A Good Time for Innovation

Sunday’s NY Times reminds us of some history, namely that down times typically are times when disruptive innovations are spawned. The story also reminds us that despite all the expense trimming going on in companies right now, managers need to be careful not to lose those minds…

One Last Yahoo! Post for 2008

I promise this will be my last Yahoo! related post (at least for 2008). The news last week that Jerry (as a former Yahoo! GM I feel I can get away with just referring to Jerry Yang as “Jerry”) is stepping down as CEO has every pundit jumping on board with their $.02 on who…

EA Sports: It’s in the Game or in Play?

I just got hammered again by my nephew in Madden. Not sure why I pretend to think that I could keep up with him and his mastery of the 100+ permutations of controller buttons and plays that a guy like me who was brought up on Intellivision and Atari is used to?

My iPhone the Computer

Here I am, late night, on the couch watching Matt Cassell’s amazing last second TD pass to Moss. Oh, I think I have Matty on the bench in one of my fantasy leagues…oops.

But this isn’t about fantasy football. This is about the fact that I am writing on my blog…

On Microsoft, Zemanta and StockTwits

Few notes of interest from what I was able to scan heading in to the Thanksgiving holiday extended weekend:

AlleyInsider kicks around the idea of Microsoft following Apple and Google’s lead by getting in to the mobile phone business…

Jerry, ESPN and Auto Industry…Where Does One Start?

Wow…so much to talk about.

Auto Industry Bailout

First, let’s ask why are we contemplating a $25 billion bailout for the U.S. auto industry? Well, not really a bailout — that would imply…

Web 2.0 Summitt — Day 3

First question of course, what happened to Day 2’s post? Well, got too busy meeting with folks around the conference and then the Alpha party last night (thanks SoftTech!).

Now at Day 3 — Michael Pollan presenting cogent (yet depressing) description of food…

Throw A Party and People Like You

I have been thinking lately about the swinging pendulum that is the Myspace vs. Facebook battle. It seems like just yesterday that Facebook was the darling, getting all the press for growing it’s global audience beyond Myspace’s and everyone was writing off Myspace as a…

Don’t Believe the Picture…

No, this is definitely NOT the VC lifestyle. Sure, our man VC Mike looks relaxed, but suffice to say this photo reflects a few spare moments of relaxation before a grueling 4+ hour board meeting.

Web2.0 in SF — Day 1

Day one of the O’Reilly Web2.0 conference in SF. A pretty healthy crowd, maybe a bit down from last couple years but hard to really tell.

Guy Kawasaki led interesting panel introducing 10 startups that all got going with very little capital. Not sure I buy the…