Top Stories published by Uncork Capital in November of 2005

Yahoo Mail becomes a full fledged RSS Reader — and messes up with MyYahoo home page

TechCrunch reports that the new Yahoo Mail (still in closed beta ?) now offers the ability to subscribe to RSS feeds and display the content as a river of news, etc. Makes sense.


Web 2.0: Top 10 Issues ?

Dion Hinchcliffe has posted a thoughtful piece on the issues he perceives with Web 2.0:

  1. Excessive Hype
  2. Lack of Simple Definition
  3. Aging Poster Children
  4. Needing A Permaconnection

Check these references before making a hiring decision

Buddy Ed Sim just posted a useful note on the Importance of back channel reference checks. The person you are looking at hiring, or take money from, will volunteer contacts who will provide glowing reports about her/him. In order to…


Software Only joins the Web 2.0 Workgroup

A few weeks back, TechCrunch’s Mike Arrington has invited me to join the Web 2.0 Workgroup, the network of blogs, and podcasts, covering the next generation of Web applications and services. You can now access Software Only from the home page of the group…


Ross Levinsohn interview at the Consumer Technology Ventures Conference

I spent a portion of the day at the Consumer Technology Ventures Conference today, catching the interview of Ross Levinsohn, the President of Fox Interactive Media (“FIM”) by Lee Gomes, from the Wall Street…