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Shared Items: 4 September 2009

by Ben Taylor on September 4, 2009 · Comments in Web and Tech Links Tagged as: • • • • • • • •

Dad’s Rants Become a Twitter Hit. [Wall Street Journal] Let’s start with some fun. This one is absolutely hilarious! Daily quotes from Dad Says on Twitter. “Don’t touch the bacon, it’s not done yet. You let me handle the bacon, and i’ll let you handle…what ever it is you do. I guess nothing.” – (NSFW) [...]

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Web and Technology Links: 17 August 2009

by Ben Taylor on August 17, 2009 · Comments in Web and Tech Links Tagged as: • • • •

Dear DoD, the Web Itself is Social. [O'Reilly Radar]
Tr.im to Go Open Source, Community Owned. [Read Write Web]
Google Earth: From Security Threat to International Asset. [Big Think]
Fee Culture vs. Free Culture. [Doc Searls Weblog]
Huffington Post and Facebook Go “Social News,” With Connect on Steroids. [Boomtown]
The problem with taking seed money from big VCs. [Chris Dixon]

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Y Combinator’s Request for Startups: “The Future of Journalism”

by Ben Taylor on August 17, 2009 · Comments in Venture Capital Tagged as: • • • • •

Interesting news from from Paul Graham, partner at Y Combinator introducing the RFS (Request for Startups) series for their upcoming winter 2010 cycle. The first RFS, The future of journalism. More from the following:

The Request for Startups. [Y Combinator]
YCRFS 1: The Future of Journalism Great discussion on Hacker News.
Y Combinator Starts Seeding Ideas To [...]

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Web and Tech Links: 22 July 2009

by Ben Taylor on July 22, 2009 · Comments in Web and Tech Links Tagged as: • • • • • • •

Wired: Why is Obama’s top antitrust cop gunning for Google?
New York Times: Not many positive stories on venture investment this year. Venture investment shrinks to pre-bubble levels.
You Tube Bizblog: YouTube myth busting.  Five myths, busted?
Nieman Lab: Niche outlets replace newspapers in Washington *counting reporters.
ZDNet: In response to the Altimeter Group report.  Does social media really [...]

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Fred Wilson – What is Next for the 2010 Web

by Ben Taylor on June 16, 2009 · Comments in Presentations, Videos Tagged as: • • •

Fred Wilson is a venture capitalist and managing partner at two venture capital firms, Flatiron Partners and Union Square Ventures.  At the center of the evolving real-time web, Wilson is highly regarded in the technology community. The popularity of Wilson’s blog AVC is no secret. He is an active blogger with a considerable online following. [...]

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Larry Cheng’s Global VC Blog Directory

by Ben Taylor on June 2, 2009 · Comments in Editorial, Venture Capital Tagged as: •

I follow news about emerging technologies, startups, and more established companies that build products and services that shape the way in which we engage, participate, and share information. I follow companies on Crunch Base, read interviews on Venture Blog, Venture Beat, and SL to name a few. I peruse Mashable’s exhaustive list of beta invites [...]

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