Category Archives: Archimedes Ventures

All founders need a shrink… I know, I have been a founder many times and it doesn’t get any easier to figure out who is blowing smoke and who is giving sound advice….And even though you are Superman to your … Continue reading →

Well, it has been an age since this site was updated. Now it is… As you can see I have been quite busy and having great fun on a bunch of incubated projects and working with some great early stage … Continue reading →

I have posted an essay on my personal blog covering this weekends controversy about scraping and stealing content.

Google launched GoogleBase last night. What a disappointment. Whilst Google Reader clearly points to somebody at Google “getting” the importance of edge published content and real-time indexing, GoogleBase is a throw back. Basically a dumb flat-file database system for the … Continue reading →

Microsoft announced a major reorganization this week. the crux of the reorg seems to be that the MSN and Windows divisions are being unified, and as part of this Jim Allchin is retiring. A new “Platform Products and Services Division” … Continue reading →