The Supreme Court Weighs in on Patents

Yippee! Jason had some comments up at AsktheVC. I can’t wait until the day comes that all the “obvious stuff that has been patented” gets invalidated (the patents –

May 1, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Sony Reader

I love new toys. It had been a while (at least two weeks) since my last one. I was sitting next to Howard Morgan at a meeting catching up and

April 29, 2007 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Is "Damn It" A Swear?

Jack Bauer (ok – Keifer) explains why he says “damn it” so much on 24. Thanks Jason S for the pointer.

April 29, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Forbes 90th Anniversary Issue

I rarely read an entire magazine. I typically just skim them in the bathroom and tear out the articles I actually want to read. The Forbes 90th Anniversary Issue was

April 27, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Bulk Email Patent Nonsense – I Volunteer to be an Expert Witness

I read Matt Blumberg’s post on Silly, Silly Patent Nonsense this morning. It concerns a bulk email patent that was issued in 2003 that is being used to sue InfoUSA

April 27, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Tim Wolters on Wallstrip

One of my favorite CTOs – Tim Wolters of Collective Intellect – is on Wallstrip today chatting with Lindsey. While I’d much rather there was less of Tim and

April 27, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Change from GAAP to SAAP

A blog reader (Sam from – well – somewhere) pointed out a critically important new set of accounting principles called SAAP that are a replacement for GAAP and are described

April 27, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

That's A Good Question

There are a bunch of verbal tics that people use that drive me crazy. “Honestly” and “to tell you the truth” are the two that I dislike the most. Another

April 26, 2007 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Widget Stats

Some of the companies I invest in are innovation factories – it feels to me like something interesting comes out of them at least once a week (and sometimes daily.)

April 26, 2007 · 3 min · Brad Feld

The Ultimate Travel Community Site

Passion for ideas for new companies come from lots of different places. I’ve learned to pay attention to them and see where they lead. Sometimes they lead somewhere; often they

April 26, 2007 · 3 min · Brad Feld