Patents Are A Weak Measure of Innovation Activity

After not seeing the word patent in my daily information routine for a few weeks, I saw it twice today – first in an article titled Turning Patents Into ‘Invention

February 18, 2010 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Do Patents Slow Down Innovation?

I had a very interesting meeting yesterday with an MIT Professor who I’ve known for a long time.  He is anti-software patent, as am I.  However, he suggested something I

January 30, 2010 · 2 min · Brad Feld

My Interview with Jason Calacanis on TWiST #35

On Friday I spent two hours at Mahalo headquarters in Jason Calacanis’ studio filming This Week In Startups Episode #35.  Jason and I have known each other since the mid

January 18, 2010 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Speech Recognition Is Only Part of the Future

A week or so ago, Fred Wilson Dictated a Blog Post.  In it he dictated a blog post on his Nexus One phone.  He then discovered Swype which now has

January 18, 2010 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Proposal: An Independent Inventor Defense Against Software Patents

Brad Burnham at Union Square Ventures put up a very important post last night titled We need an independent invention defense to minimize the damage of aggressive patent trolls.  His

January 12, 2010 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Universal Videoconferencing

While Fred Wilson has his review of his Google Phone up already, I’m more intrigued with all the pre-CES announcements.  I’ll be walking the floor on Thursday soaking it all

January 5, 2010 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Wi-Fi on Airplanes Finally Coming

I’m not on an airplane again until 2010 (1/6/10 to be exact when I head to Las Vegas for CES) which is a relief since I flew 87 segments 2009.

December 21, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Short URL’s Are Entertainingly Out of Control

I’m really pleased that FeedBurner has finally implemented a Socialize feature.  With a few settings, I can now connect my Twitter account to my FeedBurner profile and, when I post

December 19, 2009 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Score Two Wins Against Software Patents

I have to keep reminding myself that some things just take a long time.  My rampage against software patents continues and, while my efforts around the StartupVisa have dominated my

December 18, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

More On Human Instrumentation Around Sleep Data

I’ve introduced two new devices into my personal human instrumentation experiment.  In addition to my Zeo, I am now carrying around a FitBit and using a Withings scale.  I’ve discovered

December 15, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld