SoCal CTO

JANUARY 28, 2010

Just the kind of person I like to meet. :) But I was a bit surprised when he emphasized how hard it had been for them to find a web developer in Los Angeles. My flippant comment was, “If you do a Google search for Los Angeles web developer, you’ll find a LOT of people and firms.” And he’s right there’s a big difference.

Web Development 167

Web Development Los Angeles Web Develop 167

socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

The decision was made over a year ago now, to break those two pieces into two separate companies. We''re also partnering with companies like Donuts to provide a platform to host their registry. We are now the biggest and completely integrated, vertical registrar and aftermarket domain company in the domain space.

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Demand HTML Web Media 231

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# If you were a newly minted, venture-backed consumer Internet company you had to have a deal with AOL to reach your customers. Social Networking in Web 1.0.

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Web 297

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

It conjures up a range of emotions anytime I’ve privately expressed my opinion to thought leaders in our industry that I believe it is one of the most innovative companies in digital media. Some, of course, agree with me that BuzzFeed has been and continues to be the gold standard innovator in digital media to emulate. But I digress.

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Buzzfeed Media Content News 210

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

What I want to answer with this post (long though it may be) is: Why did Web 2.0 AOL was controlled by one company and the Internet was distributed. AOL controlled the services, taxed companies to access users and decided what was good or bad. Social Networking in Web 1.0: cheap accessible digital hardware].

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

The Internet and World Wide Web themselves emerged from open protocols (HTTP, HTML, SMTP, etc) that allowed businesses, individuals and governments to put information online that was accessible to the masses and then to build applications on top of this infrastructure to the benefit of the masses. It’s Hobbesian economics 101.

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Course Startup Framework Marketing 280

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2012

The answer was yes, and we also saw that we could begin to play at web scale, be hosted in the cloud, be scalable in an extensive way. We then actually went to the leader, Amazon, and we're in the web services group. Our roots are in Flash, and in fact the company came about as a project for Macromedia.

Social Media 203

Social Media Startup Tool LAMP 203