Recommendation – Ignore All The 2009 Predictions

Oh goody, they are here.  Every magazine, newspaper, and most of the online publications known to man are putting together their “2008 year in review” and their “2009 prediction” editions.

December 24, 2008 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Robots and Beer

Every male tech nerd (and some female tech nerds) that I’ve known has at one time or another has fantasized about a robot bringing him (or her) a beer from

December 23, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Books on the Beach

Q4 vacation earlier this month was the site of my 43rd birthday (to those who wished me a happy birthday, thank you!)  We spent the week in Cabo at the

December 22, 2008 · 6 min · Brad Feld

Daily Reading As The Year Winds Down

I’m always amused at how many “lists” appear at the end of the year.  I’m anti-list – I never read them and I no longer am willing to contribute to

December 22, 2008 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Christmas vs. Chanukah

As Chanukah sprints ahead and gets started before Christmas, we all know how this ends since Christmas will finish before Chanukah does.  To refresh your memory, take a look at

December 22, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Books: God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

Today’s book was an easy one.  When Kurt Vonnegut died in 2007, I decided to read all of his books.  A quick trip to Amazon resulted in the purchase of

December 21, 2008 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Sorry for the Feed Flood

For those of you that just got a flood of posts in your Feld Thoughts feed, that’s because of me.  Yeah – I wrote a bunch of posts over the

December 21, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Unbearable Frustration of Error Code 80169d94

Error Code 80169d94 cost me an hour of my life last night and ninety minutes of my life this morning.  All I wanted to do was upgrade my Xbox Live

December 21, 2008 · 5 min · Brad Feld

Amy Has The Real Rocket City Marathon Pictures

A marathon wouldn’t be a marathon without my sherpa.  Amy plays the role perfectly, including taking all the important pictures.  My favorite:

December 21, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Books: Panic – The Story of Modern Financial Insanity

I think I’ve read every book that Michael Lewis has ever written going all the way back to Liar’s Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street .  While Lewis

December 20, 2008 · 5 min · Brad Feld