The Trend Spotter

Wired Magazine has a great article this month on Tim O’Reilly. The first time I heard Tim’s name was in 1994 at NetGenesis when GNN appeared on the scene. I

November 16, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Night of the Living Hack

FeedBurner just completed its second hackathon. Eight hours of focused hacking generated the following features: PodMedic: podcast cleanup tool Subscribe to FeedBulletin via Email Reporting Expo

November 15, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

The Business Plan

I periodically get questions from readers of this blog about business plans. I was pondering the best way to work through a “business plan series” (similar to the Term Sheet

November 15, 2005 · 3 min · Brad Feld

Roku PhotoBridge HD – Bummer

So Brad was pretty bored by my first two reviews so I figured I’d tackle something a bit more complex this time around, the Roku PhotoBridge HD. In short the

November 14, 2005 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanies

An MIT study delves into the reality of Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanies. Is it a great innovation? Is it a government plot? Is the FCC involved in some way? Or

November 14, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Linux is Not Windows

Dave Jilk passed on this article by Dominic Humphries explaining why Linux is Not Windows. The analogy that starts off the article is perfect: Linux <=> Windows is like Motorbikes

November 13, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Turn Your Fans Into Subscribers

Dick Costolo – the CEO of FeedBurner – sent me a link to this great photo last night. FeedBurner exhibited at the Portable Media Expo & Podcasting Conference 2005 this weeke

November 13, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Truth Is The Absolute Defense

As a kid, my parents used to have a monthly gourmet group with a group of friends (they are still doing it monthly 35 years later) where they got together,

November 13, 2005 · 2 min · Brad Feld

Sky-Scapes Flourescent Light Diffuser

I can’t stand fluorescent lights. I literally can’t sit in a room with them on for very long without noticing them. For years, people walk by wherever I’m working and

November 12, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld

Fred Wilson on "The VC's Customer"

Fred Wilson has an awesome blog on The VC’s Customer. The first few sentences summarize the post. Many of the people I know in the venture capital business think their

November 12, 2005 · 1 min · Brad Feld