Reporting on w3w3 from Homer, Alaska

My friend Larry Nelson who with his wife Pat runs w3w3.com interviews me periodically.  I’m always happy to talk to Larry – he’s a tireless reporter on the Colorado entrepreneur

July 21, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Brilliant Op-Ed Crushing McCain On The Economy

My Sunday morning online scan of the New York Times turned up an awesome Op-Ed by Frank Rich titled It’s the Economic Stupidity, Stupid.  It’s a scathing (er – "fucking

July 20, 2008 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Excellent Story on the Failure of Monitor110

It’s unusual for a founder to write a long thoughtful post on the failure of his company.  Roger Ehrenberg – the co-founder of Monitor110 – which shut down earlier this

July 19, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Will You Marry Me On Scramble?

Who said the magic of Facebook is wearing thin?  Nah.  Cynics. One of our investments – Zynga – helped a nice young couple (Tyler Richardson and his (now) fiancee Christine)

July 18, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Gnip Starts Getting Twitter Data

One of the questions I’ve been asked numerous times since Gnip launched a few weeks ago is "when is Gnip going to start working with Twitter?"  The answer is: today.

July 18, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The New Wallstrip

Wallstrip 2.0 is out.  Fortunately, channeling the voice of the founder Howard Lindzon, they announce it very sarcastically on the homepage.  Welcome to Wallstrip 2.0, where everything is ha

July 18, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Who, Inflation, Blogging, and Global Warming

It’s time for another quick list of interesting things I found this morning on the web along with my occasionally witty commentary. Harmonix Party: Rock Band owns LA with Who

July 17, 2008 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Social Search

Last week, Me.dium released its Alpha version of Me.dium Social Search.  This coincided with Yahoo!’s launch of BOSS – Me.dium was one of the initial launch partners.  This was p

July 17, 2008 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Warranty Repair and Online Retail Don't Mix

My partner Ryan McIntyre has an excruciating story up titled Sharp’s Dull Service / My eCommerce Nightmare about his experience buying a snazzy new 52" Sharp Aquos LC-52D92U via Amazon

July 17, 2008 · 1 min · Brad Feld

A Book A Day Keeps The Sun Away

While Amy assures me there is no correlation between "books" and "sun appearance", I have been reading a book each day and there has been no sun since we arrived

July 14, 2008 · 5 min · Brad Feld