I just bought myself a brand new MacBook Air, with a 128GB flash drive and the faster graphics. It runs much faster than the first-gen one I have and also runs much cooler, so in general I’m a happy guy. But twice now, I’ve hooked up the ethernet dongle and plugged it into a network…
After spending a moment looking back at the past in my previous post, now it is time to look into the future. Foundry Group invested in a company called Oblong about a year ago, but when we made our investment, we couldn’t say much at the time (though Brad did hint about their Minority Report…
Ahh, a trip down memory lane. About seven years ago, Steve Jobs introduced the first iPod. I’ve included a video of the event here. A couple things stand out to me after watching this video — first is the ongoing and relentless march of Moore’s Law. The original iPod, as amazing as it was when…
I really like the sound of that. Forty-eight hours after the (decisive) election results were called (and North Carolina just put Obama at 364 electoral votes), I am still basking in relief and rekindled pride in my country. Starting with Al Gore’s popular vote victory in 2000 in an election plagued by voting irregularities, when…
Two weeks ago, I attended the second Lobby Conference, and, as expected, it was one of the best of year for me, so kudos to David Hornik for iterating and improving – an already great conference became even better. Same as last year, one of the best ideas from the conference is that all attendees…
As a longtime fan of the Sonos (see here, here, here and here), I’ve been wondering ever since the launch of the iTunes AppStore when Sonos would release software to turn my iPhone and iPod Touch into a Sonos controller. Well, today was the day, and having just installed the software and played around with…
Of late my blog appears to have been less about technology and VC and more about politics. Oh well, ’tis the season, and this is my soapbox. I’m voting for Obama, and being in a battleground state, I’m sincerely hoping I’ll be able to convince some McCain supporters to change their vote, or, if they…
So it turns out that Colorado provides $300m in annual tax subsidies to the oil and gas industry. And it turns out that Colorado is the only state in the country that provides these subsidies. This subsidy was put in place in 1982 to help jumpstart oil and gas development in the state – when…
One of my all-time favorite cookies is the Dominostein – a cubic inch morsel of goodness – a layer of Lebkuchen, jelly and marzipan, all enrobed in dark chocolate. My German grandmother to this day gives the whole family big boxes full of German treats every Christmas season, and the box always includes Dominosteine. Usually…
Are you a techie and interested in relocating to Boulder, CO? I made the move from the Valley just over two years ago and am really enjoying the small-town life (I walk to work, my son plays with kids who live on the same block, etc) coupled with the beautiful surroundings and the high-tech entrepreneurial…