Products I hate: Streak

Streak CRM or variously just Streak is a plugin to Gmail (a Chrome Extension actually) Reason: it’s just ridiculously complicated.

Products I hate: Streak

Streak CRM or variously just Streak is a plugin to Gmail (a Chrome Extension actually) Reason: it’s just ridiculously complicated.

The cool hands on CEO vs the Typodoucherists

New Yahoo logo. CEO and a few people and an intern design it in a weekend. Rules broken, font people upset, etc. Suggests one should buy shares in this company. Yahoo Logo (2013) – Fonts In Use http://fontsinuse.com/uses/4713/yahoo-logo-2013

The cool hands on CEO vs the Typodoucherists

New Yahoo logo. CEO and a few people and an intern design it in a weekend. Rules broken, font people upset, etc. Suggests one should buy shares in this company. Yahoo Logo (2013) – Fonts In Use http://fontsinuse.com/uses/4713/yahoo-logo-2013

How to use Elance

Freelancers are super annoying, flakey, self-interested, lazy, deceptive and so forth. That’s how they see their clients. They are right. But if you can use these pools of on-demand workers effectively you can get so much stuff done it’s insane.

How to use Elance

Freelancers are super annoying, flakey, self-interested, lazy, deceptive and so forth. That’s how they see their clients. They are right. But if you can use these pools of on-demand workers effectively you can get so much stuff done it’s insane.

Nginx web server

I’m not so technical so I finally found out about Nginx. Wow! It uses so much less memory than Apache! I have this Dreamhost webhost that I pay money to use every month, and lately it has been ballooning in

Nginx web server

I’m not so technical so I finally found out about Nginx. Wow! It uses so much less memory than Apache! I have this Dreamhost webhost that I pay money to use every month, and lately it has been ballooning in

37 PR tips stolen from Jack Dorsey

– have a list of messages (3-5) that backbone every conversation and blog post and thing you do ever – really. Ignore the questions and speak your messages. – not really. Be charming and responsive but on message. – make

37 PR tips stolen from Jack Dorsey

– have a list of messages (3-5) that backbone every conversation and blog post and thing you do ever – really. Ignore the questions and speak your messages. – not really. Be charming and responsive but on message. – make

Lead gen vs liquid supply

Uber is liquid supply. You never need the same driver and you are usually not in the same place. Uber finds you somebody who can do the gig now. HomeAdvisor, which is less glamorous but a big business also, gets

Lead gen vs liquid supply

Uber is liquid supply. You never need the same driver and you are usually not in the same place. Uber finds you somebody who can do the gig now. HomeAdvisor, which is less glamorous but a big business also, gets

Paying for access

You can pay for access to super elite folks.   Go to the conferences.   Meet someone, make friends, and now they are your friend. The super elite folks are pretty normal — they have friends. Some are hyper well

Paying for access

You can pay for access to super elite folks.   Go to the conferences.   Meet someone, make friends, and now they are your friend. The super elite folks are pretty normal — they have friends. Some are hyper well

Movements that drive VC

There is a thing you probably don’t know about: venture investors who strictly join rounds. Not “lead them”. Lead basically means they write the first check and sign up for the risk that they also write the second check. In

Movements that drive VC

There is a thing you probably don’t know about: venture investors who strictly join rounds. Not “lead them”. Lead basically means they write the first check and sign up for the risk that they also write the second check. In

See us at Maker Faire

http://makerfaire.com/new-york-2013/schedule/ See 5:30, Saturday (Sep 21), we’re up right after a DARPA program manager and Jimmy Kimmel’s resident scientist. The list of speakers is kind of insanely great.

See us at Maker Faire

http://makerfaire.com/new-york-2013/schedule/ See 5:30, Saturday (Sep 21), we’re up right after a DARPA program manager and Jimmy Kimmel’s resident scientist. The list of speakers is kind of insanely great.

Corporate vs. Regular VCs

Jerry Neumann on why corporate VCs can be OK and do not simply suck as per Fred Wilson. The tl;dr version is: – corporate VCs can indeed be annoying blockers of fundraising or sale as Fred points out – their

Corporate vs. Regular VCs

Jerry Neumann on why corporate VCs can be OK and do not simply suck as per Fred Wilson. The tl;dr version is: – corporate VCs can indeed be annoying blockers of fundraising or sale as Fred points out – their