In my last post, I talked about how as a technology platform, Web 2.0 isn’t that much different than Web 1.0; really, going from 1.0 to 2.0 is more of a marketing indicator that significant new value is being created on top of this platform.
But there are some other aspects to what people mean by […]
When I saw Ethan put Nivi’s matrix into NumSum, I thought it was so cool that I had to take up Mike’s request to stick some of his thought-provoking wishlist into the matrix as well. Here’s my attempt:
I got rid of the “expert” scope column, not because it’s not relevant, but because there weren’t any […]
A bunch of recent technical books have gone through a “beta” process, either public or by invite. This is great for everyone, since it allows interested readers to comment and correct ahead of the first print publication, so the “first” print edition is really more like the second. There’s various ways in which people have […]
I recently read a couple of articles that suggested “automatic” 401K and IRA signups and a “sensible default portfolio” as a way to increase the low savings rate in the U.S., and it reminded me of an impressive feature of the Rails web application framework, which is essentially that of “smart defaults.” This is touted […]