Where Is Microsoft In This Party?

I’m completely baffled.  Yesterday, Saul Hansell of the New York Times had an article titled Inbox 2.0: Yahoo and Google to Turn E-Mail Into a Social Network.  Saul’s article is

November 14, 2007 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Rock Band Rocks

My affection for the amazing games from the gang at Harmonix crosses several boundaries, including the well revered financial one.  As an angel investor in Harmonix, I bow down and

November 13, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

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