Where Has BASIC Gone?

David Brin has an outstanding article up on Salon titled Why Johnny can’t code. I’ve been the chairman of the National Center for Women & Information Technology for the past

September 18, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Q3 Vacation Book List

One of my favorite parts of vacation is to voraciously consume a pile of books. I’m a fast reader (and a good skimmer when I’m bored of a book) so

September 17, 2006 · 4 min · Brad Feld

A Perfect Vacation

Once a quarter, Amy and I vanish for a week. No telephone, no email, no computer. Amy turned 40 on Thursday so we took last week off. I mostly checked out a week

September 16, 2006 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Ryan Wiese's Show at the Pekoe Sip House

A friend of ours – Ryan Wiese – is having a show of his art at the Pekoe Sip House at 1225 Alpine Avenue in Boulder (located near the Ideal

September 6, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

24 Ring Tone

Yes – admit it – you miss 24 also. Don’t worry – January 20007 isn’t that far away. In the mean time, Doug Mitchell sent me a link to a blog

September 6, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

More on 80-19-1

I woke up to three good posts on the 80–19–1 Rule. Digg that Fat Belly: Robert Young talks about the “Fat Belly” of the Long Tail. The three C’s: Jason Calacanis

September 6, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

New Mexico Marathon – #8

I nailed my 8th marathon today in Albuquerque on my quest to a marathon in every state, on every continent, and at the North Pole by the time I’m 50.

September 3, 2006 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Random Answers

If you found my golden retriever eyes post to be helpful for your relationship, I’ve got another tip for you. I call it “Random Answers.” I’m in Santa Fe with

September 2, 2006 · 2 min · Brad Feld

The Power of Information

I’ve gotten to know my neighbors in Homer, Alaska – the Schallock’s – over the past two summers. They are great folks and the two kids – Jessica and Eric

September 2, 2006 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The 80-19-1 Rule

I expect that many of you are familiar with the Pareto principle (also known as the 80–20 rule.) If you aren’t, the simple definition is that for many phenomena 80%

August 31, 2006 · 4 min · Brad Feld