Sarychev Peak Volcano in Stereo

The web (and the universe) is an amazing place.  My sister-in-law Laura turned me on NASA’s “Astronomy Picture of the Day” website.  I bookmarked it and put it in my

June 25, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

TechStars Episode 4: Skills & Persistence

Episode 4 of The Founders: TechStars Boulder is up on the web.  This week’s episode includes a special guest appearance from Greg Cohn at Yahoo, a poker party with KKO,

June 23, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Deep Calm

I’m sitting in the early dawn light in a cabin in Tabernash, Colorado drinking a cup of coffee and getting ready to go for a run in the mountains.  I’ve

June 23, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld

OpenPogo – Hacking Your Pogoplug

Last night I sent the Puttermans (the co-founders of Cloud Engines – the makers of Pogoplug) a note with a few ideas about features I’d like to see in the

June 22, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Don Coen – Prairie Rattler

I have three major hobbies – reading, running, and collecting art.  On my run today, I realized that I occasionally blog about reading and running, but I rarely blog about

June 21, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Advice For Working With Mentors

I had a great week last week.  Most of the companies I’m an investor in are doing well and are having strong Q2s.  A few, like Zynga, are absolutely killing

June 20, 2009 · 4 min · Brad Feld

TechStars Episode 3: A Community Party

Episode 3 of The Founders: TechStars Boulder is up on the web.  This week’s episode includes special guest Dave Morin from Facebook.

June 16, 2009 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Email – The Original Social Graph

I’ve been an Internet email user since early 1984 when I got my first Project Athena account as an undergraduate at MIT.  Notwithstanding all the “email is dead” messages over

June 16, 2009 · 3 min · Brad Feld

The Magic of Data Visualization

I love data.  And I adore playing with it graphically, as I learn a lot from graphing longitudinal data about things I’m involved in.  However, I find that almost all

June 14, 2009 · 3 min · Brad Feld

I’ve Run Out of Namespace in My Brain

I’ve never been great with remembering names the first time I meet someone.  I’ve tried all the usual tricks and haven’t found one that works.  For me, it’s a matter

June 12, 2009 · 2 min · Brad Feld