Untitled 13 Mar 2013 | 04:50 am

I mostly write on Medium now.

Indeed, the Internet has finally come of age 10 Jan 2013 | 03:38 am

Start with Kindling 19 Oct 2011 | 04:07 am

Starting a company is like starting a fire—harder than it sounds, and you have to do things in the right order. To start a good fire, you need kindling. Something that will catch easily. You can fai...

Five Reasons Domains Are Getting Less Important 24 Jun 2011 | 06:27 am

While discussing possible names for a product recently, someone asked me if we were at the point where getting the perfect domain name was less important than it used to be. While I'm still a sucker f...

The Future of Identity Belongs to Apple and Google 1 Jun 2011 | 06:02 pm

Why is it, when you install an app from the AppStore that requires an account, and you don't already have an account on the service, you have to fill out a form and create one? It seems like a dumb q...

How About 30-use Free Trials Instead of 30-days? 1 Jun 2011 | 05:40 pm

I'm trying out Flow, the task-management app, and I must say I'm pretty impressed. The problem is, Flow comes with a 14-day trial, and I'm on day 14. Even though today is only the second time I've log...

Five Easy Pieces of Online Identity 9 Apr 2011 | 11:37 am

Every Internet service that has a concept of users has to deal with identity. And for anything social (which seems like everything these days) identity is a huge part. For the Internet as a whole, the...

An Obvious Next Step 30 Mar 2011 | 11:29 am

I'm a very lucky guy. Over the past twelve years, I've had the good fortune to work on two huge projects that happened to be the right idea at the right time. These ideas attracted brilliant, idealist...

YES 20 Aug 2010 | 05:12 pm

They're not talking to you 29 Dec 2009 | 02:23 pm

In Here Comes Everybody, Clay Shirky explains one of the biggest reasons people continue to misunderstand online sharing: "Most user-generated content is created as communication in small groups, but...