April 2008
More thinking about Obama and his (former) pastor
It seems like the voters are falling into a few camps after this weeks non stop coverage of Rev Wright and then Obama’s response. One camp (Obama camp) is saying they are in shock that the media has paid so much attention to this point. via Bob Cesca @ Huffington Post: “If the corporate media had been as diligent about watchdogging President Bush as they have been about watchdogging...
Smoking fast
We are moving next month to a new house. It turns out that they have FIOS internet in the new place. Just found out I’m getting unlimited voice and 20Mbps downstream and 20Mbps upstream for $100. I can’t freaking wait. Om’s post today on this very subject is spot on.
Need You Tonight - Of Montreal I discovered Of...
Let a thousand social music sites bloom
When I was in high school and college I couldn’t get enough of music. I had cassettes everywhere and then CDs. My CD collection grew rapidly and storage became a problem. It feels like I’ve been creating playlists forever. analog and digital playlists. But I have to tell you - in the time post college and before social music sites appeared (last.fm, hype machine, project playlist et...
The Lovers - Arctic Monkeys Just found out they...
“Third, even within the tech world itself I’ve seen Twitter “haters” turn into...”
– Much atwitter about nothing? » VentureBeat
Good one Lauren
me: hey, do you want me to show you how to start a blog ?
lauren: no, do you want me to show you how to read a book (big smile)
Migrating from Hotmail to Gmail
My wife has been using Hotmail for over 10 years. I’ve been trying to convince her to switch forevah now but she’s been loyal and she liked her address. Tonight she told me she was ready to make the move. The biggest problem with Hotmail in her life is that her blackberry couldn’t fetch her hotmail account. And its just so ugly on a Mac. After creating her new gmail account, it...
“All these means of self expression like blogging, tumbling and twittering seem...”
– This and That @ Tumblr - To Twit or not to twit my partner Santo’s post today. So true…
Farmhouse - Phish I’m still in my phish...
Watchreblogged via soxiam: Digg Dubb: Groove Is In The Heart on Vimeo (via Vimeo) The team at Digg is in the groove. This is great.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-4-27) →
Radiohead
Tokyo Police Club
The Kooks
Death Cab for Cutie
M. Ward
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
iPhone vs Blackberry Battle - part II
Last year when Apple shipped their first gen iPhone, everyone naturally compared it to the Blackberry. I know I did. It turns out that most blackberry folks I know fell into a few different groups -some folks ditched their blackberry all together (small group) -some returned their iphone (small group) -some kept two phones. they used the blackberry for work and iphone for everything else, browser,...
Heavy Things - Phish I’ve been in a phish...
“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do...”
– Mark Twain (via onherway) Found this on Tumblr Radar this morning.
How We Use Twitter for Journalism - ReadWriteWeb →
Fake Plastic Trees - Radiohead This is an older...
Brad is right. This is a choice
When I wrote this post a few weeks back I was in a tough place. I don’t think I was feeling sorry for myself - I was just in a world of hurt. Balancing the work/life scale is a tough one. Setting limits is even tougher. But I agree with Brad and his excellent post about rejecting stress. It’s a choice. And I’m deciding that I’m going to get better at this. A dear friend of...
Tessellate - Tokyo Police Club This band is all...
“Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer revealed that the company has signed up 200,000...”
– Macworld | Apple: 200,000 iPhone developers so far Does anyone question whether apple should keep the iphone closed or open? This is an amazing number. Open beats closed.
The future of mobile ads
Here’s the thing. I never understood mobile ads. text ads or banners. I know they can be targeted in brand new ways but text & banner ads in a browser. DIdn’t get it and I’ve never clicked on one. but we have a portfolio company that has quietly launched a service with a large carrier and using AdMob mobile ad network. And guess what? The click thru rates have been much...
Open Your Eyes - Snow Patrol I’ve always...
My partner Todd's movie
My partner Todd Dagres co-produced “Transsiberian” starring Ben Kingsley, Emily Mortimer and Woody Harrelson. The film was shown at Sundance and yesterday it opened the Independent Film Festival of Boston. Very cool & I can’t wait to see it. Person Todd DagresRight click for SmartMenu shortcuts
“He and I both agreed that they’ll be a better company for having spent time with...”
– - west coast vc friend of mine recently I spent a bunch of time looking at a startup that was seeded by this west coast vc. founders are awesome and I loved the vision but I couldn’t get comfortable for a few reasons. It was a painful decision on my part. this follow up from that particular...
“Kerris was the first person to show Keith Richards an iPod.”I said ‘This...”
– The Set List: Rolling Stones Techie Shines A Light On Mick’s Love Of The iPod
Heroes - David Bowie (acoustic) The other day I...
Sony buys a UGC pioneer
I’ll never forget the first time I ripped a CD onto a Mac. It was in 1996. I encoded it with some shareware tool. And then I manually entered in all the meta data - artist, album, and tracks. I did it for all of the CDs I could fit on my Mac at the time. Then one day, i put a CD in my Mac and all of the fields were prepopulated. The data came from other users just like me. The software was...
reblogged via rach: The Police - So Lonely What...
“And these .. aspects of the old politics I’ve seen growing in Hillary’s...”
– Heilemann: Robert Reich to Endorse Obama — Daily Intel — New York News Blog — New York Magazine (via fred-wilson)
Tumblr users get some love at Technorati
My blog has never been super popular or on the top of any leaderboard. But I’m proud of this site and the kind folks that have been part of this blog - either by just visiting, commenting, linking or reblogging. I’ve learned a ton blogging and I love all of the new friends I’ve made or friends I’ve gotten to know better thru blogging. One thing I’ve noticed is that...
The Google Brand
Apparently Google’s brand is considered the most valuable global brand. I wonder if Google would have had the top spot if the analysis was limited to the US market. There is no question that Google’s brand is incredible and for good reason. But here’s the thing: the day that some startup builds a better search engine, well, I’m switching. The day that Google’s gives...
“Morale is tremendously important to a startup—so important that morale alone is...”
– Be Good - Paul Graham: Essays
Let’s Dance - M.Ward I think I could listen...
Amazon.com: Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10... →
This book was highly recommended by a friend. Since I’ve got two daughters I’m going to read it this week.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-4-20) →
Ryan Adams
Cat Power
Death Cab for Cutie
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
Soweto Gospel Choir
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
WatchEllie playing nintendo this morning.
Short Skirt Long Jacket - Cake Some of my friends...
Dealing with the Inbox
Email is a gift and a curse as we all know by now. Our inbox can control us if we aren’t careful. But when we try to control our inbox we get punished later. I’ve tried different schemes like only check email at certain times a day which doesn’t work. Or I’ve tried staying aggressively on email but is an uphill climb at best. Twitter is becoming my favorite way to deal with...
Sugaree - Grateful Dead Great song from a long...
Wonderwall - Cat Power There is something...