2008

Jul

advice for geek to human interaction- shower, don’t be a jackass, apply tact when talking to...

jumping into an irresistibly titled session at OSCon call “People for Geeks”

I’d like to meet the guy who designed this “regional” jet. I bet s/he is...

awash in a sea of beige stucco

plans for a quick ride between calls foiled by the responsibility gene. curse you adulthood!!!

printing, signing, faxing, wiring…

Only Mother Could Love

kids nursing Pleo to life. kind of blowing my mind that Jos’ first pet is a robot.

Paul’s list of ideas that he’d like to fund is a...

Dinner Time for Pleo

Gateway Fountain

i must have inadvertently installed the “hotplate” app for my iphone. you could...

library square is the most beautifully designed block in downtown SLC. I love taking meetings down...

crossing the $100 mark to fill up for the first time.

lots of talk about this article on KP at the preview dinner last night. missing the boat or riding...

my apologies to the citizens of San Francisco and Oakland- Mohamed is ruthless when it comes to...

ending a night of secret passwords and speakeasys with a great group of new and old friends.

unlimited txt plan in the hands of an 11 yr. old can lead to continuous partial cute overload

good catching up with @veen. his conference is mandatory for the budding entrepreneur:...

looks like a Pleo has been nesting in my office the last few weeks. should be fun taking it through...

Scraps From The Table

was in the neighborhood so I dropped by the apple store only to turn right around. that was an IQ...

at a light next to a Japanese woman, blasting Spanish radio from her German car.

downloading the shazam app which pulls data from songs off the radio. hoping to try it out later...

so yeah, that whole plan for going to bed at a reasonable hour. not gonna happen…

really enjoying these types of urban art installations that...

Main Street Plaza

SLC Reflections

2.0 software is killing my iphone. rebooting, hanging, shutting down. only one solution I see-...

Bummed to be leaving Foo Camp but SLC needs me bright and early tomorrow AM.

Tim and Michael

OCD moment- “software update” icon has been bouncing in the app tray on the laptop next...

Start-up Camp Dinner

companies making social software need to contribute attention offsets- say yoga classes-...

Asking: No AppStore in my iTunes 7 - I updated to itunes 7, yet there are no apps or appstore...

Florence Ave. Sebastopol, CA

rolling down Florence Ave in Sebastopol to check out all the amazing reuse sculptures in everyones...

what iPhone app are you most excited to see tomorrow? mine- one that let’s me record video...

I defy you to watch this video and not make that face back at her. You can’t do it. And, if...

Amazing Flickr set of French nuclear tests. via Noah

car in the shop means biking to and from my morning meetings. should do this more often.

Asking: Time Machine Required to Back-up with Time Capsule? http://gsfn.us/t/jdj

the thrill of big kid orthodontia work is beginning to wear off for both Kal and El. looks like...

We’re just getting back from spending the 4th of July in AMR’s hometown of Cody, WY. Its...

no phone or Internet for 2 days. Comcast sending somone…wait for it…end of day tomorrow....

working on a presentation about the questions VCs ask. what are the best, worst, most moronic or...

Divas of Deer Creek

Wyoming’s Finest

Happy 4th of July

they may not have AT&T coverage or AC in Cody but they do have rodeos, fireworks and Dairy...

taking the kids to a 4th of July parade in AMR’s hometown of Cody, WY. biggest holiday of the...

a day and a half off email. srsly? ugh.

Good has an interesting article on Amtrak’s history, current woes and future that’s...

Jun

my mom could design and pour a better skatepark than this one in Taylorsville. like skating a bowl...

A great video of the closing weekend at Snowbird. It was like skiing a big Slurpee. Such a blast and...

“An investment guy? No. I mean, I’m willing to be painted with that brush. Yes,...

Sun Rising, Matt Descending

Yet another case of a picture being worth a thousand words....

assisting the tooth fairy with a covert op.

Very cool post on the hand drawn beginnings of some of the...

Shark Tooth B Gone!

She’s Crawling

learned a new term this morning- YUMmies. Young Urban Mormons. used to describe hipster Mormons.

“Life is about collecting scars. Some of the scars are...”
— Derek on his decision to get a...

I wasn’t looking for a second wind at 1:30AM, it just happened.

Oakland is Burning

guy on the plane is wearing a full on gas mask. putting my faith in HLS and TSA at this point.

looks like Jen from Top Chef Chicago and I share similar tastes in bay area restaurants. trying to...

interesting that @techcrunch is a verb at Velocity. in fact, it seems to be the most feared verb...

crawling down 101 to attend a conference called Velocity seems a little ironic.

nothing says good morning like the over-powering scent of booze in the TSA line.

arriving home, unpacking, repacking, taking off again. all in the next 5 hours. psyched…

avoiding our first emergency room visit by applying super glue to the quarter inch gash on...

watching a lightning storm build along the opposite shore of Bear Lake.

Bear Lake Sunset

what makes a “bad boy/girl” I asked. @kallij responds in a gruff voice “they...

kids decided to start a “bad boy/girl band” called Toxic Waste. headwraps, smeared...

Closing Day Crazies

75 degrees at the base of snowbird. good thing I brought my water skis for todays adventure.

it gets better: “when you hear our CEO and President explain how this is all going to happen...

investor spam says: “this will be the next “Internet MegaTrend” and your next “big...

Getting Satisfaction

Impromptu Slumber Party

PMOG in Portfolio Magazine

Linda Stone: We are better at rationalizing what we do than being rational about what we’re...

I loved these visualizations of the submission histories of various open source projects. The above...

Collaborative digital graffiti on the Wii. Sweet. via PSFK

AMR over IM, when asked how her day was going- “whoever coined the term the lazy days of...

Stop, Hammer Time!

Hammer dropping knowledge in Conway’s box at ATT park. Did the Giants play tonight?

leaving a meeting I should have had a long time ago.

only in SLC will you see a hipster wearing a tshirt that reads “my bishop rocks”

if I miss my flight this morning I’m going to blame it on the radio station that played...

Tons of Great Shows in the SLC Summer Concert...

These time lapse images give the sense of humans as cogs in...

via Wooster Collective

I managed to stave off the curse my dad wished upon me of “having one just like you” for...

the roots, de la soul, nada surf, the cool kids and many more playing the free concert series in SLC...

never has the trite saying of “needing a vacation to recover from your vacation” been so...

many tears in the back seats of the mini van leaving @pam and @markj ‘s place.

contents of this living room- 4 people, 4 iPhones, 3 kindles, 2 laptops, 2 DSLRs, 1 AppleTV. awfully...

spent the afternoon poolside in the redwoods with a wonderful batch of OATV portfolio peeps.

up with a crying Josie for the 4th time tonight. yeah, its going to be a long one.

Occidental Sunset

arriving at our final destination AMR suggests we all get matching tattoos. I say a couple tear...

“WESTMORELAND. O that we now had here But one ten...”
— St. Crispen’s Day Speech...

whirlwind day in the office. on my way over to the slides by Zeum to reconnect with the fam. what...

Roberts van rolling into SF. getting settled into our digs for the next few nights.

most anticipated stop of the trip is the most disappointing- Santa Cruz. Maybe we’re hanging...

looks like mohawks are the new bowl cut for little boys. punk rock never looked so domestic.

looks like mohawks are the new bowl cut for little boys. punk rock never looked so domestic.

if max ruled the world everything would be purchased from vending machines

quote from the entrance of the jaw dropping Outer Bay exhibit at the Monterey Aquarium-“the...

apple’s strategy will touch every piece of media in our lives, but can they execute quickly...

Running The Plank

Monterey Home Base

our nomadic moves between Yosemite and Occidental have landed us in Monterey for a gorgeous night.

you know you’ve been driving too long when…the kids try striking up conversations with...