Radio Silence
In three and a half years of blogging I don't think I've ever failed to post at least once a day. I did that yesterday and didn't even realize it until this morning when my friend David emailed me to...
Superdistribution
I remember the first time I heard this term, it was 1997 and someone was explaining a complicated digital rights management scheme to me. I invested in that complex digital rights management scheme and lost everything and have been dubious...
Local News
I heard that there was a shooting in the village last night. So I went to outside.in and found out the details. What a mess. While at outside.in, I also found out that The Coffee Shop, my favorite breakfast place...
Dumb Money
One of the most nefarious forces in the venture market during the last bubble was dumb money. It drove up valuations and financing sizes, drove down decision making timeframes, pushed smart money out of syndicates, harassed management, fed venture fratricide,...
The Shins Like Jonathan
Longtime readers might recall that I am a huge Jonathan RIchman fan. So it put a huge smile on my face last night when The Shins delivered a cover of Someone I Care About [rhapsody link] during their encore set...
Copyright Is A Political Issue
After reviewing all the comments to my SueTube post, I have to conclude that copyright is a political issue. Or maybe a religious issue. There are copyright hawks and copyright doves. Steve, who is a copyright hawk, said this:Yes, I...
GIO 3.0 - The 2007 Global Innovation Outlook
Parsefork
Wow! Parsefork is a data-geek-music-snobs dream come true. If you fit that description, check it out.
Great Video
Does this video scare you, or get you really excited for the future?
Via Marketing Pilgrim
Via Marketing Pilgrim
March Madness Widget
Hooman from Clearspring announces a new March Madness Widget. Cool.
Thursday’s Fatblog
Thanks to still being on East Coast time, I got up ridiculously early and was able to get to the gym and catch up on email and reading before breakfast. Thats the good news.
Did pretty well during the day, until I hooked up with some pals in Deer Valley (sneaking in a couple days of [...]
Did pretty well during the day, until I hooked up with some pals in Deer Valley (sneaking in a couple days of [...]
The Widget Debate
?Some really high quality discussion on widgets bubbling up.
My partner Sim lays out his views in his post Widgets Widgets Everywhere.? (Yes, our partnership is chewing on the widgets question right now).
And Brad Feld responds to my question yesterday whether there is a venture-backable opportunity in widgets.
They are both pretty meaty posts, and Ive added [...]
My partner Sim lays out his views in his post Widgets Widgets Everywhere.? (Yes, our partnership is chewing on the widgets question right now).
And Brad Feld responds to my question yesterday whether there is a venture-backable opportunity in widgets.
They are both pretty meaty posts, and Ive added [...]
Wednesday’s Fatblog
Just landed in SF.
No exercise againSo far the fatblogging thing is o-fer-2 in getting me to the gym. Decent day on the calorie front, until I fell for the ice cream sundae on the flight out. Couldnt help myself. Maybe Ill just be a happy fat guy?
No exercise againSo far the fatblogging thing is o-fer-2 in getting me to the gym. Decent day on the calorie front, until I fell for the ice cream sundae on the flight out. Couldnt help myself. Maybe Ill just be a happy fat guy?
[Sunspots] The bedouin edition
- Get-organized-now hysteria
- In the electronic, gadgetized age of e-mail, BlackBerrys and ever-more-sophisticated desktop software?all designed theoretically to manage digital information efficiently?weve become overwhelmed. Thats where the productivity industry comes in. The question is, however, whether this newfound emphasis on productivity is helping?or just making us crazier.
Preview 8: Highrise Cases
This is the final preview before we launch Highrise. In this preview well talk about Cases.
What are cases
Cases help you keep related notes, files, images, and people together on one screen. You can add notes directly on a case or attach a note youve entered on a person page to a case.
Attaching a note to a case
When you enter a note on a person page you are given the option to also attach it to a case. The note will then appear on the persons page and also on the case page.
Auto-mode vs. shooting manual
Auto-pilot often comes at a cost: It puts a layer between you and what youre building.
In Creating Short Films for the Web, Hillman Curtis writes about shooting in manual:
Another goal I set for myself was to become comfortable enough with the camera to shoot in manual. This meant switching everything auto on the camera off: auto focus, auto zoom, auto iris and shutter speed, an auto white balance. This can be risky when you are new to using a camera: you might misfocus or forget to check your white balance as the light changes. But with manual you can dial in a much richer shot, and it forces you to stay co
Photos of 37signals HQ
A development pow wow in the conference room. Note how Sam doesnt need his computer. He programs in his brain.
Headphone time for Jason and Ryan.
The view from outside. (This photo by DjD.)
You can see the entire office in the Coudal film Copy Goes Here
"The Effort Effect"
If you manage any people or if you are a parent (which is a form of managing people), drop everything and read The Effort Effect. This is an article about Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck. It examines her thirty-year study...
Ask the Wizard
FeedBurner CEO Dick Costolo's new blog, Ask the Wizard, is turning into a fantastic resource for entrepreneurs. If you're an entrepreneur or thinking about becoming one, go read the whole thing and subscribe. Nice work, Dick!...
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