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Posts by Andy Weissman

Feb 23, 2008

There is one way that a Microsoft - Yahoo merger makes very important sense, and that area has as its base email. Yahoo mail, according to Wikipedia, has 260 million users. Microsoft Hotmail looks to have 280 million users. Putting aside… Read more

Feb 7, 2008

MySpace is a service that has tremendous benefit and utility to its users, and in terms of an efficient, scalable business, is wildly underrated in the tech industry. Facebook et al seem to get more attention and have more sex… Read more

Jan 30, 2008

Marco built (well, released) something called Instapaper the other day which allows one to save web articles to read later. Its goal is simple (save to read later), its functionality is simple (click the read later button/bookmark) and its design is… Read more

Jan 7, 2008

Ian Rogers of Yahoo and elsewhere writes that the scale of the web creates media opportunity through the creation of: "... a loosely-coupled value chain including users as value creators. The value chain is not owned by a… Read more

Dec 21, 2007

Seth Godin writes today about Charles and EJ's latest designs at I'm in like with you: "Given the choice, that teenager you're trying to market to is ignoring you and she's on this site instead. Take it or leave it." Design, functionality,… Read more

Dec 6, 2007

Jeff Nolan writes something very insightful about the potential changed nature of venture investing (which is near and dear to my betaworks heart): "[I]n many ways I recoil at the notion that true invention and innovation matters less today, but it… Read more

Dec 5, 2007

In the context of design and aesthetics, Andrew Chen reminds me that: My Space is a lot larger than Facebook in terms of users, pages per visitor, and ads per page viewed; and My Space has more visits, visitors, page views, and average… Read more

Nov 28, 2007

Peter wrote about betaworks today. Read more

Nov 20, 2007

I've written about my love affair with Amie St., so it's obvious that I am intrigued by different ways to deliver audio content. My friend David, who has been at the epicenter of the online ad business for the past 10… Read more