Month / March 2007
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Powercast’s technology cuts the electric cord
Powercast and its first major partner, electronics giant Philips, are set to launch their first device powered by electricity broadcast through the air. Powercast’s technology cuts the electric cord
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Keep the Internet neutral, fair and free
Most Americans believe that if you play fair and work hard, you’ll get ahead. But this notion is threatened by legislation passed Thursday night by the U.S. House of Representatives that would…
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Justin.tv
Eleven days ago, 23-year-old Justin Kan was just another no-name startup guy with big dreams of the small screen. Then he and his friends launched Justin.tv, an Internet reality show chronicling their…
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Why to Not Not Start a Startup
We’ve now been doing Y Combinator long enough to have some data about success rates. Our first batch, in the summer of 2005, had eight startups in it. Of those eight, it…
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U.S. “No Longer Technology King”
The US is now ranked seventh in the body’s league table measuring the impact of technology on the development of nations. A deterioration of the political and regulatory environment in the US…
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Top 40 sites according to FeedBurner stats
Thanks to FranticIndustries for including both EmilyChang.com and eHub on his list. FeedBurner is a popular RSS feed manager, with over 600.000 feeds in their roster. One of the advantages it offers…
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Emily Chang at SXSW
Emily Chang is speaking on the Using RSS for Marketing panel at SXSW Interactive on March 11, along with Tom Markiewicz of EvolvePoint, Bill Flitter of Pheedo, John Jantsch of Duct Tape…
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Twitter
The early days of Twitter.
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Business 2.0
Meeting with Josh Quittner and Owen Thomas to discuss a new project.
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One California Street
Meeting with a new client.
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Flickr Turns 3
It’s hard to believe Flickr has only been around for a few years. It seems like I’ve been using it much, much longer than three years. That’s testament to its lure, success,…
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Thoughtful Reduction and the Miniaturization of Expression
As I was designing for a client web application today, I kept living through John Maeda’s first law of simplicity: thoughtful reduction. The goal was to design a new comments system for…
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My OS Doesn’t Work Like My Mind
I’m still thinking about simplicity/minimalism vs. experiential and emotional experiences. If memory is strongly attributed to adrenaline, then shouldn’t we design for optimal emotional attachment? Or, do we design so it’s “so…
