Here it is: just got it a couple of days ago, distributed to a few people by Alex Vieux at a Stanford reception hosted by the admirable Reuters Digital Vision Program, that supports social entrepreneurs who seek to leverage technology-based solutions in the interest of humanitarian, educational, and sustainable development goals.
Thanks again to Stu Gannes, the Program Director, for inviting me. It was also great to catch up with Tom Glocer, the CEO of Reuters who was visiting and addressed the audience.
The original Red Herring, an icon in the Internet/technology world, closed in 2003 and some of its remains were acquired by Alex Vieux, the organizer of the ETRE and ATRE conference series. Elements of history of the old and the new Red Herring can be found on Wikipedia, except for these comments from Tony Perkins.
The Red Herring was originally relaunched as an online and conference business, including a couple of blogs (The Now and The Future). Now has come the time for the (above) print edition, that apparently will hit the stands in a few days.
Joel Dreyfuss, a Ziff-Davis/Time/Bloomberg LP veteran, is the Editor-in-Chief of the publication. He shared with me his excitement of releasing the first issue, and the challenges of switching in a few weeks to a weekly publication. Because of the absolute overload of information we get about technology (products, standards, economics, innovation, social implications, VC funding, markets, legal, blaaaaahhhh), freeing up enough reading time for a new weekly is (definitely) challenging. I am making every effort to go through my 20 daily newsletters, 100+ blogs, podcasts, monthlies,... in a timely fashion (and yes, do some work as well), but it is really getting tough. So will I take the time to read the new RH ?
From what I saw in the first issue, if the quality of the content stays the same, I just might. This 60 page edition covered enough topics of interest to me (technology, venture capital industry global report), did not have too much ads (I just hate to start reading a magazine at page 20), and most importantly was written in an editorial style that I liked: easy to read, provocative enough to avoid drinking the "kool aid", and informative. And I felt that my reading had been time well spent.
Looking forward to issue Number 2.
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