Software Lives A Long Time

My friend Shawn Broderick (currently CEO / founder of TrustPlus) just wrote a blog post wishing Chron X a happy 10th birthday. I was an investor in Genetic Anomalies –

May 29, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Scratch – A New Programming Language

40 years ago Logo was created. When I was at MIT in the 1980’s, I worked for a semester as a UROP (undergraduate research opportunities program) in Seymour Papert’s lab.

May 29, 2007 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Time to Stuff the Ballot Box

I’m amused by the endless awards that our industry bestows on people and companies, but I can’t avoid the seduction of asking you to vote. I promise you don’t have

May 28, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Why Do Computers Suck So Much?

It’s 2007. I was ready to go for my long run at 9am. It’s 9:27am. I’ve spent the last 27 minutes trying to get iTunes on my Vista-based laptop to

May 27, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

When The User Experience Breaks

I had a great weekend in Boston with the men over 5 feet tall in my family. We watched the Red Sox paste the Braves (13–3) and then watched the

May 20, 2007 · 3 min · Brad Feld

iTurd

I love my iPod Nano. I hate iTunes. It’s like the two things exist in this parallel universe of good and bad. I suppose one explanation is that one is

May 7, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Supreme Court Weighs in on Patents

Yippee! Jason had some comments up at AsktheVC. I can’t wait until the day comes that all the “obvious stuff that has been patented” gets invalidated (the patents –

May 1, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Forbes 90th Anniversary Issue

I rarely read an entire magazine. I typically just skim them in the bathroom and tear out the articles I actually want to read. The Forbes 90th Anniversary Issue was

April 27, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Bulk Email Patent Nonsense – I Volunteer to be an Expert Witness

I read Matt Blumberg’s post on Silly, Silly Patent Nonsense this morning. It concerns a bulk email patent that was issued in 2003 that is being used to sue InfoUSA

April 27, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

RSS Explained in English

The Common Craft Show has a brilliant 3.5 minute video called RSS in Plain English. If you’ve ever wondered what RSS is and why you should care, it’s a phenomenal

April 24, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld