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Atri contacts you the same way it identifies you - via twitter. When possible, we'll email or reach out directly, but we use twitter to verify identities and know who to send the m…

You're absolutely right that consumers as a whole don't care about this problem. The Atri experiment isn't intended for all consumers - we're looking for people who really care abo…

In a way, yes. But what we found when building adieu.io was that people who were willing to support content creators want to have it done automatically, and Flattr required a consi…

We've starting talking to content producers, and its an avenue we want to pursue further, but as you pointed out the hard data we're gathering here is going to be key to our negoti…

You've definitely got a solid plan there, and its basically what Patreon is doing. But our belief is that if you're a content creator, you shouldn't have to do work on top of your …

You're absolutely right that there is a chicken and egg problem. As it stands right now, publishers are desperately holding on to every last advertising and subscription dollar the…

I don't think security is as much the barrier here as access - localized servers provide 24/7 access by local employees, and until every part of the stream (employees, clients, HQ,…

With the sale of Lastpass to LogMeIn, more excited than ever for 1Password to add team features

Looks like City AM is down for everyone - is this a response to their stance on adblockers?

Yes, agile is basically waterfall when the people "practicing" it are using it in name only. No one promised Agile would be Engineer Driven Development - it should be team driven d…

Are there any other modern companies with a fanbase that is so important to its image/marketing that an article like this would be written? Can't imagine one for Microsoft, Faceboo…

By breaking it down to pay per article vs. flat rate, you're missing the multiple alternative payment schemes possible with micropayments and massive scale. Just for starters think…

Its not that we don't want to pay - its that we're only willing to pay when asked to do so - nobody is going to stand up and say I'll pay. And publishers aren't trying to make thin…

users, plus relationships with the various services they had integrated into the app (eventbrite, foursquare, evernote, song kick, asana, todoist.....). 100 million is a lot, but s…

Given what they did with Accompli, not at all