August 17, 2009
Kindle: My Next Notebook?
I’m a big fan of my Kindle 2, and I use it nearly every day. I like to read, and I like to read several books at the same ...
June 12, 2009
New Gadget: Verizon MiFi
While I wait with eager anticipation to get my hands on the new iPhone 3GS, I’ve been enjoying a new gadget: the Verizon MiFi. The MiFi is a combination wireless ...
June 4, 2009
Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System
I just finished reading one of the most nerdtastic books I’ve read in a long time, thanks to Kwin Kramer at Oblong, who generously gave me the book he had ...
May 13, 2009
High Job Satisfaction Week: Gist, Glue, Medialets, Pogoplug, Cohen, Eminem and more…
When work is going particularly well, my partner Jason Mendelson and I like to say, “today is a high job satisfaction day”. Well, this past week has been a high ...
March 31, 2009
I Need One of These
I’ve written in the past about our Human Computer Interaction (HCI) investment theme at Foundry Group and have mentioned our portfolio companies that fit into that theme: EmSense, Oblong and ...
January 12, 2009
CES 2009 and News from Sling Media
I made my annual pilgrimage to Vegas last week for CES 2009. While the CEA claimed only an 8% decrease in attendance this year at the opening of the show, ...
January 6, 2009
SlingPlayer on the iPhone
Hooray! As a former investor in Sling Media and an ongoing fan of the company and its products, I’m very happy to see they’ve announced support for the SlingPlayer on ...
October 28, 2008
Sonos Controller on the iPhone
As a longtime fan of the Sonos (see here, here, here and here), I’ve been wondering ever since the launch of the iTunes AppStore when Sonos would release software to ...
July 29, 2008
Cow Magnets: Who Knew?
In the “you learn something new every day” category, I was at the hardware store (McGuckin’s, of course) and came across cow magnets . At first I thought this product ...
June 10, 2008
July 11th, Really?
I’ve been eagerly awaiting the 3G iPhone for some time, and was mostly pleased with the new features, but the July 11th release date was a bit of a drag, ...
