February 2010
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Sonos S5
We’ve been using Sonos for years. In my opinion it’s the best whole house audio system that I’ve ever used and I’ve tried a number of them. (And it’s designed by a startup)
Last year, our Sonos experience became even better when they came out with a new touch remote and an iPhone app. With a touch of a button I have last.fm, rhapsody and our local music library...
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Ben Kweller - Problems
Recorded this song on his...
“Maybe the hardest part of leadership—be it leading a company, a family, a...”
– The Monster In Your Head » Comfortable with Uncertainty
We're looking for an associate
We are looking to hire an associate at Spark. The title “associate” means different things at different venture capital firms so let me tell you what it means at Spark. An associate at Spark is part of our investment team in our Boston office. He or she will help our team with market & competitive analysis, process deal flow, due diligence on new investment opportunities, assist...
James Mercer - Harvest
A cover by James Mercer of...
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The Replacements - Me
I just found this post with...
Here Or Gone - The Candles
Discovered this tune...
Focus
Focus is something so easy to say but difficult to do.
It’s hard for everyone. I have a hard time with it as my friends and colleagues can verify. I’m grateful that my job allows for a reasonable amount of ADD.
Focus in startups can be quite difficult as well. Everything is unproven and plenty of obstacles show up every day. It’s easy to think about adding more features, new...
“I prefer not to use flash because it tends to control and take over the photo. I...”
– Harry Benson - How to Take Better Low-Light Photos - NYTimes.com
Kissing The Lipless - The Shins
an oldie but a...
James.
Today is my boy’s birthday. He’s now 4 years old. This kid has taught me a lot and absolutely keeps me on my toes.
And while I remember day 1 like it was yesterday, I’m looking forward to every single day ahead of us too.
I can’t wait to see his face when he opens his birthday present tonight.
“I sent a text to Ev the day that we closed the [Google] deal, and I said,...”
– Technology Review: Can Twitter Make Money?
Biz just tells it like it is…
“I think it was 1996 when we met for the first time. We played a show with Norman...”
– Jake Bellows talking about meeting Conor Oberst
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Tripped - Neva Dinova feat Bright Eyes
The second...
I’ll Be Your Friend - Bright Eyes feat. Neva...
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Developing Chrome Extensions
I’ve been using Google Chrome as my default browser since the day it was released. I have firefox purely as a backup for the extensions that I count on.
But more of those extensions are coming to Chrome everyday and new ones are actually coming out on Chrome first.
One of my favorite Chrome exensions is Dan Kantour’s Extension.fm. I’ve been playing around with it all afternoon....
“Nathan Myhrvold and I have exactly the same goal. We’d both like to...”
– Software patents are the problem not the answer - Brad Burnham
Excellent post. I wish Brad would blog more.
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This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) - Arcade...
Fifteen years ago she said yes
Lauren and I have been married 15 years as of today.
We were both pretty young when we married. I was 26 and Lauren was 25. Our first place together was a 900 square foot apartment in Cole Valley, SF.
Since then a lot has changed. We’ve grown a bunch, ended up moving across country, started a family, and work changed a lot too.
But with all this change the one thing that has remained...
“Twitter loves open source. Twitter is built on open-source software—here are the...”
– Twitter / OpenSource
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A taste of Mexico's healthcare system
This week is winter school vacation for our kids so we are down in Mexico.
Yesterday my daughter Ellie bumped her head pretty hard at the pool and ended up needing a couple of stitches (small cut but kinda deep). I felt so bad for her but she’s a remarkable kid. If it happened to me I would have milked this injury for more sympathy but she’s already back in the pool today :)
It was...
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The reason why google makes so much money
This post is crazy obvious to many but I need to write it down anyway.
I received an email from a founder telling me about his startup.
The email starts out saying “the reason google makes so much money is because they capture intent”
Then because they capture your intention they can sell ads that are contextual and relevent.
We’ve heard this countless times and yes...
Four apps I want on my iPhone
Like many folks, I have a ton of apps on my iPhone. I’ve written about my favorite ones in the past. There are so many good ones.
This morning I thought I would take a different approach and jot down four apps I want on my iPhone someday:
1 - A lightweight to do app that syncs (fast) with a web service.
There is an app i use to keep track of notes called Simplenote. Simplenote does...
Some thoughts about mobile from mexico
I arrived in Mexico yesterday and been thinking about a bunch of random mobile things.
In no particular order.
0 - our hotel is roughly an hour drive south of the cancun airport. I had 3g coverage the entire way down. I don’t think I’ve driven anywhere in MA, NY or CA for that long and had the same 3g coverage
1 - before I left I called AT&T and signed up for their...
hypem:
rebjukebox:
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sheena Is...
Sad Eyed Lady Of The Lowlands - Phoenix
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-7) →
Eva Cassidy (35)
A.A. Bondy (25)
The Postal Service (23)
Conor Oberst (7)
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
The Swiss Army Knife Mistake
When I was kid I remember getting a swiss army knife when I joined the cub scouts.
I loved that thing. It had a knife, compass, screwdriver, saw and even a toothpick. It had a bunch of other things too.
Since then so many products have tried to copy the swiss army knife model of “all-in-one”. The idea is to pack so much into your product that it solves everything and for everyone.
I...
“Maybe it was the stale pastry. Maybe it was the lack of sleep. Whatever it was,...”
– The Myth Of The Silver Bullet CEO
I love how Jerry starts out each of his blog posts.
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Heaven’s On Fire - The Radio Dept
this band...
thebrianhayes asked: Riding or running?
Take control over your destiny
I’ve seen a number of consumer startups trying to reach massive scale by doing deals with carriers or device manufacturers (cell phone manufacturers)
Some worked out nicely for the startups but most don’t.
I like consumer startups that are taking charge of their own destiny. They are not white labeling their product or brand. They are not licensing intellectual property. They are not...
sbroderick asked: Seriously. Your kids are way too cute. They're adopted, right?
