Making Sense of Streams

Making Sense of Streams

This is a talk I’ve been giving on how we filter the Stream at Bottlenose.

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Is Your App Next? Major Airline Sued For Mobile Privacy Violations - Cover Your Apps Today!

Is Your App Next? Major Airline Sued For Mobile Privacy Violations - Cover Your Apps Today!

Online and mobile privacy. If you haven’t been paying attention, its time to take notice. Regulators certainly have, and even the biggest players are being hit – Delta Airlines was just sued by the California Attorney General for having an app without an appropriate privacy policy. This is only the beginning; more enforcement is likely to follow.

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Happy Holidays from ff Venture Capital - 2012

We would like to wish you Happy Holidays from ff Venture Capital!

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Using Data to Track Hiring Success

Using Data to Track Hiring Success

Less than a year ago, Klout was spending north of $64,000 per new hire. Our processes were disorganized and inefficient. We were outsourcing most of our recruiting and making hiring decisions based on unstructured conversations. We had no unified applicant tracking system. Since then, however, we've increased candidate flow by ...

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Online dating moves offline with HowAboutWe

Online dating moves offline with HowAboutWe

The rapid proliferation of online dating sites -- there are thousands of them in the US alone -- speaks to how far the most recent technological revolution has reached, seeping into practically every corner of our lives, including one of our most personal: how we find and connect with romantic ...

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Best Practices for Digital Democracy

Best Practices for Digital Democracy

Digital democracy is not a utopia. It is merely a more perfect organization of citizens within the field of new media. In its first meaning, digital democracy references the actual practice of democratic politics in digital spaces, for example, discussions of Presidential debates on Twitter. In its second, digital democracy references the democratization of content production and distribution. The first, political meaning points to what is said, the second, to how it is said.

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Thankful for a Strong Community

Thankful for a Strong Community

Much has been written about the growing tech presence in New York City over the last two years. Depending on what you read, the scene is “infectious”, “heating up” or it’s just flat out “exploded.” There is certainly an air of optimism here that is unlike many other cities, and a level of innovation that is ushering in a new era of digital media and online interaction. All of this is good news.

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