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Re: Good luck with that funding: Q1 sees lowest VC investment in more than a decade

shareme — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 07:01:56 -0000

Part fo the drop is the financial crisis removed funding for those upholding the oil high prices thus Clean tech investments drop

Re: ShareMe -The Mobile Future : Weblog

shareme — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:07:15 -0000

Actually my info is straight form the Google Engineers Joey is somewhat ill-informed. Did you actually read the Google Engineers comments on this yet?The features mentioned are being merged form Cupcake to main not a full cupcake release

Re: The Berkshire Hathaway 2008 Annual Letter

shareme — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:06:27 -0000

Fred,

What struck me is that one glaring item has never been mentioned except once, and that was by a treasury Rep before congress, the fact that our non banking part of the financial economy has changed drastically over the past 40 years to become 1/2 half o f hat financial market which was 20 trillion(US) before the fall crisis.

With that growth came a lowering of checks and balances such as corpate governance through mutual funds and etc voting blocks and etc.

The danger certainly is in over reacting to fix such problems and thus not balancing corrections against market dynamics.

Have you seen signs from any direct and indirect Obama advisors, WB is an indirect advisor) that they are facing up to these issues?

it seems we have two groups of issues both short-term, righting the market, and long term fixing the 10 trillion non banking system

Re: Living In Public Doesn't Have To Be Destructive

shareme — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 07:12:02 -0000

Very reasonable set of rules.

Probably on photos its beter submit photos of others than self?? At least that is my variation on the above rules.

Just more reasons why OpenID and etc should be adopted faster by the industry at large.

Re: What is international? my Crunchies video mashup

shareme — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:13:34 -0000

Its the same problem that transplanted US non Califorians have..when you get to the SV do you say I am from outside SV or do you say form SV after a month being there?

Re: Twitority Made It.

JeffAndersen — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:55:41 -0000

It's using cURL which is the reason behind the load time, as the twitter API does not allow for grabbing of users' followers/following figures.

Re: Twitority Made It.

shareme — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:53:44 -0000

Loic are they using Gnip to get aroudnd the twitter API limitations?

Re: My Quill Pen

shareme — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:22:30 -0000

Fred, its the combination o flack of distractions but also boiling it down to the basic tools of writing inspiration.

In my neck of the woods we had two writers, Studs Terkel and Kurt Vonegut..now I think both passed away. and both kept some basic writing tools around not because they could write faster on them but because of the inspiration factor as those tools of forgotten writing technology held fond memories that they could recall for inspiration.

But recently, there was another writer that passed away. a sports writer by the name of Terry Armour. who wrote about the Chicago Bulls championship seasons and later was a radio broadcaster and passed away before his time. In later years he wrote entertainment stories for one of th e Chicagoo papers using his blackberry.

That blackberry of his held so many memories. Interviews with Tony Curtis, here is a recent audio interview with Tony Curtis on his radio show:

http://podcast.wckg.com/wckg1/685819.mp3

I would imagine your blackberry holds so many good memories tthat is unavoidable getting more inspiration from that blackberry.

Re: My Quill Pen

fredwilson — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:46:05 -0000

That's a good point although I've owned about ten different blackberries over the years. So its the blackberry experience more than an individual device I suspect

Re: Bits Of Destruction

fredwilson — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:01:09 -0000

Awesome comment and vision. You might like my 'quill pen' post I wrote this morning

Re: Bits Of Destruction

shareme — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:52:41 -0000

One issue that we face that has been overlooked thus far.

Mobile device users worldwide is 2 to 1 in billions when compared to desktop computer users. That is set to grow to 3 o 1 in billions within the next 18 months.

Thus, its more of mobile web application efficiency that will drive the future of information bit flow. And not the DOA w3c mobile widget proposals or Opera web widgets, or Nokia WRT, or Motorola web widgets.

Real mobile web applications that integrate vi javascript with device functions such as GPS and etc. Its no longer a desktop web any more where Enterprise Java had a fighting chance but a brand new wave of change.

Fred, you going to see a brand new industry take shape in a very short time period at a very rapid pace that might be even faster than the time to get a world wide web.

This new growth i snot only tied to mobile internet growth but also tied to both direct cloud computing such as Amazon's Web services but also social cloud computing services such as Gnip, FF, Twitter, Google, Brightkite, and etc.

Okay back to code, I want my read GPs coords vai javascript in Android working this weekend..

Re: ShareMe -The Mobile Future : Weblog

shareme — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:28:49 -0000

Thansk Ed..its on my to do list..should be in place tomorrow

Re: If You've Got Suggestions For Boxee ....

shareme — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:56:06 -0000

Fred,

I will turn n in some feedback as in my experience of having written UI libraries before I did notice some minor quirks that should be addressed.

Despite the mi nor quirks a real great service and lve the fact that the client can be installed on Linux..

Re: Should Michael Arrington Be Invited Back At LeWeb Next Year?

shareme — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:56:05 -0000

Loic I think there are some miss understnadings here..

Lok at my comments on MA's techcrunch I high light one of them that venture capital and PE are still very much non internet geolocation focused things and thus Europe and rest of the world faces obstacles that Silicon Valley does not in terms of geolocation of capital an its procurement and that effect on startup growth.

The startup I was involved with in the winter and spring of this year was focused on making pe and captial more accessible via internet to remove those obstacles and thus I am well versed in that subject. as far challenges involved.

Re: Apologies for organizational issues at LeWeb

shareme — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:53:55 -0000

Loic,

Sorry that you had trouble with organizing LeWeb. If it is any consolation its easy to organize LeWeb right now than obtaining seed capital for a start up right now..

From what I viewed thus far the main audience was happy with the content and thus you did well..

Re: Finally A Reason To Bail Out GM!

shareme — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 11:15:34 -0000

hmm I wonder if he reasoned how much of a percentage the ad budget is of the total GM expenditures before he opened his mouth? Is it even 10%

Re: Outsource To Your Readers

shareme — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:10:46 -0000

Not to diminish the point but India police are finding that the terrorists used that web information to avoid capture for hours. Thus how would we influence the need for responsible microblogging such a terrible event to prevent terrorists with blackberries from gaining information that could post pone their capture?

Re: Trading Analog Dollars For Digital Pennies

shareme — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 09:20:14 -0000

A question, as CPM decreases per the unit price level would that not drive those Mobile Ad Networks to higher revenue that come up with more innovative ways to serve ads than just the native app and mole web app combinations?

For example, could an interactive Android Mobile Web App that happens to be integrated with OS and user events become an advertising vehicle in its own right? No, not something as trivial as a sponsored app but something way more interactive and fun.

Will we see Mobile Ad Network sponsored and rewarded mobile app development on iPhone and Android? Isee some baby steps towards this but would be interesting if bigger steps are seen.

Re: A Lost Decade - But Not For Everyone

shareme — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:49:12 -0000

If emerging markets has value, is buy outs by big players in those markets how an investor may gain reward without exactly the company going public? I guess it only work if the deal was mostly cash or stock of buyer or both?

For example, Google or Apple or Nokia could buy out a mobile web app dev start up that is targeting those touch screen devices with webkit browsers such as iPhone, Android, SymbianOS9 5th edition well okay that is a personal example :)

Okay back to my Darwin OS install to get the ipHone emulator running..

I should have word today on that other pesky seed capital funding issue with a PE person

85% common code base across Android, iPh0one, and SymbianOS9 5th edition touchscreen devices :)

Consumer LBS the easy way with no Server or very server infrastructure development..

Still working on getting someone to get me a MacOSX Laptop for x-mas for the cause..

Re: 24 hours with a G1 Google Phone

shareme — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:21:05 -0000

Loic, I may have something of a surprise..a 'iPhone/Android
clone??

It has features that are currently lacking..

No, Mik Bry does not yet know as I have been secret about it....Videos coming via Youtube, Seesmic, and etc in a very short time..

Yes, have to hack up a seesmic client to demo the device of course..:)

Re: The Stupidest Answer In The World

shareme — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:42:35 -0000

I face the same problem right now..

There is chance and opportunity to me to make a customize Mobile LInux OSes play as that is still growing. But the companies entering to upset Apple iPhone and Google's Android usually have already spent most of seed capital on the hardware part..

The business model I have come up with is choose some quality OEMs with bleeding edge hardware and offer a mix of small cash upfront and huge stock equity. We know that one bet will pan out or maybe several as I use methods to get ahead of big OEM player launches of new devices.

The problem is always application and execution of limited resources.. for example my seed capital is somewhat dangerously small.

However, the business is there and I have my first client..

Mobile Operators and OEMs are really lookign for better choices than Apple iPhone and Google Android lock-ins to bring devices to consumers..

Fred, if you know anybody who might be interested in Web 2.0 cellphone investment adventures please give my contact info to them.

Yes, over long term I need a more complex business model mix..working on it.

Re: Tough times. Tough decisions.

shareme — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:39:03 -0000

Hang in there Loic al of us had to make that adjustment.. i am receiving 'start up funding' but very small and will have to stretch it quite severely..

Cross fingers hopefully we will both be at TechCrunch50-2009

Re: Tough times. Tough decisions.

shareme — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:27:21 -0000

I am sorry to hear that and I hope its not the Mobile Lead that I know(Mik Bry).

Re: What To Look For Next

shareme — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:02:56 -0000

What might be interesting is that it places a shift or more focus on license costs in certain key high tech areas.

Let me give you an example..LiMo foundation charges $400,000 per year for access to modify and distribute their Mobile Linux OS for cell phone devices.. Remember the biggest growth is not US cell but Asian Cell and that smaller players in the US markets are looking for low cost alternatives.

That means there is a small lucrative programming services play here in Mobile Linux OS customization say using OpenMoko. True, its no the biggest market but its growing..:)

Re: http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2008/10/free-vs-paid.html

fredwilson — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:37:11 -0000

It can work. There are lots of variations on this model