The Freeloader Web Economy

by Will on April 19, 2010

For too long now, Silicon Valley has been heavily focused on startups building abstract applications with no real business strategy. We might not be subject to another bubble, but the signs are definitely beginning to show, and a few people are waking up from a decade-long trance. My argument, however, is not overly critical of [...]

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A Superficial Boost For French Startups

by Will on April 15, 2010

Techcrunch Europe is reporting that a new fund for startups has just been launched, to the tune of €24m. This is good news for young entrepreneurs in France, but I question how much impact those startups can have on the world stage.

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The Future Of The Dirt

by Will on April 14, 2010

About 3 years ago, you couldn’t move without someone telling you that “the semantic web is coming” and how everything was going to change. Web 2.0 is dead, people said.
As it turns out, they were horribly wrong. Sure, the web has evolved and there are some exciting things happening, but it’s not gone the same [...]

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Online Products I Use

by Will on March 25, 2010

Everyone seems to be doing this at the moment, except under the title “Products I can’t live without” which seems quite extreme. Then again, since I rely on some of these things for generating income, it’s not too much of a stretch. So here’s a quick list of some of the online products/apps that I [...]

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Football, Soccer, The Beautiful Game

by Will on March 24, 2010

I’m an avid (read: obsessive) Arsenal supporter. They are, for better or worse, a pretty large part of my life. I’m pretty sure, however, that there is no logical reason for my supporting Arsenal.
There is no reason why I should care so much about the fact that referees in England will only give an Arsenal [...]

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Ideas and Execution

by Will on March 23, 2010

It’s been a while since I’ve blogged. I’ve been busy and I also just haven’t had the motivation.  It would undoubtedly be fairly easy for me to just throw any old words on a page, and that’s pretty much what I do, but it’s got to have a purpose, otherwise it’s just not worth my [...]

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Mashable Vs. Techcrunch

March 7, 2010

This is somewhat surprising. Everyone thinks of Techcrunch as the biggest tech blog on the net. It’s got millions of subscribers and is probably regarded as the most “trustworthy” news source when it comes to tech and the startup scene.
On the other hand, Mashable has slowly been catching up to Techcrunch, and it seems they’ve [...]

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5 Things You Do On Facebook That Make You Look Stupid

March 3, 2010

Facebook seems to be a hotbed of extremely gullible people. Even some of the smartest people I know still fall for the most obvious marketing ploys and spam applications. Perhaps this is because they don’t have an inbuilt BS indicator, but I still think you’ve got to be pretty dumb to do one of the [...]

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Something Stupid

February 23, 2010

The ideal sentence length according to a number of sources is around 15-20 word.
So why the hell do people think they can write sentences hitting the 150 word mark, and then actually publish them? I can’t believe that this seems to get forgotten, and it’s got nothing to do with youth either.
Adults are just as [...]

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A Few Thoughts On Twitter

February 23, 2010

I really like twitter, especially as a way to keep up with breaking news and people I’m interested in. On the other hand, parts of it really bug me. I’ve decided to write down some of the “strange” things that I’ve noticed about twitter, or at least, things that I find strange.
1. People make weird [...]

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