Defragging The Scary Place Called My Brain

My partner Ryan put up another post on the Foundry Group blog about our Implicit Web theme.  This is a theme that is particularly interesting and useful to me since

March 12, 2008 · 2 min · Brad Feld

HCI: Why 2033 Won't Be Like 2008

My partner Ryan wrote a long post on the Foundry Group blog about our interest in HCI titled Theme: Human Computer Interaction (HCI).  I believe that 25 years from now

March 12, 2008 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Another Software Practitioner Against Software Patents

Dave Roberts – the VP Strategy and Marketing at Vyatta – has written a solid post on Open Source Juicer that tears apart Steve Tobak’s CNet article titled The Patent

March 11, 2008 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Entrepreneurial Companies and the Patent System

I love my life.  I get to work on fascinating things with really smart people.  And every day is different.  Plus I’m married to an awesome woman (but that’s a

March 6, 2008 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Could re: Bilski Vaporize Business Method Patents?

Maybe.  The upcoming en banc session of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit happening in May is an important one.  Brad Stone of the New York Times

March 5, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Google Contacts Data API

Dear all my friendly neighborhood web developers out there.  Please don’t ever ask me for my Google login and password again.  Instead, please implement the Google Contact API.  W

March 5, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The U.S. Doesn’t Have a Monopoly on Stupid IP Court Decisions

For those of you who read my blog, you know that I hate software patents. My partner, Jason Mendelson, began fighting me on this back in 2000 when we began

February 26, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

My New MacBook Air

I’m supposed to have my new MacBook Air tomorrow.  It’ll be running Vista.  If you care, Ross tells you how to set Vista up on the MacBook Air (and when

February 22, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Momentum Behind Software Patent Reform Is Building

I’m an abolitionist.  I believe software patents should be abolished.  I’ve started pounding the drum about this and am delighted to hear as many positive responses to my plea as

February 19, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Innovation, Consolidation, Then Litigation

Philip Greenspun has an excellent essay up on the web titled Internet Software Patents.  He sets the tone by suggesting that "the natural progression of an industry is innovation, consolidat

February 15, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld