Six Apart matches Akismet offer. Announces AntiSpam plugin.

Competition is a good thing for end users. Innovations in key blog authoring tools had hit a slow patch. Things are beginning to look different now.
Today Six Apart announced TypePad AntiSpam plugin for both TypPad and Wordpress blogs. This is a great news and it should be welcomed for multiple reasons.
First of all it’s open [...]

After Myspace Data Availability and Facebook Connect, Google Announces FriendConnect.

Two weeks, three announcements and wild west world of social networking is all topsy turvy.  Following Myspace and Facebook announcement, Google today gave a preview announcement of FriendConnect. Goals of FriendConnect are:

Drive traffic: people who discover interesting sites can bring their friends with them, and can opt-in to publish their activities on those sites back [...]

Elements of Sustainable Companies

Michael put a fine lens on Sequoia guidelines for startups looking for funding. Reposting it here. Never hurts to re-validate everything:
Start-ups with these characteristics often foretells the success of a business and the likelihood of it becoming a sustainable, enduring company. We like to partner with companies that have:
Clarity of Purpose Summarize the company’s [...]