June 30, 2007
iBrick
I officially have an iBrick (an iPhone that does not appear to be able to be activated by normal human means.)
I’ve had an entertaining series of problems. I’m still amused, ...
iLaunch
Amid all the iPhone stuff, Apple came out with a new product called iLaunch. The Onion has the late breaking news at Apple Unveils New Product-Unveiling Product. (Thanks Dave.)
Yes – ...
June 29, 2007
Jesus Phone
Well – I couldn’t help myself. I’m sure this has made the rounds already and I missed it in all the hype, but this video basically sums it up.
This is ...
Moving To Boulder
We are moving our offices to Boulder. As of Monday, our new address will be:
1050 Walnut StreetSuite 210Boulder, CO 80302
Due to the miracle of modern technology, all of our telephone ...
iPhone Mania
It’s the end of the quarter again – do you know where your VP of Sales is? I bet he’s standing in line in front of an Apple Store waiting ...
June 27, 2007
Talking About Your Product Roadmap
There are two opposite approaches in the world that most software companies take when talking about future products. 1. Say nothing until the day of the release and 2. Talk ...
Programmatic Shuffleboard
Boulder is one of the most athletic cities in the world. Even though I’m a marathoner and can do +/– 2,000 feet on a two hour run, I’m way down ...
June 26, 2007
Everyone Has A Special Talent
Amy and I watched The Matrix Reloaded this weekend. What a great movie. I love The Keymaker (along with the The Merovingian and The Architect). I commented to Amy this morning ...
Chief Architect for Me.dium
With this post, we continue the “Feld Job Board.” If you are a god-like software architect that isn’t intimidated by the notion of making a real-time system work across 10,000 ...
June 25, 2007
Banner Ad of the Day
You find ads for RSS feeds and podcasts in the most interesting places. Today, it’s the Wall Street Journal Online. I wonder how many commodities traders woke up this morning ...
Lijit Open House on Thursday June 28th @ 4pm
Lijit has a lot to celebrate this week. They just closed a $3.3M round of financing, their first birthday was last week, and they’re looking to double the size of ...
June 24, 2007
Strategy vs. Fundamentals
Creating companies is hard. Most fail. Overnight success is rare (my favorite “overnight success stories” are the ones that take 10+ years, like iRobot or Harmonix.) While strategy plays a ...
NCWIT Heroes Campaign
I’ve been chairman of the National Center for Women and Information Technology for the past two years. The mission is straightforward – it is “to ensure that women are fully ...
June 23, 2007
The Media is the Message – or is it?
Once again I woke up to a Saturday morning blog post flurry on Techmeme. Today’s was on the criticism by Valleywag of the Microsoft People Ready campaign that ran on ...
June 22, 2007
TechStars – One Month In
TechStars is really cranking – I’m totally blown away by what everyone is working on and the level of engagement of the TechStars mentors. I’m very optimistic that some great ...