The Retired Smoot

Anyone that’s walked (or run) across the Harvard (aka Mass Ave) bridge has noticed little numbers painted on it that end at 364.4 (and one ear). If you are an

December 10, 2005 · 2 min · Brad Feld

The Difference Between Christmas and Chanukah

I get a little grumpy around Christmas. I’ve always felt like I get short changed with Chanukah. Alan sent me this hysterical overview that provides a little perspective. 1. Christma

December 10, 2005 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Global Warming

George Bush recently had some deep and insightful thoughts on global warming. “We just need to get nature to cooperate with us. We don’t need to listen to nature. Nature

December 9, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Were You Around When The Internet Bubble Peaked?

Tom Evslin’s brilliant blook hackoff.com is grinding through the April 1, 2000 – June 30, 2000 time frame. If you were an executive at a company during Q200 you’ve got

December 9, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

New Hires, New Customers, New Products

Next week is Syndicate. As a result, you are going to see a bunch of bullshit press releases for a wide variety of companies announcing nothing (I’ve already seen a

December 8, 2005 · 2 min · Brad Feld

RSStroom Reader

This product is going to really clean up. It’s way more interesting than an Ajax Reader. I can’t wait to get one. It’ll go perfectly with my craptop.

December 8, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Niel Robertson – New CTO Blogger

In the past, I’ve written about several of my CTO friends who are bloggers. Niel Robertson, the CTO / co-founder of Newmerix – now joins their ranks with his new

December 6, 2005 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Happy Birthday Return Path

I wrote yesterday about Quova “becoming a company.” Return Path – which celebrates its six birthday today – also became “a company” this year. I&rs

December 6, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

It's The Trust, Stupid

There are three words I’m starting to see regularly in the recursive world of blogs (blogs about blogs) and user-generate content (yes – there is an awful lot of user-generated

December 5, 2005 · 2 min · Brad Feld

NCWIT Fall 2005 Progress

As you may know, I’m the chairman of the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT). NCWIT’s mission is straightforward – to ensure that women are

December 5, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld