Seattle Startup Weekend – Some Thoughts
It has been over a two years since I went to my last startup weekend here in Seattle, and the sad part is that it really did not leave an impression. You would think that something like this would, but two years ago, it did not. This year however, I was able to go [...]
New Facebook IPAD application rocks but
With everything there is always the potential for using something for good, or just downright stalking people. I downloaded the IPAD application last night for Facebook, and overall I really like it. But thought that the mapping feature was simply … Continue reading →
It is not Facebook that needs to worry about G+ it is Quora
For those of you who have been playing around with G+ over the last couple of days, what started off as an interesting way to share the ephemera of our daily internet lives has turned into some of the best question and answer sessions I have seen outside of Quora. For those who do not [...]
Notes from my own Start Up
One of the reasons that I have not been blogging as much as I would have normally is that I am in the throws of a start up launch. We will be officially started on the new year, and I promise not to spam everyone with a PR note in your e-mail box extolling the [...]
Seattle Lunch 2 0 – yes it is worth attending
Seattle Lunch 2.0 just let out and the one thing I love about startups is that there is a lot of enthusiasm for what they are doing that you just do not see in larger companies. Today I finally made it to a Seattle Lunch 2.0 and got to meet some very incredible people who [...]
Lessons Learned from Cloud Camp Seattle 2010
Last night I got to attend cloud camp, which is an “unevent” that people can attend to meet up with people who are looking into a particular technology for business. Cloud Camp Seattle was held at the Grand Hyatt Seattle, which provided an awesome environment to discuss cloud computing with 200 of like-minded people. For [...]
Cloudcamp Seattle – Cloudcamp Comes Back To Seattle
Last year I covered Cloudcamp Seattle organized at Amazon HQ here. Overall, it was an interesting collection of people talking about everything Cloud Computing. This unconference style camps will play a major role in promoting Cloud Computing with people who don’t know anything about it and it will also help us to advance the technology to [...]
Youth Venture Seattle gets broken into needs a little holiday help
Youth Venture Seattle is one of the very few organizations that are trying to help kids at an early age learn to think innovatively, have some awesome experiences along the way, and become the leaders that we will need in this country tomorrow and today. The cool part about Youth Venture is that they are [...]
Unignited Startups get advice from Andy Sack
Andy Sack is one of the cooler VC’s in the Seattle area, mostly because he blogs, and blogs frequently enough that you do not forget about him and what he is doing and who he is working with. He has posted on his blog an interesting set of ideas for startups that have not ignited [...]
Boom and Bust in the Blogosphere is on sale at Amazon
Whoever said that writing a book would be easy was mistaken, but the good news is that after a 6 month journey of preprint and test readers, through editing and more editing, adding and subtracting content, the book “Boom and Bust in the Blogosphere” has finally showed up for sale. You can purchase the book [...]
Final Closing Thoughts on Gnomedex 09
Image by Josh Bancroft via Flickr When you go to a convention you really never know what you are really going to get. Sometimes you get something totally cool that makes you stop and think, while at other times you get stuff that is so mind bogglingly dull that it is hard to believe that [...]
Sustainable Business: a Viewpoint From a Skeptic
I am not sure we are ready for a sustainable business process, but Kevin Wilhelm, the CEO of Sustainable Business Consulting Group a consulting company here in Seattle will be speaking on this subject and plugging his new book on the Return on Sustainability. The question I have, and one that will hopefully be answered [...]
What’s the Influence of the Current Economic Crisis on American Culture
Image by Lone_f via Flickr Andy Sack who is one of the more interesting VC people in Seattle got asked the question “What has been the influence/impact of the current economic crisis on American Culture”. In all this is a very good question to ask just about anyone as we have seen our friends and [...]
Seattle Startup Index for June 2009 Hits the Streets
One of the more fun things to watch in the Seattle startup scene is Marcelo Calbucci’s SSI, Seattle Startup Index that he publishes every month. This month is no different, but he is also seeing a sharp uptick in new startups being formed. Given the employment environment, it is not surprising that many more people [...]
CloudCamp Seattle – The Conversation Continues
Image by Benjamin Ellis via Flickr Cloudcamp Seattle was held on 28th Feb. 2009 at Amazon.com HQ (or should I say Cloud HQ?). Between 100-125 people attended the camp, from people who thought sitting on the 8th floor of the Amazon building will take them to the Clouds to those who claimed to have nailed [...]
