Ben Werdmuller

Author: Ben Werdmuller

  • Google Reader is dead

    Google Reader was a tentpole of the web I wanted: open, with full freedom of expression that wasn’t tethered to the platform you happened to choose to use. That web is now, largely, gone. Reader will be discontinued this spring. In the same announcement, Google are talking about killing the standardized CalDAV API in favor […]

  • Punching above your weight

    I wrote about doing great work at a small startup like latakoo over on Quora: This, for me, is the essence of a small startup. From that hunger to build something that solves a problem for people, to the fact that everyone is doing a little bit of everything – whatever needs to be done, […]

  • Confessions of a Cord-Cutter: How I Did It

    You can cut your cord, ditch cable and put together a perfectly good home entertainment solution, TV and all, for a one-off payment of around $400. Here’s what I did. When I moved to the US in 2011, I made the decision that I wouldn’t re-subscribe to cable TV. I’d been a Virgin Media customer […]

  • What your culture really says

    I love this post by Shanley Kane: Let’s examine popular startup trends that are being called “culture” and look beneath the surface to find the real culture that may be playing out beneath it. This is not a critique of the practices themselves, which often contribute value to an organization. This is to show a […]