Category Archives: Web-trends

Why I’m Long Foursquare: Privacy

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Nate Westheimer

Let’s be honest, I’m “long” Foursquare for several reasons, ranging from looking at comparables like Twitter and how they’ve fought through Facebook’s onslaughts, to sharing blind, entrepreneurial optimism with my friend who started and work at the company. So here’s … Continue reading →

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Why I’m Reading Blogs Again

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Nate Westheimer

Since the Spring of 2007, when Twitter hit the techstream, blogs, blogging, and reading blogs became the markings of late adopters. With early adopters, “Follower” count became more important than “Subscribers.” The serendipity of stuff you found in the “stream” … Continue reading →

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What's up with the NYTM and NY tech? Interview with Rick Karr

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Nate Westheimer

During Internet Week, I spoke with Rick Karr about what’s going on in NY tech and with the NY Tech Meetup. Obviously it’s tough to get everything I think into a three minute interview, but I post this here because … Continue reading →

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Going Premium

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Nate Westheimer

My dear friend Sam Lessin has gone premium and stopped blogging. It was bound to happen. After a few years of blogging and sharing his amazing insights, Sam had been writing with increased passion about the value of scarce information. … Continue reading →

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Down and Out on the Twitter Ecosystem

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Nate Westheimer

You think that Twitter has just become a threat to its developer community in the last month? Twitter being a closed system has been an issue since the beginning. It’s just getting worse. Below is a stub/draft of a post … Continue reading →

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eBay's Squandered Trust

Posted on January 18, 2010 by Nate Westheimer

Last week, I met with one startup trying to solve “online trust” issues in the social sphere, and wrote about another one dealing with trust in commerce (both online and offline). I guess for some, trust and reputation seem like an unsolved … Continue reading →

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Venmo: The Future of Payments

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Nate Westheimer

Over the past few months, I’ve been using the private beta of Venmo, a new, flexible payments platform built by my friend Andrew Kortina and his friend Iqram Magdon-Ismail. On the surface, Venmo has some similarities to PayPal and a … Continue reading →

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Net Neutrality Debate Comes to NYC

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Nate Westheimer

Over the next weeks and month, the Net Neutrality debate will be heating up in Washington. It will also be heating up in NYC. Next week, Jason Schwartz organized an impressive Oxford-style debate between the leading sides of the Net … Continue reading →

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Why Google Should Buy Brightcove?

Posted on September 28, 2009 by Nate Westheimer

For obvious reasons, I’ve kept an eye on how YouTube has partnered with rights holders over the last few months and years. There have been several deals recently which have really caught my eye, but one rumored deal, unrelated to … Continue reading →

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Twitter Payments: No Better Time Than Now

Posted on August 28, 2009 by Nate Westheimer

Twitter, now is that time to build that payments system into your platform. Over a year ago, I wrote my most-read article ever, detailing how a payments system in Twitter would create a tremendous amount of value and revenue for … Continue reading →

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