As you probably know from prior rants on this blog, I think the U.S. Patent System is completely screwed up, especially with regards to software patents. Since I’m in Paris

On my flight to Paris Sunday, I managed to finally finish Partnering With Microsoft and then proceeded to snarf down Who Moved My Blackberry? I’ve been dragging around Partnering With Micro

On Friday, Microsoft announced that it had donated $1 million to the National Center for Women & Information Technology. I was at Seattle University at the Future Potential in IT

Amy and I went with our friends Dave and Maureen to the opera last night. Yes – the opera (the music thing, not the browser.) Now that I’m 40, I’ve decided it’s time to make

As Jason and I close out our Letter of Intent series, we thought we’d cover one last item that has screwed many a seller – the case where a public

I read two great posts today. Ben Casnocha wrote a great post on the value of resilience. Tom Evslin wrote a great post on why a great programmer is worth

Glenn Hubbard, the Dean of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business, is an absolute riot. By way of Ezra Roizen, I saw Hubbard’s renovation of Every Breath Bernanke Tak

Bill Ritter – who is the democratic candidate for Governor of Colorado – just launched a blog to compliment his website. Amy and I have become supporters after a very

Rick Stratton sent me a picture of the original Treadputer today. I guess I need to go on eBay and find myself a Super Nintendo and a Power Pad just

I haven’t been promoting my portfolio companies much on my blog lately, but I’ve had a few companies go nonlinear on me in the last quarter (think rapidly upward sloping