### Feb 9, 2010

If you needed yet another reason to switch from operating your own MTA for transactional email to using a service provider, SendGrid recently introduced a killer feature: reply processing. No more need to send emails from “no-reply@thatsoundsrude.com." Instead, let people  [Read more](https://continuations.com/post/380014146/email-killer-feature-reply-processing)

### Feb 8, 2010

One of the great promises of cloud computing is to make things that were previously difficult easy. Complexity is hidden and a service can be accessed through a simple API and purchased with a credit card. When that can be  [Read more](/content/writing/2010/02/twilio/index.html)

### Feb 8, 2010

I was away last week and so am late to the party when it comes to commenting on the fight between Amazon and book publishers. Here are a couple of observations. First, I was surprised it took so long for  [Read more](https://continuations.com/post/378147500/the-ebook-wars)

### Jan 29, 2010

Each has more than 100 Million credit cards on file to enable 1-click purchases of content, apps, and virtual goods. When I compare doing anything involving payment on other platforms the experience is cumbersome to the point of being useless.  [Read more](https://continuations.com/post/359723701/what-do-aapl-and-amzn-have-that-goog-twitter-and)

### Jan 28, 2010

Yesterday’s “reveal” of the iPad was predictably anti-climactic. With the hype that had built up, anything short of a mind-reading, teleporting device had to be a bit of a letdown. But we are now likely to enter the phase of  [Read more](https://continuations.com/post/357867626/ipad-first-overhyped-now-underestimated)

### Jan 26, 2010

Heading to the Munich airport after 2 days at DLD - a thoroughly enjoyable and productive conference. Here is my report from last year: [DLD Report](http://continuations.com/post/73536016/dld) - I was happy to see that the biggest nuisance from last year had been  [Read more](https://continuations.com/post/354184103/dld10)

### Jan 25, 2010

With family (parents) in Germany, two investments in London, and conferences (eg DLD) and vacations, I wind up flying to Europe at least half a dozen times a year. Here is the system I have come up with for minimizing  [Read more](https://continuations.com/page/137)

### Jan 21, 2010

Yesterday brought two announcements and one rumor that all relate to the pricing of digital content: the New York Times announced that it plans to add a paywall in 2011, Amazon announced that it will offer authors a 70% royalty  [Read more](https://continuations.com/post/345895354/an-ongoing-lack-of-imagination-in-pricing-of)

### Jan 20, 2010

Now that the cost of servers and bandwidth has plummeted, office space tends to be the biggest expense following payroll for a lot of web startups. Here are some quick tips on what to do. You might also want to  [Read more](https://continuations.com/post/344188729/some-real-estate-tips-for-startups)