Why did I give my blog the tagline, “In defense of irrational exuberance?” I don’t argue on behalf of investment bubbles, though they can have definite benefits down the road (for instance, the cheap, ubiquitous availability of broadband connectivity fueled by the over-investment in fiber networks). Nor would I ever suggest that self-delusion is a [...]
For better or worse, there is now a companion blog to Valleyschwag.
We’ll be filing dispatches on the state of the tech industry solely based on its schwag. Depending on your disposition this is either incredibly cynical or deeply enlightened. Or just plain self-indulgent.
We like indulgence.
We just launched our schwag-of-the-month club. I’m going to let others do the talking about it. Just know that we have more tricks up our sleeves on the way. (And the way things are going, you may or may not hear about them here first)
Costello played with the SF Symphony last night. It was an astonishing performance that got better with each song. During his last encore he turned off his mic and sang directly to the audience, the orchestra a delicate tremor behind him. The song was Couldn’t Call it Unexpected No. 4, the final track from Mighty [...]
Caterina Fake wrote a post the other day called “It’s a bad time to start a company.” By this she meant an Internet company. She makes some reasonable observations about the tightening of the job market in the Bay Area, the increased competition, and how “Web 2.0 isn’t all that.” Anybody who lived through dot [...]
Rubyred started Cerealbar as a weekly breakfast gathering for our friends and neighbors. We assembled an impressive cereal selection, fine-brewed coffee and, of course, grapefruits galore (with handcrank juicer!). Just a way to start the week off right, since we couldn’t compete with all the cocktail gatherings on fridays.
Perhaps you’ve heard tales of Cerealbar [...]
Amy has been writing the odd post on her secret blog for a few weeks now, all along warning me that I’d be sleeping alone if I told another soul about its existence. Well our friend Maggie, of MightyGirl fame, posted a link to her blog today, effectively outing her.
So I can now jump up [...]
They’re designed to sway as the truck roars forward.
I hung out on the Freenode IRC channels at both Etech and SxSW. While you can argue that the running chat commentary is a distraction from the main presentations, for the most part it enhanced the experience for me. Here’s why:
It added much needed comic relief from many of the too serious presentations. Come on [...]
It’s spring cleaning time. This year I’ve been able to be more ruthless than ever about which books to give away. The Yellow Pages are first to go.
In previous years I couldn’t quite do it, despite knowing I could do a local business search online. After all, what if the connection dropped out? The idea [...]