Startups

OK, I’ve wanted this for years and it’s still not available. I don’t want paper statements. From anybody. I don’t want to file them away. I don’t want to scan them myself. And I certainly don’t want to pay someone to do it. I want electronic statements that are secure. I want them backed up regularly. I want them authoritative - one of the big reasons that I don’t go electronic is that I figure the original statements will carry more weight with the bank, company, etc. Or the court, if it comes to that. ...

The week outside MyPages started with an article in the paper about LiveJournal, based here in Portland, being sold to Six Degrees. Because we consider user involvement so important for MyPages, I’m very interested in hearing what happens with any community-based website. Whether the community is online, as with LiveJournal, or more local like Craigslist. No outsider is going to know the terms of a deal between two private companies unless something goes very wrong or very right. Either somebody sues or they’re written up in Fortune or Forbes. But it seems like a good time to be running a community site. ...