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Keeping the Internet Open
Nick Grossman – Feb 26, 2015
Today the FCC is expected to approve its latest open internet rules, concluding the latest (but certainly not last) round in this now decade-long fight. We believe -- along with many others -- that this set of rules will help [...] Read more
Hello 2015
Nick Grossman – Jan 1, 2015
Hi Everyone -- I hope you are enjoying the beginning of the new year. As corny as it sounds, I love new years and the opportunity to get a fresh start, clear the decks, and make plans for the coming [...] Read more
Support services for the Indie Economy
Nick Grossman – Nov 30, 2014
Over the course of the past year, I’ve been interviewed a bunch of times about the “peer economy” or the “sharing economy” (Fastco, Wired, NY Times, PBS Newshour), with most of the focus on the public policy considerations of all [...] Read more
The sweetest pitbull
Nick Grossman – Aug 10, 2014
The point of this story is that it shows me how broken the medical system is. Even in the best case, there is such a lack of communication, coordination and information sharing. Data is everywhere and nowhere. Decisions are slower [...] Read more
Why It’s Expensive to be Poor (And Why It Shouldn’t Be)
Nick Grossman – Sep 13, 2013
I spent the day yesterday at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in DC, at an event discussing mobile payments and related innovations and regulatory issues. Naturally, this is a big issue, with the huge rush to mobile everything, the continued expansion of [...] Read more
Transparency in Government Surveillance
Nick Grossman – Jul 18, 2013
Today, we have joined a large and diverse group of companies, non-profits and consumer advocates in an open letter urging the US government to allow internet and telecom companies to freely report statistics on government surveillance requests.As we've discussed before, [...] Read more
The Patent Quality Improvement Act
Nick Grossman – May 9, 2013
This week, Senator Schumer introduced legislation that would take a whack at patent trolls: the Patent Quality Improvement Act aims to make it easier and cheaper for companies facing spurious infringement suits to defend themselves. This is not a complete [...] Read more
Hacking Society
Nick Grossman – Apr 24, 2012
Today we are excited to bring together a group of thinkers and doers to USV to discuss how networks are transforming our society and economy Read more
Connected Learning
Nick Grossman – Apr 13, 2012
Yesterday at the Center for Civic Media, our lunch guest was S. Craig Watkins, a professor at UT Austin working on a variety of projects under the heading of “Connected Learning”. In his blog post about the idea, Dr. Watkins defines this as: [...] Read more