March 31, 2008

Mosaic Communications Corp

Thanks to my friend Bruce Wyman (who is rapidly turning into my "discoverer of cool things") I have experienced a major back to the future moment with the Mosaic Communications ...
March 30, 2008

Glue Me Back Together

Loic Le Meur totally nailed why glue matters in his post My social map is totally decentralized but I want it back on my blog.  Following is the defining image ...

Twenty-Five Square Miles Surrounded by Reality

The New York Times Magazine had an outstanding article on Boulder today.  The photos paint an accurate picture and the article captures the essence of a place that I love. I ...

Heathrow Travel Hell

It looks like Chaos Reigns a Second day at Heathrow.  The spiffy new Terminal Five has some "glitches."  Who said modernization was easy?
March 29, 2008

I Could Have Been A Card Counter

Amy and I went to see 21: The Movie today.  It’s based on the phenomenal book Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas ...

Apply To TechStars Now

You’ve got three more days – the application deadline closes on 3/31 at midnight!  If you don’t know what I’m talking about, take a look at www.techstars.org or some of ...

The Underpants Gnomes Applied to VC Backed Companies

From Adam Smith at Square 1 Bank on how NOT to pitch your company to a VC. The full segment is below. There is a philosophy that "all you need to do ...
March 28, 2008

Learning From Failure

I haven’t written much in the Failure series lately, but I’ve got a doozy or two coming soon.  In the mean time, Chip Griffin has a good post up titled ...

$61 Million Is Still A Lot of Money

Marc Andreesen has a scathing but brilliant post up today titled Congratulations, you’re paying Jimmy Cayne’s marijuana bills!  I love Marc’s analysis of what Bear Stearns would have been worth ...
March 27, 2008

My Experience on NPR’s Talk of the Nation

I’ve been listening to NPR since I was 7 years old.  Whenever my mom or dad drove me to school, NPR’s Morning Edition was playing.  Guilty weekend pleasures of mine ...

Rally Software Is Looking For Salespeople

Time to actually figure out the real job board thing on this blog since I’m now posting job notices a couple of times a week (feel free to comment if ...

Google’s 2007 Annual Letter

As I was reading through my RSS feeds this morning, I came across Graeme Thickins reposting of the Google 2007 Annual Letter (this year written by Larry Page.)  It a ...

Sitemaps and Facebook

Smart move – I’ve been wondering when this would happen.  You can now SEO your Facebook applications with Sitemaps.  If you are a Facebook app developer, it’s well worth your ...
March 26, 2008

Looking For A Boulder-based PHP Web Developer

The guys at Slice of Lime are looking to add a Boulder-based PHP Web Developer to their team.  If you fit the bill and are looking for a great gig, ...

One More Thought on Getting A VC’s Attention

I was going to edit my Getting A VC’s Attention post but I thought the point I was going to add was important enough to highlight it in a separate ...