Monthly Archives: October 2008

My Thoughts on Ignite Boulder

I can’t remember leaving a tech event so inspired.  Ignite Boulder hit the spot for me and a crowd of 130.
Constraint equals beauty.
Here is video of all the presentations:
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Ignite Boulder Tonight

Ignite Boulder is tonight, from 6-9pm at the Atlas Building at CU.  Please RSVP here if you want to attend.
We have a great group of speakers, this is going to be a fun night.

Why I live in Boulder

I moved to Boulder on a whim.
This week, almost 100 developers are coming to Boulder on a whim of an event thrown together by several of us that love the tech community here.
But why did I stay?
Pretty simple.
The ‘wow’ moments far outnumber the ’sigh’ moments.

FiltrBox Office Warming Party

Last night Ari, Partick and Tom were nice enough to invite their friends, hecklers and advisors over for a drink in their new office.
If you have not signed up for FiltrBox, you are missing the best of the best when it comes to brand tracking on the web.
Ari was nice enough to spin for the [...]

My 2008 Colorado Voter Notes

I started deciding how I was going to vote for the 2008 Colorado General Election for the Referendum and Amendments and decided to put my notes online.
Remember, vote early (info for Boulder voters) to save the chance of a line.  This is how easy it was in the primary:

Amendment 46: Discrimination and Preferential Treatment by [...]

Hazard County - Porcupine Ridge - A Nice Break

Just got back from a much needed mini vacation to two places I love, Black Mountain Ranch and Moab, Utah to downhill bike the famous Hazard County and Porcupine Ridge trail.
The ride took close to 6 hours with plenty of stops for lunch, snacks and photos.  It was as described, as epic as they come.  [...]

Conjunctured Coworking

Last weekend I was down in Austin Texas, and as my usual habit, visited the local coworking space.
Austin has Conjunctured, which for $250, gets you all you can work access to the extreamly nice environment.
Conjunctured provides a creative environment for entrepreneurs that encourages collaboration. Through a workflow, cursory needs are fulfilled, leaving you with the [...]

Apply to the Knight News Challenge

I am a screener (read: judge of sorts) for this, if I know you, I won’t be able to look at your application.

Alright, November 1, 2008 is the last day you can submit an application to the Knight News Challenge.
$5,000,000 is being given away to fund innovative ideas that address the following points:

Use or create [...]

BrightKite iPhone App

BrightKite (2007 TechStars team) just publicly demoed their iPhone app for the first time.
Here it is:

I’ve been testing it out for the past few weeks, and it has become very addictive.
With it and nearby notifications, we finally have what Dodgeball once was.
I’m very excited.
Read more on Mashable, ArsTechnica and TechCrunch.

Don’t Be The Valley

I was talking to a reporter from The Arizona Republic about the upcoming Phoenix Startup Weekend.  The questions was on the line of
Some business owners here feel that’s the reason why Arizona has had trouble building a thriving technology community with readily available capital and other resources. What do you think?
Which is a great question [...]