David Ulevitch

Member since: Jul 20th, 2006

David Ulevitch's Latest Comments

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Download Squad	2 Comments
The Jason Calacanis Weblog	6 Comments

Recent Comments:

DLS Interview: OpenDNS Founder and CEO David Ulevitch (Download Squad)

Jan 15th 2008 1:07PM Hey guys... Sorry about the EveryDNS Support issues. I'm working on some things to get it back under a manageable load. For the time being, feel free to email me directly and I'll get you taken care of. I'm sorry you felt ignored and neglected, not my intent at all. I hope you'll give it a second chance. And pretty soon it should be as responsive as things are here at OpenDNS (where we have a team of people who are dedicated to talking with our customers).

The BusinessWeek interview basement tapes (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

Feb 6th 2007 10:44AM As the blogs that FM reps start thinking that they can do their own sales and keep all the revshare perhaps FM will flip the tables MBNA style and start repping for the agencies and advertisers.

If GigaOm wants Hitachi datastorage ads he can have his own sales person call Hitachi and find out they only do online media buys through Federated Media. :-)

Now that'd be interesting...

You know that not every niche blog can reach out and touch the big brand advertisers so having the reverse ad network, where big agencies and brands are rep'd might not be such a bad idea. But you have to have the street cred to pull it off and John does.

-david

Why does iTunes only download three podcasts at a time? Why isn't iTunes P2P? (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

Jan 24th 2007 12:58PM Brian,

Using P2P doesn't mean you can't track downloads.

So yes, your point is moot.

-david

Tonight in SF (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

Oct 19th 2006 4:03PM http://www.sfbeta.com/ -- in SOMA at Dada.

And some gallery openings...

MuteJason (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

Aug 15th 2006 11:48AM Who is Jason Sanzone and who cares? $250,000 isn't a lot of money to be muted. You know the power of voice is worth more than that. Good thing it isn't you, some of us like hearing the crap you spew. ;-)

-david

Classic... (The Jason Calacanis Weblog)

Jul 26th 2006 3:29PM Yeah, I'm surprised that there is so much criticism around the idea.

That said, how do you get rid of someone who becomes a bad bookmarker?

Also, doesn't it just walk the line of rev-sharring revenue from someone like AdBrite or AdSense or your user-generated-content site? Forums and other sites sort of do that now. I don't know anyone making a living off it though.

-david

OpenDNS: Teaching the DNS dog new tricks (Download Squad)

Jul 20th 2006 2:53AM Andrew,

I'm one of the guys behind OpenDNS (it's my picture on the homepage that needs to be replaced by some supermodels or something). I also started and run one of the largest free DNS services on the Internet, EveryDNS.Net. About 100,000 people have trusted me for years to manage and run their DNS on my network. We run a tight ship at EveryDNS and an even tighter ship at OpenDNS. Where EveryDNS helps people manage their domains, OpenDNS is about letting people manage the DNS that comes into their network and computer. It's about reliability and control, as you see above.

EveryDNS has always been able to cover its costs. It's actually a really good story about how stopping malware and phishing sites helped to increase our income. While I took some investment to help bootstrap our network and hire the right people, I picked carefully who invested in the company. OpenDNS will make money in many of the same ways EveryDNS makes money. I can't talk about all the things we have in store but I assure you they are really cool and you can bet that I use the service too. I want the best experience possible, for me and for you. :-)

-david