July 31, 2006
Homer Alaska Webcam
I put a webcam up at my place in Homer, Alaska. You can access it via my about me page or – thanks to Rob Shurtleff (who recommended the webcam ...
July 30, 2006
The Largest Private Equity Deal to Date
Last week, a private equity group led by KKR, Bain Capital, and Merrill Lynch announced that they were acquiring HCA for $33 billion. HCA is the largest hospital operator in ...
July 29, 2006
The Matrix Wrecked Everything
About an hour into Superman Returns, Amy leaned over to me and whispered “The Matrix wrecked everything.” I yawned about 20 times during this two hours and thirty four minutes ...
Big Deal Week for Colorado Telecomm Companies
Colorado saw two big acquisitions this week – both in the telecomm (which – in my universe – includes what used to be called cable) sector.
On Friday, Time Warner Telecom ...
Almost Shouts and Murmurs – George Bush’s MySpace Page
Niel Robertson has a hilarious post up of an article he wrote for the New Yorker Shouts and Murmurs section. He got rejected by them, but not by me. Awesome ...
July 28, 2006
A 3,100 Mile Foot Race Around Queens
My goal of running a marathon in every state by the time I turn 50 pales in comparison to the world’s longest foot race. 3,100 miles around a city block in Queens, ...
July 27, 2006
Peter Rip on Business Models
Peter Rip of Leapfrog Ventures has a what I think should become a classic entrepreneur post on business models. He gives some context about the term (and why it’s often annoying, as ...
Levensohn – Best Practices for Running a Board Meeting
Pascal Levensohn – the founder of Levensohn Venture Partners – wrote a comment to my post title The Agenda (in the Board of Directors series) that I wanted to promote to a ...
Board of Directors; The Agenda
The Agenda. This little one page document sets the tone, pace, and content of your board meeting. It’s fundamental to the success of a board meeting, so you’d think it ...
July 26, 2006
Microsoft’s Annual Faculty Summit
Lucy Sanders – the CEO of the National Center for Women & Information Technology – was a key participant in last week’s Microsoft Annual Faculty Summit. InformationWeek has a good ...
Blink Gallery Website
My friends at Slice of Lime just put up a website for the new Blink Gallery on 1011 Pearl Street in Boulder. Clean, simple, and contemporary, just like the gallery. ...
July 25, 2006
My Work is Play to Me
Amy said a really nice thing to me the other day. We were talking and she said “One of the things I really admire about you is that your work ...
An Example of Real Class
I talk and email with a lot of “random” people. I’ve blogged about my random meeting policy in the past – whenever I reflect on it I realize that it has served ...
The Perils of Overtraining
Paul Kedrosky – the author of the excellent, informative, and often entertaining Infectious Greed blog – sent me a link to a fantastic post by Art De Vany on Elite Athletic ...
Help Teaching Programming to a Teenager
I’m looking for ideas about different sources – online, books, and software – for helping a teenager learn how to program. I’m looking for both introductory / early programming stuff ...