Monthly Archives: August 2009

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Twitter updates for 2009-08-29

  • The Airship Ventures blimp against the backdrop of Hanger 1 at NASA Ames http://twitpic.com/fn8pv #
  • #singularityu @salimismail showing awesome video of a composer (Philip Sheppherd) in action. Couldn't grab the URL. Salim got a link? #
  • Nice, 4th #singularityu project is http://gettaround.com. ZipCar meets eBay. Carsharing startup. Should talk to @zimride! #
  • 4th #singularityu project: Intelligent Transportation Grid akin to packet switching for people. Intelligently route people. (zipcar ftw?) #
  • 3rd #singularityu project: One Global Voice: A cloud platform for SMS applications (aka Twitter for Good). Should use @twilio! #
  • 2nd #singularityu project: xidar. for global natural disaster response using smart phones. (nice logo) #
  • 1st #singularityu project: Acasa to allow mass production of energy efficient homes across the world http://weareacasa.com (cool video!) #
  • Ray Kurzweil talking at the #singularityu event http://twitpic.com/fmh5m #
  • 7-8 new companies to be launched out of innaugural class of #singularityu. Goal: to impact 10^9 (billion) people: Peter Diamandis #
  • At the closing ceremony or the #sigularityu listening to the performance of Sigularity Opus 1 http://twitpic.com/fme0a #
  • Headed over to NASA/Moffet Field for the #singularityu event #
  • Email from a startup I'm working with describes what they do as AI + UI or 'beauty and the geek'. Love it! #
  • Cool! RT @twilio: the new and improved Twilio.com is live! http://www.twilio.com #

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Twitter updates for 2009-08-28

  • RT @cdixon: The one number you should know about your equity grant http://www.cdixon.org/?p=467 #
  • Dear @netflix, If one queue is empty, you'd think you could automatically send movies from the other queue, no? #
  • As do the best startup pitches! 🙂 RT @danarkind: The best resumes contain few adjectives. #
  • RT @zappos: "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." -Mahatma Gandhi (via @workhappynow) #
  • Congrats @jpramey @davemcclure @jeff @QuestVP @davidcohen & others! RT @TechCrunch isocket Raises $2 Million Series A http://bit.ly/58MbZ #
  • RT @peHUB: Startups Should Be Careful About Seed Rounds: More VCs are doing these early stage investments as a.. http://bit.ly/nAFdx #

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Twitter updates for 2009-08-27

  • That smell of skunk wafting in through the window is not the kind of fresh air I was hoping for! Glad it's mild and hope it dissipates soon. #
  • Watched The American Experience documentary on The Kennedys. Fascinating and worth watching http://bit.ly/2HMiW #
  • This is gonna be cool. RT @Dropbox: omg a sneak peek at my iphone app! http://blog.getdropbox.com #
  • Pumped up! RT @CarnegieMellon: Alden Mills, MBA 2000, & former Navy SEAL in Inc.'s "How I Did it…Perfect Fitness" http://bit.ly/O4zf7 #
  • RT @peHUB: KP’s Komisar Talks About ‘Plan B’: Randy Komisar, who wrote the bestseller “The Monk and the Riddle” http://bit.ly/gzRuE #
  • Agreed. RT @newsycombinator: The other problem with venture capital – management fees http://bit.ly/tHdJP #
  • Wish GContacts was faster. It's painfully slow. RT @TechCrunch Better Contact Management For Gmail http://bit.ly/2WbucK by @erickschonfeld #
  • RT @techstars: cool, check out 'first.round.term.sheets' that includes some open and free term sheets. http://frts.org/ #
  • RT @fbFund: Early Stage Startup Hiring Hacks http://bit.ly/fbfundhiring @danarkind @davemcclure @enriqueallen #fbfund #
  • Congratulations! 🙂 RT @kimber_lockhart: Exited. Well, and also excited. #
  • RT @a4agarwal: A "lead" investor doesn't have to build your term sheet. He's just the first guy in the round, the guy with the biggest balls #

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