I am delighted to see the addition of several new mentors for the 2008 edition of TechStars including Jeff Clavier (SoftTech VC), Matt Mullenweg (Automattic / WordPress.com), Dick Costolo (FeedBurner/

Yes – I know that phrase is yucky.  That’s why Eric Norlin needs your help.  He’s put out A Call for Ideas and Language surrounding Defrag 2008.  Enterprise 2.0 Online

Philip Greenspun has an excellent essay up on the web titled Internet Software Patents.  He sets the tone by suggesting that "the natural progression of an industry is innovation, consolidat

Ross loves it.  I saw it yesterday and Vista looks great on it.  I’m getting one.

I got the following email on 1/25/08.  The Subject Line was "Naming Bathrooms." Mr. Feld: My name is A, and I am a Cadette Girl Scout who is selling cookies

My partner Seth Levine has a cathartic post up titled Failure where he describes failure from a VC’s point of view.

I’m working on a new project called Gnip.  It’s appropriately inspired by the following game from my childhood. I look forward to gnipping while my friends gnop.

On the way to the airport this morning I twittered "Dell bought messageone (not sure i get that one) and someone bought bebo. Another m&a day."  Fred Wilson immediately responded [&

As I wander around in my own little virtual universe, I lovingly look for all the ways the various content I create gets wired together.  I have a twitter account,

Jeff Nolan from NewsGator has a good post up on the Enterprise RSS blog titled Attention Data: Content vs. User that describes both attention data and privacy dynamics.  There’s a