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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]