Mozilla announced that their messaging software Thunderbird will essentially be put on autopilot, shifting resources to other projects. Lots of sites weighing in (and people too) with commentary and even internal memos about the news. This is bittersweet news for me as a user of Thunderbird for years when I was a Windows user. It was [...]
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Wither the desktop client (Mozilla Thunderbird put on autopilot)
Posted by Eric Friedman on July 7, 2012
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2012/07/07/wither-the-desktop-client-mozilla-thunderbird-put-on-autopilot/
hello Homeland and the #screwcable problem
I have been thinking about cable tv and the future of video for what seems like forever. Much has been written here about tv in general, boxee, and the future of television (remember Joost?). Tonight I finished watching Homeland from Showtime – and tweeted about it (really great show by the way!) To my surprise it set [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on January 9, 2012
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2012/01/09/hello-homeland-and-the-screwcable-problem/
A Common Metric of Success
Getting everyone on the same page is important for any company. It becomes especially important in the beginning of a startup when you have small teams working on small projects in different departments. This helps everyone know exactly what metric of success you are going after. It also helps align groups to determine whether or [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on November 11, 2011
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2011/11/11/a-common-metric-of-success/
Always Be Helping the @NYTM
Please vote for me at http://bit.ly/EricNYTM I have been a member and participant of the New York Tech Meetup for many years, and it was one of the ways in which I got exposed to great startups in NYC. I have met some great people, seen some incredible demos, and made some good friends over the [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on November 9, 2011
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2011/11/09/always-be-helping-the-nytm/
Buy a machine or buy the parts (creating vs. acquiring)
Last week I read a great post by Bryce Roberts of OATV called A Perfect Storm for Acqihires. In it, he details the current state of the union for big companies and small ones looking to build out portions of their expertise through acquiring entire companies, and adding/folding them into the larger entity and concludes: [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on November 8, 2011
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2011/11/08/buy-a-machine-or-buy-the-parts-creating-vs-acquiring/
12 years of ebay
I was recently thinking about the sheer number of services I have signed up for, certainly increasing in the past 5 years, and thinking back on some of the old services I don’t use anymore. I would ventures to say that my time on the VC side of things yielded probably 10 signups a week [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on September 21, 2011
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2011/09/21/12-years-of-ebay/
Foursquare Global Hackathon September 2011
Foursquare held a global hackathon this weekend that spanned the world with events happening in Tokyo, Paris, NY, SF and many other cities. With a combination of technologies and resources, people came together and built some amazing tools, utilities, and interesting hacks – it was quite an event. You can find a full list of [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on September 19, 2011
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2011/09/19/foursquare-global-hackathon-september-2011/
Continued Disruption: Amazon’s Kindle Tablet
Ever since I ready Bill Gurley’s post Google Redefines Disruption: The “Less Than Free” Business Model I have been thinking about the power Google wields as it relates to Android and its features. His point is that by providing and owning their own data they can give turn by turn directions in a free app, and [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on September 16, 2011
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2011/09/16/continued-disruption-amazons-kindle-tablet/
Bankless
I don’t have a bank anymore. Well thats not exactly true, but I don’t have a physical bank I can go into anymore. I now bank with Ally (Formerly GMAC) and have been happily with them for the past year. They don’t have any locations or branches that I can physically walk into. I do [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on August 15, 2011
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2011/08/15/bankless/
Google+ photos and automatic uploading
I have been playing with Google+ since its debut last week. Its amazing how much folks are discussing a new social network, myself included. There have been many reviews on the web, including my own, but none have mentioned what I think is a very bold photos related feature. Google+ apps users are automatically having [...]
Posted by Eric Friedman on July 5, 2011
http://www.ericgfriedman.com/2011/07/05/google-photos-and-automatic-uploading/
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