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Re: 10 Vertical Twitters With Potential To Win TC50

Alex Williams — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:08:28 -0000

bullshitter - who are you bullshitting now?

Re: 2008/04/23/mevio/

Alex Williams — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:06:53 -0000

I think back to the day in 2005 when Adam Curry and Dave Winer met in Miami with Ron Bloom and others. Their meeting blew up. They never went into business. It was messy. Curry and Ron Bloom went on to start Podshow. The company had a shadow over it from the start. I expect "mevio" will post a profit by year's end but Bloom's comments don't exactly demonstrate a lot of confidence about exponential growth.

Re: I don’t just “use” the Internet, so why am I a user?

Alex Williams — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:36:42 -0000

User is as bas as content, which is about as awful as facility, only worse would be "utilize the content generator facility."

Poor word choice leads to poor writing. The discussion should not be about what words we use but how we use them.

Re: Facebook wall update coming tonight

Alex Williams — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 02:50:29 -0000

Robert -- What strikes me is how young these guys are. The dude who leads the video team is 21? It is one of the most elegant and simple to use video apps you will find. It's almost as if this group of young people represents a first wave of technoligical intuitiveness that will keep washing over us as more teenage developers bring their skills to the web space.

I am curious - did you talk about RSS and how they view it? Why is RSS non-existent, except in the applications?

Re: Silicon Valley moments…

Alex Williams — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:03:21 -0000

Great post in the context of Milan's life in terms of our past and future tech advancements. Judy and I are thinking of you and wish you all the best. And how wonderful to have Patrick there with Dave W. It's clear you are all a very tight bunch. How awesome that will be for Milan and everyone else as he grows up and the advances in our lives keep screaming along.

Re: Google about to drop the other Enterprise shoe on Microsoft?

Alex Williams — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:27:24 -0000

This is a most welcome development. I use Google Docs more than most any work app. I just joined a company that is concerned about the security risks with Google Docs. It just does not meet enterprise standards.

I don't think this is a question of if Google is doing this but when. The enterprise market is opening again. Smart move by Google. Microsoft can not forever dominate the enterprise market as Google will not forever dominate search. To diversify at this point makes a lot of sense.

Re: VC admits he hates boring PowerPoints

Alex Williams — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:19:27 -0000

Power point marathons - those last five minutes are hell. Just posted... http://iterasi.blogspot.com

Re: PR-less launch kicks off a stack overflow of praise

Alex Williams — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:56:07 -0000

You have to get users interested. That takes time. Being there to show you something great would be my first choice, always. Having users show it to you, even better. :-)

In the short term...I feel a tension about contacting you about what we do. I'd prefer it if you contacted us, that's for sure! But I would not contact you if what I was helping create lacked merit. So, I think there is a difference to consider. In that difference are the people who feel passionate about their product and at the same time are trying to build a user community. I feel like we fit in that camp. We have the goods. We have users who love our product. At this point, we have to reach out so more people know about what we do. Not to reach out just seems irresponsible.

So, just so you know, the tension is there for me, too. In contacting you and other bloggers, I am just hoping that you give us an honest look. We will smile with your satisfaction or listen intently to your criticism. That' show companies like iterasi grow and develop user communities that will be glad to tell the world how much they love what we do.

I have more to say in a short video I posted on my blog.

Re: How do you lead when you’re afraid?

Alex Williams — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:08:59 -0000

Break the rules. The ones who are getting past this crap are breaking the rules and making it happen. I'm talking about adding a little noise to the simplicity. You can do anything if you stand up and look at things from a different angle.

Re: BoomTown Decodes TechCrunch's Dream Team Memo (So You Don't Have To)

Alex Williams — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:31:18 -0000

A post to frame. Megalomania is wonderful to observe, isn't it?