March 31, 2005
DAM That Was Amazing
Amy and I are huge supporters (and collectors) of the visual arts. The Denver Art Museum is in the process of building an extension to the museum which is a ...
March 27, 2005
Book Review: Ultramarathon Man
Dean Karnazes, the writer and subject of Ultramarathon Man, is a wild man. As the leader of Team Dean (which has a nice support crew consisting of his family, but ...
Boulder Philharmonic – Conductor Feld
Last year at about this time I hosted a fundraiser for the Boulder Philharmonic and was the guest conductor. Prior to this I knew nothing about conducting and – while ...
March 26, 2005
Books: On Intelligence
There was plenty of buzz last week about the new company – Numenta – that Jeff Hawkins (inventor of Graffiti and the PalmPilot, Visor, and Treo products) and Donna Dubinsky ...
March 25, 2005
Unexpected Drivers of VoIP Adoption Growth
A long time friend, Shawn Broderick (first employee at my first company Feld Technologies and founder/CEO of Genetic Anomalies – acquired by THQ), has started up a new company called ...
Feed Games
I’m playing around with some of the characteristics of my Feedburner feed so I apologize in advance (and ask for your indulgence) if you get multiple copies of posts. Things ...
Term Sheet: Redemption Rights
If you are avid followers of the TV series 24 (as Jason and I are), you’ll recognize that the next item in our term sheet series – Redemption at Option ...
Man Smuggles Own Art Into MoMA
If you thought it was challenging determining the quality of art these days (e.g. does it – or does it not – belong in MoMA), you apparently aren’t the only ...
March 24, 2005
Automating My Compute Infrastructure
I woke up this morning thinking about Plaxo and my computer. I’m been thinking lately about the number of manual things that I do that my computer should take care ...
March 23, 2005
Term Sheet: Dividends
As our term sheet series unfolds (almost as exciting as 24, eh? – if you’ve been reading the last few days I bet you figured out that I recently had ...
March 22, 2005
How to Start a Company and Why VCs Suck
Paul Graham – founder of Viaweb (bought by Yahoo! in the late 1990s) and author of Hackers & Painters – has two new excellent essays up. While I don’t know ...
Revenue Recognition Policy
Software revenue recognition can be incredibly complex in today’s world of SaaS, perpetual vs. subscription licensing, SEC SAB 101 (and others), new FASB pronouncements, and the legacy of bad (or ...
Term Sheet: Pay-to-Play
There’s nothing like a solid week of vacation with no phone, email, or blogs to get the writing juices rolling again. Of course, now that I’m through my email, I only ...
March 21, 2005
Spencer F. Katt Blogs
I’ve been a Spencer F. Katt fan for as long as I can remember. I even have a classic Spencer Katt t-shirt and a coffee mug somewhere for rumors I sent ...
Term Sheet – Anti-Dilution
It has been a while since I put up a term sheet post so I thought I’d tackle a hard one today. While it’s fun to tease lawyers about math ...