May 2008
2008-05-30 21:08:09
And the winner of the AIDS Lifecycle Sock Raffle is...... Carol! Which is great, because she has ridden the AIDS Lifecycle before! She was one of the first people to really get a chance to tell Lala about what the...
2008-05-30 13:55:16
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2008-05-30 07:31:24
Never go into venture capital if you want a peaceful life. Keep on financing concrete that doesn't move, that doesn't call you at 2am in the morning Of course this is true about entrepreneurship, even more so than venture capital....
2008-05-30 07:13:21
The other day Hank Williams called for: all comment systems to provide a mechanism to clearly indicate to users what rights they have and what rights they are giving out when they write a comment So the Disqus team stepped...
2008-05-30 05:55:04
A recent commenter suggested that I blog about the post-MBA experience I had when I got into the venture capital business. This is my version of the story and I'll make it as brief as I can. There are several...
2008-05-29 09:14:19
We've made an early stage investment in a company called Pinch Media which launched their first tool for iPhone developers today - free analytics for iPhone apps. My partner Brad, who has joined Pinch's board, posted our reasons for making...
2008-05-29 04:40:06
At early board meetings, I would try to give an accurate accounting of the profit and loss. He would look through me and ask what I really thought about when I was shaving. High Voltage Engineering CEO Denis Robinson, about...
2008-05-28 14:39:16
I know that this has been discussed in great detail already. And I have a vested interest in this debate with our firm's investments in the disqus third party comment system and also twitter which is part of the problem....
2008-05-28 07:02:22
The hardest part is to help a company through it's growth pains. That is particularly hard because we have to work with others. He was talking about the venture business and it's true. There is nothing harder than watching a...
2008-05-28 06:44:36
There are two web 2.0's. There's the mantra that has come to define the second "up move" of the Internet. Every run needs a name and this one has been called web 2.0. That's nice enough and if this run...
2008-05-27 20:45:32
This is tough, yo. Mom's not doing well: possible multiple myeloma, pretty far along, or a flare-up of her sarcoidosis, but whatever mysterious ailment it is has her really sick. Heart, lung, kidney, stomach, blood sick. We're about six tranfusions...
2008-05-27 05:07:24
This one is about him, not from him: The General provides the two things a young scientific organization needs: enthusiasm and appreciation. William E Barbour Jr, Founder of Tracerlabs, an early ARD portfolio company If you can't be a passionate...
2008-05-27 05:04:46
When I think about the venture capital business, I think about risk. It's one of the riskiest investment types there is. But as they teach you in business school, risk and return are highly correlated over the long haul. What...
2008-05-26 13:55:12
I've been reading Creative Capital, Spencer Ante's biography of General Georges Doriot, the father of the modern venture capital business. It's a book that would interest most VCs and probably many entrepreneurs too. The highlight of the book are Doriot's...
2008-05-26 06:58:11
Half-Mast Originally uploaded by Tom Rydquist. It's worth remembering that today is a national holiday because on this day our country remembers soliders who have died in service to our country. Some of you will visit cemeteries or watch memorial...
2008-05-25 14:26:33
I've been reading Creative Capital, the biography of General Georges Doriot, Harvard Business School professor and President of American Research and Development (ARD), the first institutional venture capital firm. I came across some words of wisdom that he imparted to...
2008-05-25 10:59:09
Finally, pictures! The backstory: I grew up with a sweater just like this. My mom had it made for her in a small Norwegian town in the sixties. She wore it ALL the time while I was growing up. I've...
2008-05-25 09:18:52
I totally agree with Tim O'Reilly's post about Microsoft/Yahoo! and the web as a platform. If you care about the web, where it is, and where it's going, you need to read it in it's entirety. It's awesome. I've been...
2008-05-25 08:59:48
I posted about two new web-based mixtape services several months ago, muxtape and mixwit. I've played with both a bit and listened to a few mixes since. But neither service has taken me away from my primary web listening experiences;...
2008-05-24 12:03:20
I want comfort knitting. I want US7 needles and something with cashmere. I want enough of it to make a simple sweater, fast. I've been working on a prayer shawl for Mom, but I don't like it. Isn't that horrible?...
2008-05-24 09:17:26
At the start of this decade, Josh Harris (always ahead of his time) created a experimental web video project called We Live In Public. This Wired magazine piece from 2001 explains the whole story. Josh outfitted his entire apartment with...
2008-05-23 06:50:05
So now the discussion turns from who the nominees will be (McCain and Obama obviously) to who the VPs will be. McCain has apparently invited two governors and Romney to his ranch in Arizona this weekend. I think he should...
2008-05-22 04:52:04
When theater is good, there's nothing like it. Last night Jess and I were treated to one of the best things I've seen on Broadway in a long time, August: Osage County. The Gotham Gal saw it right after it...
2008-05-21 15:08:57
Yesterday, I did a twitter strawpoll to find out what people prefer, Apple TV or Roku's Netflix device. I received about 15-20 responses but they weren't all captured by the strawpoll app. Even so, there was a clear preference for...
2008-05-21 10:34:50
Don't really know what to write about. Mom's still in the hospital, and they're still trying to figure out what's going on with her. We are sad. Sometimes my chest just hurts with all the sad and worry. You know?...
2008-05-20 11:49:19
Outside.in announced not one but three big pieces of news today: A new CEO A round of financing (their first real round) And a new service (called Radar) Techcrunch and Alley Insider have the news, but I like my post...
2008-05-19 21:24:39
For my local friends and readers: Does anyone have a BIG suitcase that Lala can borrow for her AIDS ride? It should be able to fit all her stuff and a sleeping bag and sleeping roll.... Thanks!
2008-05-17 20:48:22
What a weird word that is. That's not what I sound like. No sissy little coff for me. No, I sound more like *QKOOOOH quuuoooohh quuuooohhhh. Pft." I have read the whole internets. All of them. And there is nothing...
2008-05-17 01:10:58
Landing a new job or client is difficult in this economic climate. Undelivered contractual promises and work environment shortcomings can transform that challenge into a long-term nightmare. Keith LaFerriere shows how to get paid what you're worth; how to fight for control of your projects using management tools corporate cultures respect (even if they don't understand your work); and how to tell when it's time to jump ship.
Hide Your Shame: The A List Apart Store and T-Shirt Emporium is back. Hot new designs! Old favorites remixed! S, M, L, XL. Come shop with us!
2008-05-16 18:30:42
Clients love to write copy. Well, they love to plan to write it, anyhow. On most web design projects, content is the last thing to be considered (and almost always the last thing to be delivered). We?ll spend hours, weeks, even months, doing user scenarios, site maps, wireframes, designs, schemas, and specifications?but content? It?s a disrespected line item in a schedule: “final content delivered.” Pepi Ronalds proposes a solution to this constant cause of project delays.
Hide Your Shame: The A List Apart Store and T-Shirt Emporium is back. Hot new designs! Old favorites remixed! S, M, L, XL. Come shop with us!
2008-05-15 11:17:27
Okay, I'm taking down this post. I've been overwhelmed with a WORLD of positive responses, from both you out there, as well as my peers and bosses. I was nervous when my bosses read it -- I didn't want to...
2008-05-15 10:52:10
Lala just called me and proposed. Because we can get married in California, you know. We'll probably wait till after the AIDS ride, though. Oh, love is good. Love is really good.
2008-05-15 10:30:41
Oh, this is hard. It's hard, being back up north, so far from the little mama, who's still so sick. She's moving hospitals today and going in for a kidney biopsy. But a girl's gotta work. I just feel so...
2008-05-14 12:43:11
I was a candy-striper here, twenty-one years ago. I walked these very same halls in my pink-striped pleated dress. I loved that dress. To me, it had the cachet of historical reenactment. I was sure Florence Nightingale had worn something...
2008-05-13 07:11:23
Love it! I do! It's based (very, very loosely) on Thrifty Knitter's Spring Forward Fall Back pattern. But I got a tighter gauge than her, so I recalculated the neck and just went from there. Yarn: 2nd Time Cotton, Knit...
2008-05-12 09:51:08
Fighting a migraine for two days now. It hasn't got me, but the migraine aura has me by the neck. Feels like someone digging their fingers into the back of my head -- not painful, but not pleasant. The visual...
2008-05-07 13:07:07
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2008-05-07 07:15:25
http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/profile.php?sku=14-831
The Buffster takes the fight to Japan in the third part of Drew Goddard's 'Wolves at the Gate' arc.
2008-05-07 07:15:19
http://www.amazon.com/Angel-After-Fall-Joss-Whedon/dp/B0017Q1JJ2/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210165797&sr=8-20
The 'First Night' interlude continues as we find out more about what happened after 'Not Fade Away'. And preview pages for this issue can be found over at Newsarama.
2008-05-07 01:18:17
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i00cf1beb205423cda2da8b4816b57b80
The Hollywood Reporter takes a first look at what the network's upfronts might look like and writes that it seems likely that Dollhouse won't start until midseason. ETA: Though the leading Dollhouse fansite says the Hollywood Reporter got it wrong and that Dollhouse is still set to air this Fall.
Fox's other high-profile new entry, Joss Whedon's "Dollhouse," which is still in production, is eyed for midseason.
Am I the only one who will be all crying and shaking if this is true?
[ edited by Simon on 2008-05-07 18:47 ]
2008-05-06 23:28:25
2008-05-06 19:23:49
Yesterday I attended a launch event that really impressed me. As I watched it, I sent this twitter message: Watching a killer presentation on the cbs digital radio network. These guys have nailed it I got a bunch of replies...
2008-05-06 18:35:41
I have no idea what those strings of HTML code do or mean (and I substituted [ for <), but they messed up my feed for the past couple days. They got into my feed because I cut and pasted...
2008-05-06 12:32:23
http://www.armchaircommentary.com/2008/05/tv-resurrection.html
Every episode of Drive is now available on Amazon Unbox, including the two that never aired.
[ edited by zeitgeist on 2008-05-06 20:17 ]
2008-05-06 11:21:43
http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?id=8295
GS AXM has been pushed back to 5/28 and Runaways #30 has been delayed until 6/11. Previously, both were due out on 5/21.
2008-05-06 04:26:48
http://www.patrickrothfuss.com/blog/2008/05/interviewing-felica.html
Felicia Day talks about "Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" and when it will get released.
2008-05-06 04:15:47
http://community.kidsneedtoread.org/?p=466
Proceeds from this auction will go to benefit Kids Need To Read.
2008-05-06 01:47:15
http://www.hbo.com/films/recount/index.html
HBO has a website up for "Recount" with trailers. Unfortunately, there are no writer (or director) credits on the trailers, but Danny (Jonathan) Strong received sole writing credit on the telefilm (per IMDB), so clearly there is life after dying in the Sunnydale High basement.
2008-05-05 15:28:28
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i06a73bb9ccfd10cfca735d9d9ec9e2bb
A Hollywood Reporter journalist says "a pickup is considered a given".
2008-05-05 15:19:15
http://www.previewsworld.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=6&s=430&ai=69889
Double-dose of the 'verse!
2008-05-05 10:25:11
The poll I did yesterday on Yahoo!'s closing price has been taken almost 2,200 times in about a day. How did it get so many takers? By being distributed on many blogs at the same time. The poll has a...
2008-05-05 04:20:51
I put up a poll on this blog yesterday and a number of other blogs picked it up or linked to it. The net result was about 1,800 responses as of 6am eastern this morning. You can track the responses...
2008-05-05 00:00:54
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0440229/
Angel's Vincent Kartheiser turns 29 today.
We wish him all the luck in the world :-)
2008-05-04 23:36:21
http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=13
So far Albuquerque, NM and Auckland, NZ.
More info on holding an Event, but not a Serenity Charity screening.
Current count As of 5/4/2008:
43 Serenity Charity Screenings.
38 Cities with Serenity Charity screenings.
2 Affiliate Cities Events.
4 countries.
19 US states.
All 6 Aussie states. Go Aussies!
2 Canadian provinces.
[ edited by Anonymous1 on 2008-05-06 01:48 ]
2008-05-04 21:51:32
Oh, you people always knock our socks right off. My feet, they are cold and sock-less because you are so generous. She's already (!) broken her target amount, but don't let that stop you from donating to a very worthy...
2008-05-04 08:50:15
Quizzes by Quibblo.com I voted already and voted for $26/share. I think Microsoft has shown how much value Yahoo has and the market will reflect that once it thinks this through. And please feel free to embed this poll in...
2008-05-04 08:32:07
Reading the ms/yhoo news on my bberry via twitter. I know I'm in the minority but I think yhoo did the right thing. Great outcome
2008-05-03 16:02:00
Its been about 20 years since I had my car towed. It happened today during my son's baseball game. The parking spot I used last sunday apparently is a tow zone the other six days of the week. A good...
2008-05-02 08:27:37
Words of wisdom from Steve Kane (actually Steve's dad): btw, the best advice my old man gave, and the advice he drilled most emphatically and repeatedly was, ASK FOR THE ORDER. you'd be amzed how many people talk to customers...
2008-05-02 04:22:53
My partner Albert says: In building a business it?s generally considered a good idea to listen to your customers... As it turns out though, listening to customers is a lot easier said than done. And then he goes on to...
2008-05-01 13:11:47
Thanks, y'all, for your thoughts. We really, truly appreciate it. Besos. But now, let's move on to happier things. Like Lala riding the AIDS ride! Do you know how insanely crazy she is for signing up for this? SEVEN DAYS...
2008-05-01 08:41:12
My other thought when looking at this chart was "if these were two stocks, what would people be doing with them?"
2008-05-01 04:20:12
TechCrunch has another Xobni rumor this morning. This one says that Xobni walked away from a deal to sell itself to Microsoft: But the deeper that Xobni got into the discussions, the less comfortable it felt about its eventual fate...
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