Great Example of Blogging Changes to Your Product

I’m a small investor in Shelfari.  I read a ton and thought it would be fun to play along with them at home and both a user and an investor.

November 13, 2007 · 2 min · Brad Feld

This Time I Support Mike Gravel for President

The last time I took a Select A Candidate Quiz, I ended up supporting Dennis Kucinch.  I got a note from Ian Manheimer, the founder of Glassbooth.org, who suggested I

November 12, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The End Software Patents Coalition

My railing against software patents shouldn’t be new to you, dear reader.  Recently, this tilting at windmills has generated some attention.  Among other things, a new group of interes

November 12, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

I Have Some Intense New Comments for You

I love blog comments – I think of them as the Dark Matter of the Blogosphere.   I haven’t been able to get an accurate count of the total number of

November 12, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Real Use for AOL

While terrorists couldn’t seem to bring down Jack Bauer, the writer’s strike seems to have nailed him.  Oh well – at least there’s a back to the future version of

November 11, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The ClosedPrivate Initiative Appears on Techmeme

The ClosedPrivate Initiative made an appearance on Techmeme last week. Look for the release of the API in the next week or so. Many interesting people have collaborated on it, but

November 10, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

More Software Patent Craziness – This Time It's Aimed At Google

I woke up this morning to Northeastern sues Google over patent. Northeasten University and Jarg Corp have sued Google over a patent granted Professor Kenneth Baclawski in 1997. According t

November 10, 2007 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Not Everything Works

You hear a lot about successful companies on most VC blogs. It’s a lot easier to talk about success than it is to talk about failure. Several weeks ago, The Enthusiast

November 10, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

That Damn Writers Strike

Even though I thought Season 6 of 24 was a dud, I am still devastated by the news that 24 is on hold this season due to the writers strike.

November 8, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Defrag Summary

If you have been following Defrag from a distance, Sean Ammirati at Read/WriteWeb has an awesome summary up titled Five Themes From the Defrag Conference. The Attention Economy Next-Level Discovery [&

November 8, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld