January 2009
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First Time High (Of Chicago Acoustic Version) - Of...
“Jobs never glanced at their presentation,” the article noted....”
– AppleInsider | iDVD hung out to dry as Apple pushes movies online
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Hey, Snow White - The New Pornographers
I’m...
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New turntable brings back old memories
My new turntable arrived yesterday.
After the kids went to bed, I unpacked it and took a long look. Beautiful.
First thing I had to decide was where to put it. Our whole home AV system is a bit complicated and most of it is based on a network server + Sonos + Boxee.
I decided the turntable was going to live in a parallel universe and separate from the home audio system.
I had an extra receiver...
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Sleepless - The Decemberists
Thanks to Colin...
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“So for all of the reasons I’ve outlined above — Transparency &...”
– Zappos Blogs: CEO and COO Blog: How Twitter Can Make You A Better (and Happier) Person
Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com, has a full post describing his thoughts about Twitter.
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Girl From the North Country - Pete Townshend
A...
What can we learn from netbooks?
Netbooks are taking off.
They clearly address pent up demand and they are especially timely during this economic climate. They are simple, small and low cost. And as the New York Times points out they are breaking old business models. They easily connect to the internet and with most of our data in the cloud - well, you can see which way the wind is blowing.
Netbooks are just a start. I think...
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Mud In Your Eye - Nils Lofgren
Going back a few...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-1-25) →
Bon Iver (29)
David Bowie (12)
Blitzen Trapper (10)
Animal Collective (7)
M. Ward (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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That moment you realize you are in a room full of...
Last summer we moved to a different town outside of Boston.
Since then we are meeting lots of new people. Mostly through our kids but also getting to know the neighbors. And I joined an indoor soccer team.
Last night we went to a dinner party hosted by one of our neighbors. I didn’t know their political pusuasion and I wasn’t going to bring up politics.
But during dinner our host...
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Four Winds - Bright Eyes
I was looking for an...
Venice - Beirut
We are about to head to a dinner...
The Best Way To Use Twitter?
I’m seeing a lot of tweets about the new version of twirl. It sounds very promising. Some people say its the best way to use twitter while tweetdeck loyalists don’t agree.
As I look at my friends tweets I see a wide range of applications. As the time of this post, amongst my friends last 20 tweets in my timeline, I see twitterberry, twitterfon, twitterfeed, tweetie, web, txt,...
Crown of Love - Arcade Fire
I fell for Arcade...
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Changes - Tupac Shakur
Tupac would have been...
Y Combinator heading to CA fulltime
Last night I read on news.yc that Paul and Jessica from ycombinator are moving to Palo Alto full time. As many of you know Y Combinator is a seed program investing in early stage companies in Cambridge and the bay area. (We are investors in one YC company - iminlikewithyou.com. And I’m a big fan of other yc companies like disqus and dropbox.
Paul and Jessica are moving for family reasons....
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Never Had Nobody Like You - M. Ward
This song is...
Naming Your Product
I had lunch with a good friend of mine last week. He’s working on a very interesting product and seems possessed by its possiblities.
But he’s stuck on something. He’s stuck on what to name the product. Something easy to spell. Something memorable. Something serious but not too serious. Many of you have gone through this exercise. It ain’t easy.
At the end of the day the...
“Now, there are some who question the scale of our ambitions - who suggest that...”
– Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address (via jdel) (via inauguration)
WatchJust found this video on Ben Kweller’s site.
Looking forward to seeing him play next month in Somerville.
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The Rake’s Song - The Decemberists
Their...
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My wish list for the future Blackberry App Store
Late last year, I switched back to a trustt blackberry. My iphone 3g is taking a back seat to the Blackberry Bold for now.
The Bold does so many things right. But its missing some apps. I can’t wait for the Blackberry App Store to open up. I’m so happy to hear they have started accepting applications.
Here are the apps I’m hoping show up at launch:
1 - Twitter. I want an app...
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Wonderful song. I was flat out today with so...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-1-18) →
Animal Collective (42)
The Replacements (28)
M. Ward (24)
Ra Ra Riot (1)
Justin Townes Earle (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
We had a very busy day today. And I didn’t...
“But I want this to succeed, so go out there, get a slick hardware deal, and kick...”
– via Marco
Marco has a post today about Boxee and their challenges. I think he’s going to get what he’s asking for :)
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Kindred Spirits
I often cite Boxee and Bug Labs in the same sentence these days.
They are both in New York City, they are both early stage companies and they are both portfolio companies in our firm, Spark Capital and our friends at Union Square Ventures.
But the thing that really makes them kindred spirits is their founding belief in the power of open source and transparency.
My friend Fred Wilson has a post...
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Summertime Clothes - Animal Collective
The...
Boxee in the New York Times
I’m happy to see Boxee as the feature story in the New York Times today and picked up on Techmeme as well.
The article is focused on the idea that consumers may use Boxee to bypass cable:
“Boxee has allowed me to replace cable with no remorse,” said Jef Holbrook, a 27-year-old actor in Columbus, Ga., who recently downloaded the Boxee software to the $600 Mac Mini he has connected to his...
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My favorite things about the new Tumblr v5
The team at Tumblr launched Tumblr v5 today. They have been working really hard on this and it shows. It absolutely amazing. (disclosure: I am an investor in the company)
Here are my favorite things about this release.
1. Tumblr Search. Tumblr search is now available for anyone to use. It works for your own Tumblr site or across all tumblr powered sites. And best of all, it doesn’t matter...
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Knocked Up - Lykke Li
This cover has grown on me....
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Where Did You Sleep Last Night - Nirvana
I took...
“If Steve Jobs dies it’s going to be a day of mourning eclipsing the rites...”
– Lefsetz Letter » Blog Archive » Steve Jobs (via didyouevernotice)
I assume that Steve’s illness isn’t life threatening. But this quote still says a lot. And I agree with the sentiment.
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My Girls - Animal Collective
Their new...
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Early Adopters
Last month I wrote a post called Positive Early Adopters.
At the time, I tried to clarify or illustrate the difference between positive early adopters and negative early adopters. There is nothing better than an active, passionate community of early adopters. In many ways they are more important than anything and more important than spending time thinking about “going mainstream”.
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Can You Tell - Ra Ra Riot
If you liked the album...