I applied and received an invite for startup school, but eventually decided against making the trip down to Palo Alto. There has just been too much going on lately.
This is very convenient though: There is a live video feed available. Very cool.
It is official now. Sphere has been acquired by AOL. There is additional coverage over on Techmeme.
This is great news and I am very happy about it.
Before I go any further, I want to specifically thank my wife Jenny for her support during the last two years. We’ve been busy. There were incidents, when work caused me to work long hours or affected evenings or weekends. She also had to (involuntary) witness a lot of ranting, brainstorming, problem solving as well as feature designing. More than once did she volunteer for late caffeine and snack runs. I know, she would categorically dismiss her role in this, but I am blown away by the amount of patience she is able to muster. So, seriously: Thank you, Jenny!
It has been a pretty exciting ride and it looks like it will continue to be that way. Yes, great people, lots of interesting problems to solve, fun things to learn, etc. - those who know me well have probably heard me talk similarly about Sphere before. There is real talent here, real energy and I don’t think this will change anytime soon.
I am looking forward to continue working with my colleagues and friends at Sphere and seeing our technology integrated at AOL.
Just came across the following on LinkedIn:
Note the two arrows on the bottom left. Yes, their function is indeed to show a next/previous list of related advertisement.
Hm, really? Speaking as a user, this feature is not something I ever found myself hoping for. Now that it’s there, I will probably try my best to ignore it.
