Author Archives: Will

The Freeloader Web Economy

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 …

April 19, 2010 – 7:27 pm | By Will | Posted in Tech, Thoughts | Comments (5)

A Superficial Boost For French Startups

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.

April 15, 2010 – 6:16 pm | By Will | Posted in Paris, Tech | Comments (0)

The Future Of The Dirt

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 …

April 14, 2010 – 7:36 pm | By Will | Posted in Tech, Thoughts | Comments (0)

Ideas and Execution

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 …

March 23, 2010 – 9:15 pm | By Will | Posted in Thoughts | Comments (2)

Mashable Vs. Techcrunch

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 …

March 7, 2010 – 10:04 pm | By Will | Posted in Standard | Comments (0)

5 Things You Do On Facebook That Make You Look Stupid

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 …

March 3, 2010 – 8:09 pm | By Will | Posted in Standard, Tech, Thoughts | Comments (1)

A Few Thoughts On Twitter

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 …

February 23, 2010 – 1:14 pm | By Will | Posted in Standard | Comments (2)

Freedom and Creativity

I’ve been building and writing blogs for more than 3 years now. I don’t think I ever really enjoyed writing one of them either, some were successful (and quickly sold) and some were flops. I’ve always been an anonymous blogger, apart from my old personal blog, which I killed because of lack of time/energy. In …

February 17, 2010 – 2:16 pm | By Will | Posted in Standard, Tech, Thoughts, Work | Comments (1)

Mcdonalds vs. Fat People

Today, Jason Calacanis asked the following question: His question was supposed to be answered on the excellent (and beautiful) Mahalo, but frankly I’d much rather just post my thoughts on here. I’m always going to err on the side of the corporate giant in these sort of debates. Not always, and not entirely, but I’m …

February 15, 2010 – 9:50 pm | By Will | Posted in Standard, Thoughts | Comments (1)