I always like to know what smart, tech types include in their daily reading. Yesterday, I learned that a very successful entrepreneur (and good friend of mine) named Chris Dixon put up a web site with links to a few dozen of his favorite blogs and websites, and this afternoon I finally got around to studying the list. I have been particularly curious to know what Chris reads because he always

Anyone who’s worked with venture capitalists knows that they have a language of their own — and for the most part it’s quite fun. Terms like “burn rate”, “first-mover advantage”, “monetization” and “defensibility” never get old. But I’ve noticed that many VCs I respect are using the term “unfair advantage” to simply describe an advantage. Jeremy Liew describes having the best news coverage as an “unfair advantage”. Susan Wu calls having a community and leveraging network effects an (outdated) “unfair advantage”.

The social news site Digg (whose CEO is a past Venture Voice guest) recently had a user revolt after it gave in to the demand of a cease and desist letter and blocked a posting. The users voted stories up to the main page of Digg that criticized Digg. It was viewed as a big negative at the time, and journalists are still reveling in the site’s supposed hardship with headlines like Digg Flap Exposes Cracks.