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David Beisel’s Perspective on Digital Change

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David Beisel’s Perspective on Digital Change

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Thanks largely to the exposure of Fred Wilson’s kind words, my recent post on the Seven Founding Sins – common mistakes which often divert entrepreneurs off the path towards success – received a number of comments and feedback throughout the […]

David Beisel
September 27, 2005 · 3  min.
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From far and wide to just around the corner, it looks like many people are converging on San Francisco next week for the Web 2.0 Conference. I am excited to make the trek out to attend as well. It should […]

David Beisel
September 26, 2005 · < 1  min.
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One of my first posts ever on this blog championed EVDB, a search engine for local events and venues. In it, I wrote, “I am looking forward to the day when I can set up an RSS feed of my […]

David Beisel
September 22, 2005 · < 1  min.
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It seems to me that usage of the word “viral” has gotten a little out of hand recently. A term that was coined during the 90s boom which then fell out of fashion with everything else, it appears to have […]

David Beisel
September 21, 2005 · 2  min.
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Ever since I learned about YubNub from Nivi’s post two months ago, my head has been spinning about the potential power of this tool. If you’re not familiar, YubNub is a “command line for the web.” Further described, “YubNub is […]

David Beisel
September 20, 2005 · < 1  min.
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A few weeks ago, I finally had a chance to read Kusek and Loenhard’s book The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Music Revolution. Given my interest in technology, digital media, and music, a number of people had recommended […]

David Beisel
September 19, 2005 · 3  min.
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Bill Gates recently commented in an interview with Jon Udell yesterday, “And there’s a lot more issues to be solved than RSS… Ultimately the whole problem of notification, of what is it should I be paying attention to next? Is […]

David Beisel
September 16, 2005 · 2  min.
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There are a myriad ways that people can contact and send me messages these days. My work e-mail address, my blog e-mail address, one of my many personal e-mail addresses, my mobile phone, SMS on my mobile, my work phone, […]

David Beisel
September 14, 2005 · 2  min.
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In my recent post Seven Founding Sins, I outlined a number of potential mistakes that founders commit that can limit the success of their endeavor. However, I thought that I would balance that post with a positive one. Despite the […]

David Beisel
September 13, 2005 · 2  min.
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With today’s buzz surround the rumor of eBay’s potential acquisition of Skype, I was struck by what the larger implications of this move would be. One of my readers, Zbigniew Lukasiak, recently brought to my attention an article which I […]

David Beisel
September 8, 2005 · < 1  min.