Earlier this year we made a seed investment in a new company called Gnip.  Yesterday, Gnip launched their first service – a free centralized callback server that notifies data consumers

Microsoft is trying to.  It’s up on PeerToPatent and you can comment on this patent application (and the USPTO will presumably listen to you) if you’d like to help keep

As I was contemplating how to optimally pack my liquids and gels into a single quart sized ziplock bag I came across an article in the NY Times titled Bag

Thanks to my buddy Alex Iskold at Adaptive Blue for my new t-shirt. $DO || ! $DO ; try try: command not found That describes my marathon and life philosophy

It’s summer time and I’ve once again been powering through a bunch of books.  Amy and I are heading to our place in Homer, Alaska tomorrow where I’ll likely continue

Today’s Wall Street Journal has an article titled Tech Giants Join Together To Head Off Patent Suits.  It describes the efforts of a new organization named Allied Security Trust who’s

Month 1 of this year’s TechStars program is over.  Andrew Hyde captures the sights and the people of TechStars in a fun three minute video. While you are at it,

I feel like bitching about FAS 157 today.  I was at the annual meeting for one of our LPs yesterday and there was a long discussion about the impact of

I heard a "superb" cynical statement today.  I have no idea if it is factually correct, have no data (empirical or anecdotal) to support it, but it is such a

I’ve got three great posts for you this morning to interrupt the long essays that my marathon addled brain has been pumping out. First Mover vs Fast Follower – Who