Software and Failure

As Amy and run around like silly people packing up to head back to Boulder tonight, I stumbled upon two fantastic posts on the web.  Consider this your daily reading

July 31, 2008 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Brief Thoughts On How The IBM Acquisition Machine Works

The NY Times has a great short article up titled The I.B.M. Acquisition Machine: A Seller’s Perspective.  It has several quotes from Pierre Haren, the co-founder of CEO of Ilog

July 30, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Connecting Your Brain Directly To The Internet

It could happen before you expect it.  I read a lot of science fiction and have been fantasizing about the opportunity to jack into cyberspace for a long time.  We

July 29, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Why I Spend A Month A Year in Homer, Alaska

I wish it were as simple as "the weather."  After 27 days in a row of rain (ok – we had sun for part of two days), the sun finally

July 29, 2008 · 3 min · Brad Feld

The Best Advice For The Economy I've Heard In A While

Mark Cuban has a brilliant post up titled How to Jumpstart the Economy – Tax Free Small Businesses.  He totally nails it.  Send a copy to every politician you know.

July 28, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

A Very Good String Of Books

I had a week of "a book a day" where every single one I read was great.  I’m now slogging through an "ok" book (The Pirate’s Dilemma: How Youth Culture

July 25, 2008 · 4 min · Brad Feld

The Dark Knight

Amy insists I’m the Good Knight so we’ll call this a good night for the Dark Knight. Be afraid.  Be very afraid.

July 23, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

My Dad's Summer Camp Story – 1950

I love it when my dad writes about personal history on his blog.  He’s a great storyteller and is extremely articulate about living and growing up in a generation that

July 23, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Doubling Down

Fred Wilson – my friend and co-investor in Zynga – titled his post on Zynga’s $29 million financing Raising The Stakes so I couldn’t resist titling my post Doubling Down. 

July 23, 2008 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Glue and Comments

Since last summer I’ve been talking about comments as the Dark Matter of the Blogosphere.  I use Intense Debate* for the comment system on my blog and have learned a

July 22, 2008 · 3 min · Brad Feld