As I was contemplating how to optimally pack my liquids and gels into a single quart sized ziplock bag I came across an article in the NY Times titled Bag Helps Laptop Pass Air Security. Apparently, the TSA has been testing new luggage as a result of an RPF they sent out recently. They won’t certify these bags – rather they’ll encourage manufacturers to adopt a universal logo akin to “this bag is checkpoint friendly.” ...
Here’s an interesting stat. The Rocky Mountain News states that Boulder ranks No. 2 among ‘cybercities’ with 230 high-tech works per 1,000*.* This is according to a study by the American Electronics Association. The top five are: San Jose/Silicon Valley: 286 Boulder: 230 Huntsville, AL: 188 Durham, NC: 156 Washington: 132 It’s a strange list, especially since San Jose/Silicon Valley isn’t actually a city! Just more proof that you can come up with a list for pretty much any measurement you want. I wonder if this counts all the folks on laptops hanging out all day at Trident.
Hey – if the Boulder Daily Camera (our local paper) can put this up on their web site, so can I. Gotta love this place.
My Q2 vacation came quickly on the heels of my Q1 vacation (since I didn’t manage to take my Q1 vacation until April). Amy and I spent a delightful week in Positano, Italy with David and Jil Cohen. This was their big vacation before David goes heads down all summer on TechStars so it was great fun to hang out, relax, and enjoy the magic of some of the best Italy has to offer. ...
My partners Jason Mendelson and Ryan McIntyre have written a long post on the Foundry Group web site titled What We Learned By Moving To Boulder*.* If you live in Boulder and want to get a view on how they think about this place 18 months after moving here, take a look. If you aren’t from Boulder and wonder “Why Boulder?” (which is a question I’ve heard over and over again the last dozen years), here is Jason and Ryan’s perspective. And yes – last winter really sucked.
In response to my Planes, Trains, and Automobiles post, I’ve already gotten several questions along the lines of “how do you deal with our insane air travel system” such as: How do you keep your sanity traveling to the east coast? I’ve just spent the past 6 weeks traveling to New York from Denver and it’s either: get up at 4am only to waste an entire day traveling or take the red-eye. ...
The New York Times Magazine had an outstanding article on Boulder today. The photos paint an accurate picture and the article captures the essence of a place that I love. I moved to Boulder in 1995. Last year while fundraising, I was regularly asked “how did you end up in Boulder?” Following is the short version of the story (which will sound familiar to anyone that has heard it – feel free to skip the indented paragraph.) ...
It looks like Chaos Reigns a Second day at Heathrow . The spiffy new Terminal Five has some “glitches.” Who said modernization was easy?
I’ve had a lot of fun over the past few years as an investor in NewWest.Net . I’ve learned a bunch from Jonathan Weber – the founder – about the intersection of Internet media and print media. NewWest.Net launched in 2005 as a local and regional online publication about growth and change in the Rocky Mountain West. The company then launched a conference series which has been quite successful. Recently they came out with their first print product, The New West Magazine . ...
Frank Gruber (Somewhat Frank) has a nice summary of the 5 Startups (that) Demo At Tech Cocktail Boulder . 200+ people at The Foundry (across from our office at Foundry Group .) I was in Berkeley having dinner at Adagia Restaurant talking about patents. Oh well, the tradeoffs one makes in pursuit of the truth.