Month: November 2006

I’ve been offline all weekend, and here’s what I discovered on my return: Java is now open source, licensed under the GPL (the same as Elgg). Hopefully we can expect a raft of improvements – Java has made itself useful on mobile and embedded platforms, but is still a painfully slow alternative on desktop systems […]

http://theinternetispeople.com/2006/11/10/run-your-own-myspace-with-elgg-spaces/ Elgg Spaces is featured on ZDNet’s Social Web blog today, including an interview with Elgg’s technical director: Elgg has a rich feature-set that should appeal to users well beyond academia. These include blogging, a file repository (with podcasting capabilities), online profiles, and an RSS reader. Additionally, all of a user’s content can be tagged […]

Starting a community is difficult. You can’t just throw up a site and hope for the best; you’ve got to constantly lead by example, keep tabs on activity and make sure there’s something for new users to keep coming back for. So I was wondering about resources we could make available. What kinds of issues […]

http://theinternetispeople.com/2006/11/10/how-to-fund-your-startup/ A guide to the various types of funding sources, from Valleywag. Also see this New York Times article about low-budget startups. Curverider hasn’t taken funding, but the subject has come up. I think a lot of companies – us included – are worried about losing their direction to VCs, and Marc Canter’s VC song […]