My Quest For Measuring Everything

I’ve written in the past about my obsession with measuring things.  While my manual measurements via Daytum include miles run, books read, flights taken, and cities slept in, I’ve become [

September 28, 2010 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Gmail Has Won Me Over

About a month ago I wrote a post titled Trying Gmail For A Week.  I haven’t thought about Outlook, Entourage, or Mac Mail for a month and I don’t think

September 26, 2010 · 5 min · Brad Feld

Have We Reached The Software Patent Tipping Point?

We’ve shifted into a new zone in the world of software patent stupidity.  A few weeks ago, Oracle sued Google over a series of Java-related patents they got when they

August 30, 2010 · 2 min · Brad Feld

What Should You Do When Your Web Service Blows Up?

Every major software or web company I’ve ever been involved in has had a catastrophic outage of some sort.  I view it as a rite of passage – when this

August 30, 2010 · 5 min · Brad Feld

Using Open Source to Bootstrap Your Data Service

Last week SimpleGeo and their partner Stamen Design jointly released a project they have been working on together called Polymaps.  It’s absolutely beautiful and a stunning example of what you

August 21, 2010 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Trying Gmail For A Week

Ever since I switched to the Mac, I’ve had N (where N is a suitably large number) tell me that I should switch to Gmail from Exchange.  I finally decided

August 19, 2010 · 1 min · Brad Feld

I'm Dead To Your Suggestion That X Is Dead

Ah – the joy of a meme.  Today’s meme is “The Web Is Dead.”  Whatever.  My favorite article about this in the past 24 hours is The Tragic Death of

August 18, 2010 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Excellent Summary of Berkeley Patent Survey Results

In 2008 I was invited by Pamela Samuelson, who I met through several Silicon Flatiron events, to be on an advisory board at the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology.

July 27, 2010 · 3 min · Brad Feld

The Internet Makes DC Closer To Homer

I’m far away from Washington DC today.  Actually, I’m a lot closer to Russia than I am to DC and that makes me an expert on Russia.  Wait, someone else

July 8, 2010 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Sawyer on Why Bilski Really Means That Software Companies Should Leave the US

My friend Sawyer was as disappointed in the outcome of Bilski as he was in the ending to LOST.  In fact, he asked if I’d change his pseudonym to Joseph

July 7, 2010 · 6 min · Brad Feld