USV has invested in the Duck Duck Go Search Engine. The company is young and under staffed so there are definitely holes Gabriel Weinberg hopes to fill, but his observation that "traditional algorithmic signals are not the only authority on the web," and his clever use of real authorities to curate search results makes Duck Duck Go an interesting alternative to your everyday brand.

Search Engine WebApp. (more)

Along with a bigger final batch of Negative Scanning, it's time to have some Video Digitizing done.

With the “ArabSpring” protests of the past year or two serving as inspiration, Twitter and FaceBook have been used to organize a large group of protestors on Wall Street and an “occupation” of Wall Street is currently underway. (Day Of Rage, Occupy Wall Street) (more)

Steve Jobs has died, after remarkable achievements.

Venture Capital/Incubator guy (more)

If This Then That (more)

Eugene Eric Kim will be shutting down Blue Oxen by the end of the year, having formed the Group Aya Collaboration consultancy with Kirstin Cobble, Rebecca Petzel, and others.

Michael Mace makes the case for development of an Info Pad - a Mobile device bigger than a Smart Phone but smaller than a Lap Top. He's targeting what he defines as an Information Lover Market Segment. The third group is professionals who are more introverted, people who deal a lot with information rather than communications. The information could be documents, it could be databases, it could even be artwork. But the emphasis is on the individual's interaction with that information (Thinking Space). Think doctors, artists, educators, and researchers. The ideal mobile device for these people is...well, it doesn't exist. Rather different than a NetBook. (Update: he's talking about a 7" Tablet.) (more)

Your site Splash Page and other pages that help in Selling. (more)

Extending the Revolts Of 2011 to the US triggered by the Credit Crisis 2008? (more)

On Monday, (TumblR) will announce it raised $85 million in fresh financing. The round was led by GreylockPartners and InsightVenturePartners, and the Chernin Group, Richard Branson, Spark Capital, Union Square Ventures and Sequoia Capital also contributed. To date, the company has raised roughly $40 million in funding. (more)

Anya Kamenetz's next book will be: The Edupunks Guide To A Diy Credential: an EBook distributed free on the web in summer 2011. The primary goal is to reach low-income students and potential students to help them find alternative paths to a credential using online and open resources. The secondary goal is to reach educators and administrators interested in incorporating the latest technology, social media, and collaborative learning into their approaches in order to cut costs while improving learning, socialization, and accreditation both inside and outside the classroom. (Credentialism) (more)

book comparing Product Development structures between Open Source (Bazaar) and traditional (Cathedral, Top Down, Big Design Up Front). (more)

Rather than getting a whole-house Audio system like a Sonos, we're considering getting a 2-3 Boom Box varieties. (more)

Just joined the Micropreneur Academy as I really get Simplest Thing moving. Looks like a Teaching Sells model.

Entrepreneur creating very small business - often just a One Man Show (with some OutSourcing). (more)

relatively-early players in the Adoption Life Cycle (more)

I've been chewing on a Personal Finance For Busy Parents concept for a couple years. It's time to get it moving. I'll probably blog here about the meta side. The customer-focused blog is here. (more)

Fred Wilson has a guest-post by Fake Grimlock (Giant Robot Dinosaur) on needing a Minimum Viable Personality (MVP, Human Voice) for your product and your life. CHICKEN LIVE IN CAGE.