Month: October 2013
An Alternative for Writing for Free: My Response to Tim Kreider’s Slaves of the Internet Unite!
I can relate to Tim Kreider’s New York Times column on writing for free (Slaves of the Internet, Unite!) I’ve been paid for my writing on occasion but more often, I write for free by necessity. In full disclosure, as...
Choosing .io Domain Names for Your Startup
This is part of an ongoing blog series on launching my startup EasyList.io. Browse all posts in this series. When you’re preparing to launch a new startup, the domain name is critical. However, there are fewer and fewer dot com...
Simple Email Groups at EasyList.io
If you’re looking for a simple way to create email groups or private email lists, try my EasyList.io service. It’s currently in beta testing. It’s a simpler alternative to Google Groups. You can create a list in seconds. It’s designed...
Apple’s Turned the PC Market on its Head
The iPad’s devastation of PC market share (“Tablets To Grow 53.4% This Year, Says Gartner, As The Traditional PC declines 11.2%“) combined with Apple’s free release of Mavericks OS X struck me at how much the company’s flipped the dynamics of...
Impassioned BBC Interview on Society with Russell Brand
Please watch the Russell Brand interview on the BBC about culture and politics. via Gawker: “I don’t get my authority from this preexisting paradigm which is quite narrow and only serves a few people,” Russell responded. “I look elsewhere for alternatives...
Experimenting with Patreon for Crowdfunding
Patreon is a new crowd funding site which I learned about from Jack Conte’s wonderful XOXO talk (below). Conte was an overnight YouTube sensation searching for a way to earn a living from delighting hundreds of thousands of followers. Patreon...
Ten Ways to Make NSA Spying Popular with Americans
With a more entrepreneurial focus, the NSA could easily counteract the current unpopularity of its surveillance programs and eliminate concerns over the cost of its multi-billion dollar programs. Here are ten services the NSA could offer to make its spying...