I am an avid user of my personalized Google homepage. I also really like Netvibes quite a bit — for some reason Pageflakes doesn’t really do it for me. Every time I fire up my personal homepage product of choice I wonder two things. 1. Haven’t we seen this movie before? I remember my first […]
Author: charles
Google + YouTube
Hey, I want to join in the chorus of Googlers who have welcomed the YouTube team to the Googleplex. I guess now the blogosphere and venture community can stop lamenting the fact that nobody in Web 2.0 land is getting paid, that you can’t make any money on M&A exits, etc. Oh wait, I am […]
Going to Japan for a Month
I am planning to go to Tokyo, Japan for about a month beginning in mid-October. If you have any friends or business associates who you think I ought to meet while I am in Japan, feel free to email me with their names and contact informatoin. I am particularly interested in meeting any entrepreneurs, technologists, […]
The Lesson in the YouTube vs. MySpace Video Battle
I keep reading all of these articles talking about how MySpace is (or might be) serving more videos than YouTube according to comScore data. I don’t actually find this hard to believe. Nowadays, most of the core functions on the web are becoming commodities — IM, video uploading and playback, email, social networking, etc. The […]
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Jumpcut Acquisition
Congrats to my former Stanford GSB roommate, Mike Folgner, and the Jumpcut team on their recent acquisition by Yahoo! More information is available on the Jumpcut blog.
Google Checkout Promotion – Timberland
I have been working with the Google Checkout team for awhile and I have a deal that I’d like to offer to all of my friends and blog readers: From now until September 17, enjoy 40% off Timberland gear AND free shipping when you use this promotional code when you checkout with Google Checkout: FFSEPTGGL […]
Upcoming VLAB Event on Mobile TV
The MIT/Stanford VLAB has an upcoming event that ought to be of interest to those of you with an interest in the convergence of television and mobility: Television Breaks Out of the Box: The Mad Rush to go Mobile Tuesday, September 19, 2006 6:00 – 7:00 PM Networking/Hors d’oeuvres reception 7:00 – 8:30 PM Presentation […]
Should YouTube Go Public? I Sure Hope They Try
I am not sure that YouTube can go public. Aside from comments about “very significant” revenues, the company has been pretty mum on the financial details of its business. 1. If YouTube can’t go public, what web 2.0 companies can? Perhaps the strongest interest I have in a potential YouTube IPO is that if YouTube […]
MySpace IM Client
I have been playing around with the MySpace IM client for about a week now. It’s really clean and simple to use, which I really like. It also has a nice update feature that notifies me in those rare instances when I get a MySpace message or alert. I am really curious to see if […]
My Experience with Facebook Flyers (Hint: They Work)
One of my favorite things to do is to actually experiment with non-Google advertising channels. Given that we are in the search and ads business, I like to spend some of my own time and money making sure I really understand how other company’s advertising products work, how they are priced, and have at least […]
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