One look at Akamai $AKAM is all I need to know the web is not dead. This morning the stock is at 8 year highs. Akamai will sell you stuff if you are closed, open, web, mobile, woman, man. The people have spoken, and they want their bandwith, no matter what the economic signals are. [...]
Is the Web Dead? As Billy Crystal says in one of my Top FIVE Favorite Comedy’s…’It’s only Mostly Dead’ (which means it’s slightly alive…and you should look for loose change): Here is what the talented, banjo playing Chris Dixon has to say: Source
Earlier this month, Chris Anderson and Michael Wolff put out an article on Wired, The Web is Dead. Long Live the Internet. In this piece, an obituary of sorts for the world wide web as we know (or knew) it, they argued that simpler apps are quickly replacing the web browsers that [...] Source
There is a useless debate on Le Web over Le Years whether the internet makes you smarter or dumber . Let me chine in on that: COULD. CARE. LESS I know what Le Web does for me. I hold my pee in longer. It could be my age and gynormous prostate but [...] Source
I love stocks and I LOVE investing in startups. About 8 months ago I started calling Facebook $fbook and Twitter $twit when I tweeted. I felt the IPO market was struggling and it would be cool if Private Companies had a lightweight exchange or center of conversation to point people too to learn about them [...]
It seems so. Intuit $INTU is not a sexy company. They don’t care. They are rocking. I started blogging about the setup a few months ago and am long the stock. In 2005, I walked into an Apple store for the first time and I just knew a homerun was coming. I started blogging about [...]
I was completely surprised this morning to wake up and see StockTwits on Time Magazine’s Top 50 Websites of 2010. Each year, this is a great list, and to be in such great company is absolutely humbling. I would like to thank every member of the community for helping to make this possible. Each day [...]
If you are new to this blog, you may not know that I started downsizing in 2005. I was blogging about it. I was not downsizing my risk, just shifting dollars spent ‘conspiculously’ to dollars invested. The final chapters are long from written, but I am happy with these choices. If the ‘Web is not [...]
One of the hardest things about managing money is finding good ideas. The Real Time Financial Idea Network we’ve built at StockTwits helps solve this problem and the new Chart.ly makes it even easier. Two of my favorite features of the NEW Chart.ly are screencasts and pattern tagging. Built using the ridiculously easy to use [...]
One of the great things about StockTwits is that it makes it so easy for those involved in markets to communicate and share ideas in real time. It levels the playing field so people can converse or just listen in on those who share their best thoughts. More and more we are finding that companies [...]
I am updating my ‘will’ /family trust and it is amazing how time flies. It feels like yesterday when I had to set this stuff up, yet Max is nowhere to be seen in the documents. Much like options strategies and computers, the tax, insurance and legal jargon make me sleepy and feel [...] Source
Truthiness is a great word. Don King wishes it was his. I am CEO of Stocktwits which is about sharing real-time information, yet I invest in early stage ideas that if I am lucky…will take years to achieve a liquidity event. News does not matter to me, yet I love passing it [...] Source
Swipes, Likes and Retweets are in vogue. Just look at market valuations. I think all three are ‘gestures’ but Apple is best at monetizing for now. The iPad has been around long enough to get some serious feedback from around the globe. It’s a hit. Duh. I was a little off on it’s initial use [...]
Our California Governor has declared a state of FISCAL emergency which as @gregormacdonald points out does not mean a bottom is at hand. Gregor has been covering the California mess for the last few years for Stocktwits on his blog and weekly Macro papers. His Sunday night live show is amazing. Here is a [...]
At StockTwits, we continue to work to build tools to help you both filter out information that you do not wish to see and discover new users that you would enjoy following. The newest tools to help accomplish this are the Like and Flag Features. The Like Feature The Like feature provides a way for [...]
At StockTwits, we continue to work to build tools to help you both filter out information that you do not wish to see and discover new users that you would enjoy following. The newest tools to help accomplish this are the Like and Flag Features. The Like Feature The Like feature provides a way for [...]
At StockTwits, we continue to work to build tools to help you both filter out information that you do not wish to see and discover new users that you would enjoy following. The newest tools to help accomplish this are the Like and Flag Features. The Like Feature The Like feature provides a way for [...]
I have avoided talking stocks for a while because there has not been much to talk about. Things can change fast and it feels like they have. It is hard to be bearish when freaking Qwest Communications is getting a takeover bid. I have been adding to my longs the last week as my few [...]
A little preview of what’s to come for iPhone Users. If you love @StockTwits, you’re going to really love this. Hopefully there is no secret porn in this app so Steve Jobs and crew don’t just kill it in the approval process. If not…a few weeks away to market news, links, charts, tv – [...] [...]
I am super bullish on the web video and financial web spaces. My money is where my mouth is, especially with Tubemogul . I was an early investor and am on the board at TubeMogul, a company which I used early on at Wallstrip and have enjoyed watching become a powerhouse in online video [...] [...]
