October 2010
36 posts
“See you on campus where I will introduce you to my smokin’ hot wife and...”
– Matt Merrill, from the intro to the Stanford class of 2000 10-year reunion class book. Hilarious.
WatchStreetfilms | The World’s First “Transit Appliance” Hot of the presses from Streetfilms’ trip to the Railvolution conference in Portland. Open data + open hardware + open software = a transit appliance you can hack up for $170!
via opentransportation
“The bundle is the walking dead. Only question is how long it survives.”
– The Future of Television & The Digital Living Room | Both Sides of the Table
Great post on the media/tv/internet business by Mark Suster (via fredwilson)
The Fun Theory →
Really nice set of videos exploring the “fun theory” - that people can be motivated to do good things by adding a little fun. It’s a marketing campaign put on by Volkswagen, so I’m curious where it’s headed. But the videos are great (via Naparstek)
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“The best scenario is to get the model of profitability right before you take...”
– A VC: The Easy Answers Usually Don’t Work
I like this way of looking at it — and I’ve been talking to a lot of entrepreneurs lately who are considering raising money before they have the model quite right. My understanding of when to take big VC is when you’ve proven the...
“Agenda:Open discussion on L-0.5 zoned areas along Cypress Street.
The Economic...”
– Really nicely written email, in my opinion, from the Brookline economic development advisory board. Clearly written and inviting, with a good sense of context.
“If there is a single maxim that runs through this book’s arguments, it is that...”
– Steven Johnson, “Where Good Ideas Come From” (via fred-wilson)
Hear, hear. I really believe this, and I think it is an important part of our business strategy at OpenPlans.
“Something else I like about us? We are scrappy. OpenPlans has subsisted...”
– Digifesto - Job opening at OpenGeo for GeoNode
From a few months back but worth highlighting. Inspiring and nicely written stuff from my co-worker Sebastian Benthall on where OpenPlans is these days.
On Monday, Vanessa will be reporting out our updated forecasts for 2011, and will have a...
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One of the all time great #songsthatstuck is Sun...
“I used to want to run for Congress. Now that I’ve been exposed to Members of...”
– You Can’t Have a Receipt for your Taxes - A Healthy Information Diet - InfoVegan.com
More liquid knowledge from Clay Johnson
How Did We Get Here? - Dive Into HTML5 →
Fascinating chapter from “Dive into HTML 5” on the history of HTML
“We were not in Soho anymore. There was no pizza, no sticker-covered Macs, and...”
– Now is the time on transit when we dance! | OpenPlans
My colleague Michael gives a nice wrap up of his recent trip to Vienna for an international transit trip planning conference.
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In Portland, Open Data Makes It Easier to Get... →
Another nice video about open transit data, featuring our wonderful clients at TriMet. Portland really is paradise!
“Current Mail Queues
Inbox: 151. Low priority: 803. Unknown: 280. I’ve sent...”
– Contact — Matt Mullenweg
I’ve been thinking a lot about email management lately. A few weeks ago, I mentioned the idea of an email status board that lets people know how backed up your inbox is, to give an estimate of your expected response time.
Well, just today I saw that Matt Mullenweg,... 