Remove Funding Remove SMTP Remove Tool Remove Web
article thumbnail

The Case For & Against Cryptocurrencies (for those tired of all the noise)

Both Sides of the Table

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.

Course 280
article thumbnail

Choosing Internet Platforms

SoCal CTO

The basic conclusion was that it was a bit premature if you were talking about a serious, funded start-up. Mentions - Marc Andreessen's - The three kinds of platforms you meet on the Internet A Level 1 platform's apps run elsewhere, and call into the platform via a web services API to draw on data and services -- this is how Flickr does it.

Platform 150
article thumbnail

Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 We have a theme we call Protocol, which are technology protocols and markets built around technology protocols like SMTP for email and RSS. Was about a billion dollars on the IPO” and “was one of the first web analytics companies. was starting. Human Computer Interaction.