I have had this post ready for months, but never sent it off. I am bummed to have to admit that I am shutting down Hangout – the first 3D experience on Facebook. The original vision of Hangout started in 2006 around the notion of media sharing with your friends and leveraging api’s on Facebook […]
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Does Waltham Matter?
Scott Kirsner has written a very provocative piece in Innovation Economy which questions the value of the many VC’s in the Waltham 128 beltway especially compared to VC’s in Boston. Here is my response to his post…. Scott, Its great that you are shaking things up, much like taking a baseball bat to hit a […]
Continue Reading...3D is 3D, Not 2D
Getting frustrated by the usurping of the term 3D. Stuff that is clearly not 3D is getting tagged as such. Bweek is an early culprit http://tinyurl.com/c52b5w. Why do I care? Because it confuses the market. Is their work important? Absolutely. Products like Cooliris are very cool and may help redefine the casual UI, but it […]
Continue Reading...Big Hire for Hangout
In the life of a company, there are moments when the direction it takes is highly influenced by a singular event. I have seen everything from a customer or investor commitment to the hire of the right or wrong person radically change the trajectory of the company. For Hangout, the hire of Mike Goslin (http://partners.hangout.net/PressRelease.aspx) […]
Continue Reading...Hangout Industries Launches at Techcrunch 50 today
Its so great to be able to launch a great company today. Our team at Hangout has worked hard over the last six months to build a great product completely under wraps. That’s tough for a team of developers working crazy hours and deeply proud of their work. And its been crazy for building the […]
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