March 5, 2010

Support Boulder’s bid for Google’s 1GB/Second Fiber Project

Google is planning to launch an experimental fiber-to-home project that will be 100 times faster than most connection – an amazing 1 gigabit per second! Boulder is working hard to try ...
No Comments » | Posted in: Technology | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
February 9, 2010

Why Do I Need Facebook When I Have Twitter?

Lately, I’ve had the “pleasure” of lying in bed (most of the time in traction) recovering from hip surgery.  Given the liberal doses of Percocet and other pain meds, I’ve ...
35 Comments » | Posted in: Technology | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
January 8, 2010

Ghostery – Great Application to Show You Who is Watching You on the Web

I’ve recently installed Ghostery on my PCs and am fascinated by the information that I’m getting as I’m cruising around the web, or even visiting my own website.  In short, ...
3 Comments » | Posted in: Technology | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
January 5, 2010

How Does One Get a Bathroom Break During Avatar?

I mentioned to some friends today that I’m going to see Avatar this weekend, but was worried if I could make it through the show without taking a bathroom break. No ...
1 Comment » | Posted in: Just For Fun, Technology | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
November 24, 2009

Senator Dodd – Making it harder for small businesses to get funded

Several of my Seattle friends pointed out that Senator Dodd has proposed changes to the regulations that govern angel and VC investments. Every time a VC or angel investor participates ...
9 Comments » | Posted in: Frustrations, Law, Technology | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
October 29, 2009

Oblong on Bloomberg Innovators

Bloomberg TV is running a show called Bloomberg Innovators.  One of our portfolio companies – Oblong – is the focus of the first episode that airs this Friday (10/30) on ...
3 Comments » | Posted in: Foundry Group Investments, Technology | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
September 21, 2009

An Open Letter to Mr. Obama on Innovation Policy

Dear Mr. President, I feel compelled to write you a letter to express my thoughts and frustrations regarding innovation policy in our country.  While I have modest expectations that you’ll actually ...
16 Comments » | Posted in: Entrepreneurship, Frustrations, NVCA, Patents / IP, Technology, Venture Capital | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
July 13, 2009

I Like Offensive Puppets

I like offensive puppets.  I think Team America World Police is one of the funniest movies that I’ve ever seen.  As an aside, the fact that the original cut of ...
3 Comments » | Posted in: Just For Fun, Technology | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
July 10, 2009

The Machine That Goes Bing

On the news that Bing is overtaking Yahoo! for position in search rankings, I’ve decided to spend the next month going "bing."  Call me a bandwagon fool.  I’m only going ...
4 Comments » | Posted in: Technology | Posted by: Jason Mendelson
June 23, 2009

Quick Review of iPhone 3.0 and the 3Gs

Day number three of the next generation of the iPhone and here are the highs and lows: Highs: 1. Speed.  Yep, it’s definitely zippier.  I wouldn’t call it screaming fast, but certainly ...
4 Comments » | Posted in: Technology | Posted by: Jason Mendelson

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