What's The Origin of Automagically?

While catching up on some stuff today, I came across the word “automagically” on Bebo. I first heard the word from Todd Vernon. Todd is now the CEO of Lijit,

November 22, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Irrationally Exuberant Ethanol

Disclaimer: I don’t know anything about cleantech and – more specifically – the ethanol market. However, I do understand basic economics reasonably well and have pretty go

October 8, 2007 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Letter To My First Mentor

I’ve received a lot of great comments and emails in response to my “Reflections on Mentors” post. One of them was a note from my mom with a letter attached

December 2, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Taxing Carbon in Boulder

Matt Blumberg pointed me to a post about the Boulderites recent decision to raise taxes on themselves by passing a carbon tax. The feds can’t seem to get around to

November 29, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

More on An Inconvenient Truth

I’ve been struggling with what to say about Al Gore’s book “An Inconvenient Truth.” I read it a few weeks ago and had very mixed emotions about it. Fred and

July 8, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Gold Systems Wins A Microsoft Speech Server Partner Spotlight Award

Congrats to my friends at Gold Systems for winning the “Best Outbound Solution” as part of the Microsoft Speech Server Partner Spotlight Awards that were announced on Tuesday. T

May 18, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Dear Qwest – An Orange Bag is Not A Solution

It’s inevitable. Every year we have our “first real snow” in Boulder. That would be – today. Coinciding with the first snow – 100% of the time – i

October 10, 2005 · 3 min · Brad Feld

How to Start a Company and Why VCs Suck

Paul Graham – founder of Viaweb (bought by Yahoo! in the late 1990s) and author of Hackers & Painters – has two new excellent essays up. While I don’t know

March 22, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Vacation in Paris with Amy and Books

Five years ago, Amy told me that in order to stay married (to her), I needed to commit to going away for a week every three months for a vacation.

March 20, 2005 · 5 min · Brad Feld

Trick Anything Toilet

Trick Anything Toilet, originally uploaded by bfeld. I love toilets. One of my primary criterias for evaluating office space is to go to the mens room and check it out

September 30, 2004 · 1 min · Brad Feld