Writing

I use Bose QuietComfort 35 headphones when I’m on my desktop and laptop but I prefer the Apple AirPods when I am on my phone. They are small, light, and fit well in my ear. But I’ve had this nagging [...]  Read more

At USV, we are thesis-driven investors. We state clearly and concisely what we want to invest in and, implicitly, decide not to invest in anything else. That is a good thing because, as our partner Rebecca wrote in this post: The [...]  Read more

Our portfolio company Cloudflare announced a consumer DNS service (a resolver) yesterday . It was not an April Fools stunt. If you want to use the Internet’s fastest, privacy-first consumer DNS service, then head over to 1.1.1.1 and click the [...]  Read more

Happy Easter everyone. I would also like to wish folks a happy Passover. My topic today are Easter Eggs. Not the kind that kids find hidden in the back yard, but little features that developers hide in the software applications [...]  Read more

I heard the news last night that the $6mm that Governor Cuomo was seeking for K12 CS Education was not included in the final NY State budget. I had blogged about this issue at the start of this week . [...]  Read more

I saw this tweet in my feed this morning and responded: just keep going and don’t quit — Fred Wilson (@fredwilson) March 29, 2018 If there was one word I would use to describe my secret to success it would [...]  Read more

When a new technology or a new entrant or some new behavior comes into a market, the initial reaction is often to reject it. But, as my partner Brad likes to say, the better move is to take that nee [...]  Read more

A few years ago I was up at the MIT Media Lab, where I have been on the advisory board, and met a bunch of faculty members. The one that blew me away was a woman who was building a [...]  Read more