I didn't mean to become carless -- it just kind of happened. The 2004 Mercedes E500 has a poor track record for quality, so a week before the warranty expired on mine, I sold it. I couldn't figure out what to buy, and there are so many cars to test drive. (Who Has Time For This?)  That was 14 mon ... Read more

Google is the most innovative company in the world, in large part because they hire smart people who get things done, and they give their engineers 20% time to work on any project they want. Google has found a powerful way to unleash creativity to solve incredible technical problems. I wonder ... Read more

Josh Coates is one of the most talented and energetic entrepreneurs/engineers I have ever met. I had the pleasure of serving on his advisory board at Mozy.com for a brief period as he was first launching his company. He outgrew my very part time services very quickly and I watched him build a very ... Read more

On Feb. 2nd, InsideFacebook reported that the fastest growing demographic on Facebook is women over 55.  In just the past 120 days, usage of Facebook by women over 55 has grown by an astonishing 175.3%. Our team at FamilyLink.com is particularly excited as social networks attract older ... ... Read more

<-- Previous TED Post 40-year-old Ray Zahab talked about his recent record-breaking 33-day expedition to the South Pole. Along the way he stayed online and in touch with kids around the world along the way. His previous adventure was running 110 miles through the Sahara Desert. The punchlin ... Read more

Today, Amazon announced the widely anticipated Kindle 2 with a ship date of February 24th. I immediately ordered one.  I bought my first Kindle in Dec 2007 and absolutely love it. As a frequent business traveller, I just bring my Kindle instead of packing half a dozen books with me. Usually ... Read more

<== Previous TED Post Next Ted Post ==> (coming soon) I awoke early on Thursday to ensure I wouldn't miss the first speaker, Dr. Oliver Sacks . Sacks wrote the great study of neural disorders, The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat, as well as Awakenings (adapted to film with Robin ... Read more

<= Previous TED post Next TED Post (coming soon) TED is just too intense to blog – I can’t keep up. I’ll try to at least keep reporting on the highlights… But first, some more brushes with celebrity: Paul Simon, Daniel Dennett, Nathan Myhrvold, Meg Ryan. ... Read the ... Read more

Our new CTO is interviewing candidates for a very exciting (and potentially very stressful position) with FamilyLink.com — a system administrator that can help us continue to scale. Our We’re Related application is one of the top 5 most popular apps on Facebook , with 12.4 million ... Read more

<-- Previous TED Post       Next TED Post --> (coming soon) To help prioritize your viewing of TED talks, I offer a TED score of each 18-minute presenter, ranging from one to ten TED Balloons. If I fail to score a presenter, either I missed the session, I quickly gave up on it and che ... Read more