Obviousness is Obvious

In my never ending – often Don Quixote like – quest against absurd software patents, I must pause in the midst of my day and give a standing ovation to

July 31, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

San Francisco Marathon – A Personal Worst

Runners like to talk about their “personal best” times. I ran the San Francisco Marathon on Sunday July 29 and turned in my personal worst – 5:14:20. Now – before

July 31, 2007 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Open Source Hardware

I’ve loved the phrase “open source hardware” from the first time I heard it from Peter Semmelhack, the CEO of Bug Labs. It made me think “software” which is exactly

July 31, 2007 · 2 min · Brad Feld

A Significant Interview

My friends Larry and Pat Nelson of w3w3.com interviewed me last week. The word of the interview appears to be “significant.” Feel free to play bozo bingo and count the

July 30, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

A State Between Broke and Funded

Andrew Hyde – a new friend and the creator of Startup Weekend – has a great post up today that all entrepreneurs should read for that warm moment of identification

July 26, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Facebook Email Sucks

I’m an email junkie going back as far as I can remember. It’s by far my favorite way to communicate. I’m utterly and completely baffled that Facebook email (ok – [&

July 26, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Fat Credits

On the heals of G.E. Unveil[ing] Credit Card Aimed at Relieving Carbon Footprints I’m looking for someone that is willing to sell me some fat credits. I’m running the San Franci

July 25, 2007 · 2 min · Brad Feld

NewsGator for iPhone

Got an iPhone? Want to read your feeds on it? Try the new NewsGator iPhone reader. As one of my partners who uses NetNewsWire said, “wow!” (ok – he said

July 24, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

SharePoint and RSS

I love things that are like chocolate and peanut butter. Microsoft has embedded RSS throughout SharePoint – NewsGator’s new Social Sites product (built on top of NewsG

July 24, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Books: Cat's Cradle

My march through Vonnegut continues. Cat’s Cradle was the best yet – as predicted by everyone that saw me carrying it around the past few days. Ice-Nine was not a new

July 23, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld