The captivating story of the mavericks who emerged from the dotcom rubble to found the multi-billion-dollar companies taking the Web into the 21st century.

Well if that didn’t scare you off then perhaps this blog
thing may actually work out. First off, I profess to know very little about start-ups, or
the latest app, or even the basics behind blogging. I still don’t understand how
I am legitimate enough to air my own views through blogging. But I digress. I
do understand that [...]

So, as you probably know, Mr. Lacy and I just bought a house in the Mission. It’s been quite the whirlwind as 102-year-old Victorians on a block that a new crew of pimps is trying to colonize can be. So as if there’s not enough to agonize about the other day, Derek, our TIC partner [...]

Last month I wrote a column for BusinessWeek about the hidden– and substantial– marketing costs of software as a service and it created a bit of a stir. The theme of the piece was that the Internet had killed what was once the greatest tech business model: shipping a CD of software that was too [...]

Ok, let’s pretend for a second my ego isn’t slightly bruised. Aaron Sorkin admits to knowing nothing about Facebook, and so when charged to write a screenplay on its early days he starts a Facebook group instead of, ahem, picking up a copy of my book. You know, the one Facebook has deemed essential reading [...]

I’m more relieved than sad that I don’t have fans this devoted. There is NO WAY this is real right? I think this is a Borat style actor who wants to be the next "I like Turtles"….right? I know what Olivia would say to this, "Bless his heart." (Thanks @JasonCalacanis for the heads up.)

I’m stunned to see a big media company do such an about face. AMC is now allowing fans to Twitter their favorite Mad Men alter ego. We’re quite certain this post had a lot to do with it. (Kidding, calm down, everyone.) As my new BFF Daniel Terdiman writes, AMC realized they were throwing away [...]

NOT. So it truly pains
my inner cheesecake that we don’t actually own a video camera. With the last
half of the UGBT about to jumpstart in September, it is super crucial that we
have a way of documenting all the awesome cities and interesting people we are
sure to encounter. We’re no-frills girls for the most part, so [...]

Ok, so I’m mostly recovered from the Pacific Northwest UGBT sandwich with Gnomedex in the middle. The trip was amazing– fraught with tiny amounts of sleep as it was. As usual, I made what feels like even more lifelong friendships and met some entrepreneurs and "human routers" that I hope to watch for years to [...]

So I hate to say this because I know everyone is annoyed by the whole "I-only-liked-it-before-it-was-popular" thing, but I’m really disappointed with AMC’s "support" of Mad Men this season. It was one of my favorite shows last year and at first, I was excited it was getting so much buzz. Until AMC’s PR machine went [...]

(thanks dave rosenberg for the heads up)
This is why I love geeks!