Archive for December 2008

I have written about the exciting topic of 409A compliance before on the Seattle 2.0 site.  Our company has just gone thru a series of additional work to ensure that all of our compensation-based agreements (like stock agreements, executive compensation agreements, etc) within the company are section 409A compliant.  Here is an interesting brief from…

I just did a post on Seattle 2.0 entitled, Twitter Baptism.  I would appreciate any input on the article. I need to be better schooled in the ways of the Twitter.  WidgetBucks' own online PR wonk, Dean Jutilla read this post and sent me some suggestions.  He uses Tweetbeep to get alerts to mentions of…

Damon Darlin of the New York Times wrote an interesting article entitled, The Year of the Simpler Gadget.  The article highlights such gadgets as the Flip Camcorder, Wii, Apple iPhone, and others. I strongly believe that we are on a path to build more simplification into our lives.  My previous post was about simple applications. …

I just did a post on Seattle 2.0, entitled "Don't Hate Me Because I’m Beautiful."  In the blog post, I refer to the classic 80's Pantene commercial featuring Kelly LeBrock as inspiration to list out my favorite audaciously beautiful online applications.  Here are several more that I personally couldn't live with out that are just…

I have started to contribute to the blog, AlwaysOn.  Here is my first post, titled "Flat Is NOT the new up." Check it out and let me know what you think.

My friends and family know that I am obsessed with Batman.  So, if you are wondering what you could get me this year, Wired has a great article on all of these cool and rare Sci-Fi props that are for sale.  The Batman Begins cowl starts at a mere $20,000. 

Check out this post that I just did on Seattle 2.0 called, Even Scrooge Knows How to Party.

This is one of the best, most condensed set of startup advices slides that I have ever seen.  Kudos for referencing quotes as diverse as Buddha and Steve Jobs.

This is a post that I did last week on the Seattle 2.0 blog.  I just finished my third half marathon this past weekend.  As I was huffing and puffing along the course, I realized that there are a lot of similarities and parallels in running a business, especially when it comes to startups.  To…