Business Logs

I’m a bit baffled by the news that came out over the weekend, where Topix.net raised $15 million to make their total amount of money raised to about $20 million (~$5 million in a previous round). The reason I’m baffled is because they now have about $20 million but I can’t see any original [...]

Aaron Swartz was one of the 4 people on the Reddit team, and although he wasn’t one of the original founders you should definitely know who he is. One of the funny things about “Web 2.0″ is that everyone is so green that nobody remembers who the innovators were in the period between the [...]

Mike just wrote on CrunchNotes a quick summary of the past week or two in his professional life, namely how some people are feeling entitled to a review just because their competitor was reviewed. What? Do people think TechCrunch is CNN or something?
Last week Mike wrote about Maya’s Mom, and in the comments someone from [...]

Wiki startup JotSpot was acquired Tuesday by Google (Techmeme discussion) and I think it’s a very smart move for all parties. JotSpot is one of the few companies that earnestly put design and the user’s experience above other things, and I’m sure this did not go unnoticed by Google.
Amidst the congratulatory reach-arounds was an [...]

Odeo’s Buyback RodeoYesterday the news came down that Odeo (the fun little podcast startup) is shifting gears bigtime and transitioning to greener pastures and bigger/better things. In what’s got to be the most interesting “Web 2.0″ industry story of the past few weeks, Ev Williams used (I estimate) a few million dollars of his [...]

Even though Paul Graham and I had some “fun” in my Kiko synopsis, I obviously still respect his opinions. His latest entry, The 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups is definitely worth a read, and in this entry I wanted to go over some of it.
Bad Location — Startups prosper in some places and not [...]

Google Code Search was just pushed live (check it out) and already the entrepreneurial minds at Digg have found a cool and unintended use for it: find serial number algorithms!
The poster (I think it was Ryan) says that by just using simple queries using “keygen”, “serial”, or “name” produce some fun results like keygen [...]

I’ve been using Bloglines for at least 18 months now, which probably makes me one of their earliest “customers”. I thought their service was so amazing after a few days that I emailed support and said, “hey can I donate a few bucks, you guys rock!” and they thanked me, but declined. I’ve [...]

I think one of the reasons I continue to write on this blog about the funny circumstances I witness in the “Web 2.0″ industry is because I feel like I’m the only person seeing certain things happen — like watching a train wreck in slow motion. Change the comparison to relate to reputation, innovation, [...]

Arrington notes that Skeptic, the brilliant Devil’s Advocate 2.0, has been identified (but without naming his/her name yet.) I’ll admit it, Dead 2.0 is my favorite “Web 2.0″ blog right now and it’s because it mixes anecdotal humor, truthiness, and the right splash of exaggeration. I personally don’t care who writes it, I’ll [...]