Book: Computing in the Middle Ages

The book I read tonight – Computing in the Middle Ages: A View From the Trenches 1955-1983 by Severo Ornstein – stood out in stark contrast to the book I

July 19, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Mastering A Genre – Book: The Accidental Billionaires

Yesterday afternoon I read Ben Mezrich’s latest book The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal.  I downloaded it on my Kindle yesterday

July 19, 2009 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Inside Zynga

My friends at Zynga just put up a short video on the YouTube Zynga channel titled Inside Zynga which is an intro to their company. I’ve never been involved in

July 18, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

RFID Makes Running Marathons More Fun

When I ran my first marathon in 1983, I remember carefully filling out all the information on my race number so that when I crossed the finish line the race

July 16, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Disrupting the Conference Call Market – Again

Yesterday, Gold Systems released their new Conference Server.  This is a new conference call product built on top of Microsoft Office Communications Server.  I’ve been a user of conference c

July 16, 2009 · 3 min · Brad Feld

TechStars: Episode 7: Baby Steps

Well – that run didn’t happen.  Sometimes you just need a nap.  Badly.  Late night + very early morning = nap.  Yummy.  Ready for more.  In the mean time, here

July 14, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Never Mind The Valley, Here’s Boulder

I’m in LA today taking a break between a board meeting and a dinner meeting.  I’ve got a few calls and am then going running somewhere, although I haven’t yet

July 14, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Urgent Need for Colorado-based Java Contractor

If you are an independent contractor that is a Java stud, email me.  I’m specifically looking for someone with familiarity with Vignette 7, Weblogic 9, Javascript, Ajax, and .NET web

July 13, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Some Tech Articles for You on a Saturday Morning

As many of my friends are cranking through the TripleByPass bike race and I prepare to go for a long run in the mountains near my house in Keystone, I

July 11, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Dead Pixel in Google Earth

I love the blog 3 Quarks Daily.  The best part is that I don’t have to read it – Amy obsesses over it and sends me all the stuff she

July 8, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld