I love things that suck, because that creates huge opportunities for innovation.
-Brad Feld, in a very worthwhile post on why there is no such thing as “too much information”
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One of the best moments of the last ten days was when I met up with my old colleague Phil Acton. We worked together in London back in 2005 and 2006, and oh, the stories we could tell about one another. I hadn’t seen Phil for three years, so was thrilled he was in town […]
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Say what you will about Seth Godin, he sure does bring the goods on a consistent basis. To wit: This, which applies to business and every other part of life:
You don’t want everyone. You want the right someone.
Someone who cares about what you do. Someone who will make a contribution that matters. Someone who will […]
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Picking figs (1) in my new backyard in Palo Alto (2), under the watchful gaze of the hens that come with the backyard, before heading to work at Rackup (3).
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When I left Qik on October 1, I knew one thing: I didn’t want a new job. In the words of SAP and Better Place founder Shai Agassi:
Once you have a mission, you can’t go back to having a job.
My plan was to move to New York full-time. My plan was to do some consulting […]
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Just back in CA for a few hours (sadly, not exaggerating) before my 7am flight to NYC. Hawaii was…intense. I learned so much, some of which I feel compelled to write about here. In the meantime, here are a few pictures:
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Getting bargains on the go just got easier, as there has been a recent proliferation of mobile coupon applications for mobile devices. The device I use almost exclusively now is the iPhone 3GS, so I’m going to talk about iPhone apps here.
Back in 2003, my partner in crime fun Adriana Lukas created an early […]
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Whenever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to insure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.
-Benjamin Disraeli, via Samizdata (yep, again!)
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Last night after my blessedly brief bout of food poisoning, I fell asleep for a few hours. Upon waking, insomnia gripped me and would not let go. I used the time to download and test a bunch of new apps for my iPhone 3GS, including some photo editing packages. My favorites: Camerabag, Photoshop, and Photo […]
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I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old […]
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I’m very lucky to have my own personal tour guide here - thanks to Kelly for the hook-up! - a fun soldier who’s been driving me around the island in his Jeep and getting me the hell out of Eurotrash nouveau riche-infested Waikiki. (I’m all for riche of any kind, but didn’t fly to the […]
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Hawaii is pretty, sure, but my meeting schedule for the week includes such helpfully specific “addresses” as “under banyan tree near Queen’s Surf Beach”. It’s kind of an adventure, of a very easy sort.
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I have never felt guilty of my ability. I have never felt guilty of my mind. I have never felt guilty of being a man. I accepted no unearned guilt, and thus was free to earn and to know my own value.
You can mock me for going all Randian, but I think women REALLY need […]
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My London chum Clive Davis has a new blog, where I found this great bit:
Ikea has positioned itself as a hip, green, stylish Euro-discounter, the kind of bargain barn that people who find bargain barns tacky can patronize with pleasure. [T]he Swedes are conducting a brilliant sleight-of-hand on their customers. Worse, perhaps, than its environmental […]
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