via Jeremiah Owyang
Volunteer for a Social Experiment
Why do people decide to share what they share? What makes something go viral? What kind of things can companies do to encourage more sharing from their users? These are the types of questions that my friend Matt Schlicht and I ask ourselves pretty much every day. Studying why people share helps us understand human… Continue reading Volunteer for a Social Experiment
Why Women Are Failing at Salary Negotiations
Women are still paid far less than men on average. Women make approximately 0.77 cents to every dollar a man makes, according to Time Magazine. There are a lot of contributing factors to this problem, but one that a lot of people don’t focus on is how most women are losing out during the salary… Continue reading Why Women Are Failing at Salary Negotiations
The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Groupon(‘s Stock Price)
The day before the Groupon IPO, a friend not in the tech industry asked me what I thought about the IPO. “Do you foresee the company’s stock going up a lot?” he asked me. I had a four word response: “Down. Bad stock. Toxic.” By the looks of it, my market prediction has come true.… Continue reading The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Groupon(‘s Stock Price)
2,446 Articles Later, A Goodbye to Mashable
Dear friends, family, colleagues and supporters, Friday, November 18, was my last day at Mashable. I want to thank the Mashable team for 3+ amazing years. They truly have been the best years of my life. I also want to thank everybody who has been part of my journey. Your help and kindness have been… Continue reading 2,446 Articles Later, A Goodbye to Mashable
An Interview With the World’s Most Famous Skeptic [VIDEO]
On Sunday, I made another appearance on NBC’s Press:Here. In this edition of the program, NBC’s Scott McGrew, BBC’s Maggie Shiels and I interviewed Michael Shermer, best known for founding The Skeptics Society, creating Skeptic Magazine, hosting Exploring the Unknown and contributing a monthly column to Scientific American. The conversation covered all the bases: the… Continue reading An Interview With the World’s Most Famous Skeptic [VIDEO]
A Revolution Is…
About a year ago, my friend Amber Rae asked me to contribute to an ebook she was writing. It was about the “ah ha moment” — the “moment when everything clicks and you know precisely what to do next.” Amber Rae collected a lot of those stories, and eventually she turned it into Revolution.is, a… Continue reading A Revolution Is…
Talking About Tech Bubbles & More at the Dublin Web Summit [VIDEO]
The good people over at Dublin-based Websites Made Easy recorded and edited a talk I gave at the Dublin Web Summit in March. My talk, “The Top Questions in Technology,” focused on fostering a discussion around the big issues that have kept the tech world buzzing, including whether we’re in a tech bubble and what… Continue reading Talking About Tech Bubbles & More at the Dublin Web Summit [VIDEO]
Life as an Entrepreneur Can Be Hell (Make Sure It’s for You)
VC and GRP Partner Mark Suster had a fantastic piece in TechCrunch on what it’s like to be an entrepreneur and how it isn’t for the feint of heart. While I suggest reading it in its entirety, there were two parts that resonated with me. First was his list of qualities/attribute entrepreneurs should have. Here’s… Continue reading Life as an Entrepreneur Can Be Hell (Make Sure It’s for You)