April 2008
Rebel Rebel - Tegan and Sara There is nothing like...
Creep - Radiohead An acoustic version of an...
A word about the google/DoubleClick non compete...
Valleywag reported today that google required DoubleClick employees to sign a non compete. And then there was a subsequent layoff after the acquisition . Many folks asked me what I thought since I have been so vocal about ending non competes. Here are my thoughts. I don’t like non compete ageements. I don’t think they are fair and they stifle innovation. I believe that California has...
I’m Going Higher - M.Ward I just found this...
“In adding up the quantifiable costs of the war, it is hard not to come up with a...”
– Joseph Stiglitz & Linda Bilmes - The Guardian/UK
The Twitter Addiction
I know a lot of folks that refuse to carry a blackberry.
They can’t handle the constant vibration or the blinking red light. Or just the idea that there inbox is growing and they are just a click from checking it out. Anytime. Anywhere.
So these friends of mine carry two phones. One for talking. And one for email/sms.
I have some other friends that won’t even turn on their...
Child For a Day - Cat Stevens This song is for my...
AlwaysOn - VentureSummit East
I’ll be the AlwaysOn event today in Boston. I’m on a panel today called “So You Wanna Be a VC”. I have a few thoughts on this and I’m glad Scott Kirsner is the moderator. But it’s the last panel of the day and today is the last day so I’m guessing that there might not be that many people there. So if you are there - please stop by and say ‘hi’...
Coma Girl - Joe Strummer I miss Joe Strummer. He...
“In the Rolling Stones’ new concert movie, Shine a Light, there is a...”
– Blues Brothers : Rolling Stone
More good news for startups: Google App Engine
Just read all the coverage of the Google App Engine. I can’t wait to talk to some of our portfolio companies that use Amazon Web services and get their thoughts on how this stacks up. The timing couldn’t have been better. More and more companies need this yesterday and Amazon has been having some performance issues of late. I am amazed but not surprised that Google best Msft to...
daryn: Tarkio - Goodbye Girl A cover of the...
Announcing our investment in Covestor
We have been obsessed about bring the power of social networks, community and data to the world of financial markets and personal finance. And that is what Covestor is all about. I’m thrilled to announce that we recently invested in Series A of Covestor along with Union Square Ventures and Amadeus Capital as well as Howard Lindzon , Roger Ehrenberg and John Borthwick. With Covestor you...
John Adams is blogging and tumbling from the dead
I just mentioned John Adams in my post earlier today and now I find out that John Adams is using Tumblr from the grave and it’s quite funny. The blog is about John Adams’s view on current events (and no, it’s not me). Silicon Alley Insider links to the late Presidents observation on the Microsoft/Yahoo news of the day. I thought this post from John Adams was really funny....
Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen This is a...
Tax Dollars & Pork
Yesterday I was talking to my dad about the craziness when it comes to how our tax dollars work. We all pay our share of taxes. Some more than others. But it ends up being a vast vast sum of money. Somehow we have allowed ourselves to sit by while public teachers are underpaid, while mininum wage is practically a joke, social services have been cut etc etc. At the same time we have endless money...
