Monthly Archives: April 2010

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Twitter updates for 2010-04-14

  • Should mention that I agree w/@bfeld re Software Patents. US Patent System thoroughly broken. Was a painful experience, not one to repeat. #
  • A good day: 1. Good news from portfolio company; 2. Notice of Allowance on a patent; 3. Discovered an older patent issued last year! #bonus #
  • Trying to figure out where the heck the numbers come from on a Tax Return makes me feel like I'm Gil Grissom on CSI #ForensicAnalysis #
  • *Awesome* email from a company I am an investor in and advisor to. Nothing better than getting paying customers. #RevenueBias #
  • RT @priyacmu: I agree. RT @LATimesfarmer: Unspeakably heartbreaking. You'll feel like waking your kids to hug them http://tinyurl.com/azy6ey #
  • Where is the startup that allows price shopping for healthcare? RT @gharik: asking for price transparency in healthcare http://k9.vc/9pML6b #
  • Yup, doctors don't even know what patient will be charged. RT @gharik: asking for price transparency in healthcare http://bit.ly/acvEXb #
  • RT @othman: Twitter launches ads / promoted tweets! http://nyti.ms/9E0HGd #
  • RT @Bill_Gross: #Twitter monetizing ads, #TweetUp monetizing content – more about diff between Twitter Ads & TweetUp http://bit.ly/9ZcFCw #
  • RT @jasonkincaid: Regarding Twitter's new ad platform http://tcrn.ch/cd19Ze How often do people really run a Twitter search for "starbucks"? #
  • 'People who insist on in-person meeting at the outset are forcing the target to make a high-cost decision' :@naval http://k9.vc/ahxWgC #
  • RT @TechCrunch: Google Docs Gets More Realtime; Adds Google Drawings To The Mix – http://tcrn.ch/9YgWH2 by @erickschonfeld #

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Twitter updates for 2010-04-13

  • uhh, yeah, sending an NDA *with* your Executive Summary only shows that you're clueless in more ways than one. #TooLate #NotHowInvestorsWork #
  • Quality, not quantity. Think about it. 'nuff said. #
  • Received email from @netflix that they it now streams to the Wii! @netflix is doing an awesome job. Kudos. http://k9.vc/bwaCfL #
  • Startups come and go, but their schwag lives on forever! (Using my SneakerLabs pen and wearing a Netspoke jacket today 🙂 ) #
  • Gosh, I'm so addicted to GMail that I just hit the 'y' (archive) key on a Facebook page to say "I'm done, take it away' 😉 #
  • The mobot race rocks. RT @SCSatCMU: A tradition unlike any other, the Mobot race. High noon Fri, rain or shine, http://bit.ly/aAt5gv #
  • Love the don't send us a resume part. @usv gets it. RT @danprimack: Union Square Ventures is hiring http://bit.ly/cbZ72D #
  • Another 'aqui-hire' by Google? RT @TechCrunch: Google Buys Mobile Visual Search Startup Plink – http://tcrn.ch/9Unavu by @robinwauters #

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Twitter updates for 2010-04-12

  • Thought people would be smart enough to uncheck the 'spam my followers' button while signing up for @tweetup, but I was wrong. #EvilDefaults #
  • .@golan Droste is one of the best cocoa out there, good to know it is cool in other geeky ways http://k9.vc/cYrWPK #recursion in reply to golan #
  • There was Desktop computing, Laptop computing, Mobile computing, and now there is In-bed computing thanks to the #iPad #fb #
  • Bummed to be encountering yet another case of 'If you want something done right, better do it yourself.' #

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Twitter updates for 2010-04-11

  • .@dwayne Ah, you're talking about at the system level. I agree there. I would love to use ShapeWriter (http://k9.vc/9ltn26) for text input #
  • Having a 'soft' keyboard is part of the whole new #iPad UI paradigm. Now your input device conforms to the application. Brilliant. #HCIGeek #
  • To see why I'm SO excited about the #iPad watch demos of Keynote, Pages & Numbers. http://k9.vc/da2E0C Whole new UI paradigm. #
  • Yet another legislator who doesn't get it. RT @fredwilson: Venture Capital Creating Systemic Risk??? http://bit.ly/ciOavf #
  • Looking forward to the 2nd installment of this article: 'Going It Alone: How to Make Your Stuff In China' http://k9.vc/bo2mJM #
  • 'The Twitter Platform's Inflection Point' http://k9.vc/9ed8cr @fredwilson hits the nail on the head. True for Twitter & iPhone/iPad #
  • Ouch! RT @kentgoldman: If you develop Twitter apps, it might be instructive to do some thinking about the fates of WordPerfect & Lotus Notes #
  • RE http://k9.vc/d362CE @joanneooi True; Wall Street IMHO has little real/tangible contribution. Financial Engineering is not Engineering. #
  • Agreed. 'Review: Why iPhone OS 4 will make Apple’s iPad a knock-out hit': @Venturebeat http://k9.vc/bo5CH5 #
  • KP's John Doerr on iPad: 'I’ve touched it, held it, and caressed it. It feels gorgeous. Feels like touching the future.' http://k9.vc/9erDTy #
  • Inc. Magazine on 'How to Read a Term Sheet' http://k9.vc/dkkfKp #

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Twitter updates for 2010-04-10

  • Ha! I think @reachanika need's one of these! RT @msuster: OK. That's funny http://tweetphoto.com/17849036 #
  • Do something meaningful. Something that has positive impact. Build something you will be proud of. #AGoodMindIsATerribleThingToWaste #
  • It saddens to me when I see really smart people working on problems that are trivial, lacking in substance or contribution. #GoodMinds #
  • RT @om: Startup Sessions Video: In Conversation With Luke Biewald, Co-Founder, CrowdFlower http://bit.ly/9CiO5N via @gigaom #iPad compatible #
  • Received a pitch via snail mail. Really? I'll get right on that. Not. #
  • Great interview w/@KonaTbone! RT @peHUB: Entrepreneur-Turned-Angel Travis Kalanick to Founders: Get Some Fangs http://dlvr.it/SfSH #
  • Async Follow!=SN RT @cdixon: Twitter mgmt & investors think it's a social net when it's actually a (great) publishing/notification platform. #
  • Alternative liquidity. RT @TechCrunch: SecondMarket: $70 Million In Private Shares Traded In March – http://tcrn.ch/9MwAup by @leenarao #
  • So many founders I know are buying iPads — not for themselves, but for parents and grandparents. Apple tapping a whole new market segment. #
  • RT @Scobleizer: Apple is making the most interesting moves in the industry now. I can't see a way anyone tears away mindshare from them. #
  • I have met so many interesting people through Twitter. Asynchronous Follow is brilliant. Something FB/LinkedIn don't get yet. #
  • RT @Stanford: An article featuring frugal billionaires, including David Cheriton, Stanford professor of comp sci (#7) http://bit.ly/cqgXrC #
  • NIH Syndrome is strong at Apple. RT @edog1203: RT @gruber: Can someone explain to me why Apple hasn't already bought Dropbox? #
  • lol RT @ariossw: Is it me or is calling yourself a "social media expert" another way of saying that you're broke. /via @hnshah @neilpatel #
  • Cool. RT @cansar: Think BIG. Instead of trying to improve it by 10% try for 10x. You might just pull it off (like we just did). #
  • RT @TEDxB: TEDxBerkeley had 157,000 unique viewers (with 450,000 total views) tuned into the live webcast last Saturday– wowowow! #TEDxB #
  • RT @edog1203: iPhone OS 4 is opposite of death by a 1000 cuts. Lots of fine tuning & targeted feature development add up to a big step fwd. #
  • Cool 🙂 RT @Skype: Skype for iPhone will run in the background with iPhone OS 4: http://bit.ly/cVKIX9 #
  • RT @TechCrunch: Apple Has Sold 450,000 iPads, 50 Million iPhones To Date – http://tcrn.ch/asGaGd by @jasonkincaid #

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