Author Archives: Sanford

Can we get over the MSM’s preoccupation with attacking Craigslist?

Can the MSM get over the anger it has for Craigslist and focus on building its own business model? I know that Criagslist is encroaching on the tried and true model (Newspapers Brace for Ad Battle as Craigslist Grows, NPR) Focusing on what is essentially a very simple, community-managed web site that has grown from a simple email list to a trusted, community managed source of content is nothing to be attacking. The newspapers ALWAYS had a chance to be here – and could still be here as other magazines and newspapers are doing (like The Village Voice BackPage and the New York Times). Continue reading

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Congrats on Obama’s CTO choice!

Reading the articles these past 12 hours and wanted to say, I have to agree with many of the people’s opinions extolling the selection of Aneesh Chopra as the new CTO of the Obama Administration including Tim O’Reilly and Alan … Continue reading

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Listening in on the Open Government Meetup at NWC

I have been enjoying feeling a bit of déjà vu watching a bunch of people at New Work City discussing the issues of Open Government in NYC (four years ago, a similar group gathered at an office to discuss Andrew’s … Continue reading

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Mayor Bloomberg announces NYC friendly to Financial (and tech) Startups

This morning, I got down to New Work City (a coworking space I am a co-founder of) and met with the Mayor of New Work City, Tony Bacigalupo and headed to 160 Varick Street – home of a new incubator … Continue reading

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“Let’s not obviate democracy” – Rep Frank to Eric Schmidt

This morning I watched This Week on ABC as I always do on Sunday mornings, and while I was getting annoyed at the standard back-and-forth about the Repug point-of-view (“We love tax cuts, let the free market sort it out. … Continue reading

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