Gideon Greenspan - Interests
I specialize in creating software and websites which are easy to use but apply complex technology behind the scenes. This combination lets you appeal to mainstream users while raising significant barriers to competition.I'm particularly interested in Internet projects with a societal dimension. I'm currently focused on building out a new platform for knowledge production and consumption called Question2Answer. As the financial crisis subsides, it looks like the coming decades will endure four related problems - climate change, oil depletion, water shortages and food inflation. So I'm also interested in ways the Internet can help address these issues, starting with Carbon Catalog.
Some online journals I find useful:
- Web news: TechCrunch - Read/WriteWeb - Mashable - YC News - Searchblog - alarm:clock
- Entrepreneurs: Jeff Atwood - Dave Winer - Dharmesh Shah - Joel Spolsky - Paul Graham
- Local tech: Globes - TechAviv - OurielOhayon - StartUpMania - TechTLV - BloGiza - Six Kids - VC Cafe
- Environment: The Oil Drum - Point Carbon - David Suzuki Foundation - Green Prophet - Real Climate
Aside from all that, I'm interested in travel, economics, languages and consciousness.
© Gideon Greenspan 2010
