Category Archives: Personal

Deconstructing The Economist

By Adam | Published: August 17, 2010
Image via Wikipedia The Economist is my favorite newspaper.  It’s also one of the only profitable news publishers.  Why is it successful while the rest of the industry is gasping for air?  It’s not because they’re extremely innovative in how they charge for or deliver content.  They don’t have a splashy online presence although they [...]
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One Way to Join a Startup and “Try Before You Buy” Hiring Practices

By Adam | Published: April 10, 2010
Earlier this week Bijan Sabet at Spark Capital wrote a post, “An inspiring way to join a startup“.  The post describes how a couple of companies in Spark’s portfolio had individuals offering to work for free in exchange for the possibility of a full-time position.  I don’t know what the exact circumstances were for each [...]
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Owning Your Digital Self

By Adam | Published: December 17, 2009
Despite the power of new communication and publishing technologies, I’ve generally used these platforms to share things with relatively small groups of friends, family, and coworkers.  I wanted to have some sort of privacy.  The problem with that is digital media doesn’t lend itself to limitations on distribution.  Plus, nobody has much control over what [...]
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