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

Trying to Help AT&T Get Better in Boulder

Last week I complained about how miserable I was with AT&T.  I love my iPhone, but the AT&T service (both data and voice) is abysmal here in Boulder.  All my

December 14, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

New Zeo Personal Sleep Score Record

One of my recent obsessions has become “human instrumentation.”  I’ve always been really interested in the data that I generate (sleep, fitness, diet, medical) and in the past six months

December 12, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

The Metaverse Is So Very Fragile

I’m still really cold this morning and I’m dreaming of a time when I can put my meat puppet into hibernation for a while and just romp around in the

December 10, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

I Want More Information, Not Less

I spent the last two days at the Defrag Conference.  It was awesome on so many levels including the content, the venue, seeing a bunch of great friends, and meeting

November 13, 2009 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Hacking Robots – iRobot Roomba Pac-Man Game

The Boulder Camera highlighted a few CU Boulder students and their newest project in the article CU-Boulder students create Pac-Man Roomba game.  For anyone that played Pac-Man as a kid

November 11, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

My Field Trip To The Supreme Court

I had an incredible experience yesterday.  My friend Phil Weiser, who is now the Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the US Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (I prefer to call

November 10, 2009 · 4 min · Brad Feld

Home Networking Is A Crappy Phrase

We spend a lot of time talking about “computers in the home” as part of our Digital Life theme.  Over the past year, I’ve heard the phrase “Home Networking” with

October 30, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld