I was interviewed last month by "Business in the Morning", a local podcast. If you have a half-hour to spare, you might want to give it a listen. … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday, Tech Square!
October 31, 2013 by
I've been travelling a bit lately, visiting innovation communities in Austin, Portland, and Saõ Paulo. I've also had a chance to compare notes with venture capitalists and angel investors from all over the U.S. at the Venture Atlanta conference held last week, and with city planners in my role as a team leader for the Atlanta co(lab) conference in … [Read more...]
My Thoughts on (co)lab
September 26, 2013 by
On Sunday and Monday, Leadership Atlanta hosted the first (co)lab event... pitched as a "Collaborative Leadership Summit" that would help Atlanta connect, communicate, and collaborate on issues vital to Atlanta. It was a very well-produced event, with extraordinary speakers. If you weren't there, I recommend you peruse the Twitter stream (hashtag … [Read more...]
Against Going to War with Iraq (2002)
September 6, 2013 by
Lots of discussion on Twitter and Facebook about the steady drumbeat of war, war, war against Syria. The Internet Wayback Machine has the text of a speech delivered on 2 October 2002 by an obscure Illinois State Senator named Barack Obama. I wish we had a President who could give a speech like this about Syria. … [Read more...]
My Talks at DragonCon 2013
August 9, 2013 by
My annual post in response to the people asking me "What are you talking about at DragonCon this year?" … [Read more...]
Scanning Old Paperbacks
August 1, 2013 by
I'm a book addict. I love books, I love people who write books, I love people who publish books, I love other people who love books. My wife and I own a lot of books. (5690 at current count, all cataloged in Delicious Library. And, yes, the shelves are categorized and alphabetized.) But... books are bulky. And heavy. And if you're away … [Read more...]
Startups for Grownups
July 5, 2013 by
Last month, Sarah Lacy of Pando Daily posted an article titled "Memo to non-Valley, non-NYC ecosystems: No one you want cares about the cost of living." Read the whole thing. But here's her thesis: … [Read more...]
One Way Trip to Mars?
July 4, 2013 by
On July 4, 1976, the first Viking spacecraft was scheduled to land on Mars. Caution dictated a delay of a couple of weeks until Neilsday, but nevertheless... I'll shamelessly take advantage of the July 4th peg for a blog post on the topic. … [Read more...]
Pindrop Security Shoots for the Moon
June 24, 2013 by
A news article a couple of weeks ago announced an $11 million investment in one of our local startups, Pindrop Security. You can read it in the local Atlanta Business Chronicle or in USA Today. … [Read more...]
Crowdfunding
May 31, 2013 by
Unless you've been living under a rock for the last year or so, you've heard of crowdfunding. I know a lot of people who have participated in campaigns on Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and more. I've backed a few myself. But that's been as a way to fund development of better iPhone peripherals, or an independent film, or even to convince a touring … [Read more...]
