I’m an abolitionist.  I believe software patents should be abolished.  I’ve started pounding the drum about this and am delighted to hear as many positive responses to my plea as

Mitchell Ashley has an excellent post up titled Fail Early, Fail Often.  I’m seeing a little more chatter about failure, introspection about how it feels, and suggestions about how to

My friend Bruce Wyman – who is the Director of Technology at the Denver Art Museum – turned me on to Gordon Ramsay‘s Kitchen Nightmares.  Early this morning I discovered

On my way into the office this morning, I heard Stay by Lisa Loeb on the radio. When I was growing up in Dallas, my parents were friends with Lisa’s

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.