In The Stupid Patent Advertising Category

It’s DNC time in Denver and all kinds of weird advertisements are popping up all over the place, including the airport.  My partner Jason sent me a photo of this

August 21, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Patents, Commons, and Anti-Commons

Yippee – the criticism of the software patent stupidity is starting to heat up and some really smart people are making both useful arguments about the issues and interesting proposals

August 6, 2008 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Early Computer Animated Movies

I’m knee deep in reading The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company, listening to Pink Floyd, and enjoying a perfect Homer, Alaska evening with Amy.  I was an undergraduate

July 3, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Can You Patent The Idea of Recommending Contacts in a Social Network?

Microsoft is trying to.  It’s up on PeerToPatent and you can comment on this patent application (and the USPTO will presumably listen to you) if you’d like to help keep

July 1, 2008 · 2 min · Brad Feld

The Emergence of Defensive Patent Commons

Today’s Wall Street Journal has an article titled Tech Giants Join Together To Head Off Patent Suits.  It describes the efforts of a new organization named Allied Security Trust who’s

June 30, 2008 · 3 min · Brad Feld

It's The Little Things – Or Why Windows Mobile Contact Search Sucks

There is a great Bill Gates email from January 2003 titled Windows Usability Systematic degradation flame that is making the rounds on the web.  I love a good rant and

June 25, 2008 · 4 min · Brad Feld

I'm Done With Private Beta

I was going to call this post "Private Beta is Bullshit" but then I realized I might be wrong.  Rather than decide, I’m looking for reasons to change my mind.

June 12, 2008 · 5 min · Brad Feld

SEO and Boulder Justice Center Community Service

I’ve been fascinated with SEO for a long time.  I’ve experienced a lot of random SEO events as a result of my blog, such as all the traffic I get

June 2, 2008 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Reconsidering Using an iBrick

All of my personal iPhone iBrick experiences have been sad.  Denied credit, couldn’t get activated, couldn’t sync with Exchange, had to cut my fingernails. I’m reconsidering my

May 30, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Holographic Video Conferencing is Here

I’ve been bouncing around the world of video conferencing for a while.  The guys at Raindance – a company I was on the board of from 1997 – 2002 –

May 30, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld