New pair of jeans from true apparel

theletterb: Some one get me in to cryogenic freezing until...

This could be huge

Formally Announcing Spark's Investment...

bijan: It’s no secret that I’ve been a Twitter user and a big fan of the service for some time...

We need more simple user interfaces

I spent this past week in Maine with my wife, her family, and a group of friends.  We stayed at a...

Great article by Tim Keller

My friend Kurt on the bagpipes

My view for the week

Please convince me to get an iphone!

Berkman Center Panel on Non-Competes -...

bijan: I’m thrilled to announce that Rich Miner has agreed to join our panel for the upcoming...

Gorgeous afternoon in Bryant Park

Congrats to Dennis, Herb, Miles, and...

Hollywood reporter published its list of top 50 digital media innovators and it was great to see a...

Math Magic

I was hanging out with my friend Matt Onsum on Saturday, and being the math nerd that he is, he...

What is going on these days?

Is it me, or is there a lot of bad mojo in the air these days?  And I’m not even talking about...

Laugh For Relief - Fundraiser Tonight for the...

Hiking in new Hampshire

Palo alto from above the trees

Fidelity makes bid for online-auction glory -...

Please join us at an upcoming Berkman...

bijan: I’ve been discussing the notion of getting rid of non competes for some time now. I...

The wedding limo

Good times at PopSignal

The covers are off!

Great spring day in boston

Guts and Determination

This past weekend, I was reminded of just how much guts and determination it takes to be an...

Craigslist Hits Back at eBay - Bits -...

Todd talking abt global entrepreneurship

Facebook Connect - another step to open...

The Declining Value Of Redundant News Content...

Yahoo, Microsoft, and true value

So, I avoided commenting on the Yahoo / MSFT deal during all the speculation.  But in the process of...

Experiential Shopping

Shopping online is great.  I think I probably buy 70% of my non-essential goods online and I only...

Digg Does Data Portability: Is This All We...

Nancy and I are headed to Jacksonville Florida for the...

A friend's post about Wright

Brian Balfour and Jay Meattle are helping to organize an...

Paul and Norman at ‘The Transiberian’

Pan Mass Challenge

One of my goals this year was to try learning a new skill. I was inspired by my friend Eugene Hsu...

Great Dinner Discussion

Had a great dinner discussion tonight with a group of students, university faculty, entrepreneurs,...

Announcing our investment in Eqal

Reblogging Bijan’s post about our latest investment in Eqal.  As Bijan said, this has been in...

Can’t wait for the playoffs to start!

First time at the range this year.

At the betahouse 1 year anniversary

Loving the track function on twitter. Wish I could search past tweets in a similar way.

Sox are getting beat. Hope they pull it together

My first game of the season. Thx Todd!

Competitiveness

Read a couple things in quick succession that piqued my interest. The first was a commentary on the...

Just had lunch with Don McLagen to talk about keeping entrepreneurial talent in Boston. HE Shared...

Craving sushi

Heading to the always on venture summit

Trying otu a bunch of very cool stuff

Do my followers like my Twitter...

I’ve been Twittering for a few weeks and set up an automatic feed to my Tumblelog.  I guess it...

At google in Cambridge for the always on reception

Announcing our investment in Covestor

Bijan just posted about our latest investment (see below) In 2006 I spent some time a Fidelity...

Perfect spring morning in Boston. We don’t get too many of these, so you really learn to...

Doing my taxes

At another wedding… But in Boston this time.

Off to judge the HBS business plan contest

Watching the sox with my brother in law.

Having trouble with my blackberry… Frustrating

Why don’t more top tier startups advertise on the subway? I definitely notice the companies...

Caught up with an old friend from eBay moving back to the bay area after 2 years in Boston. I wish...

Kenny Florian vs. Joe Lauzon

Kenny Florian beat Joe Lauzon by tko. Two nerdy Boston guys near the top of the ufc. Awesome.

Finally catching up on Lost

Off to match for a drink

60 degrees in boston. It’s rainy and windy, but I’ll take it after 5 months of winter

Heading back to Boston… But getting a new york bagel first

Typical Chinese wedding banquet.

nice day in new york

Ugh just ate burger king… Disgusting.

Thinking it’s time to get an I phone and a Mac

Driving to new york to attend the wedding of my old roommate.

Thinking about focus and time management

Just learned about the game Football Manager (owned by Sega). It’s big in Europe… like...

Feeling underwhelmed by brain age

Just got the Nintendo ds and brain age for my dad. He may never touch it, but you never know

Off to a nice dinner at sorrelina

Excited about the Celtics

Experimenting with too much stuff online. Losing touch with reality.

Going back to HBS

In back to back meetings all day today.

Off to a friend’s house in Jamaica plain. Cool neighborhood!

Monkey Memory

playing brain training games

Heading back from lunch with an old eBay colleague. Any others in the noretheast I don’t know...

Why direct twit when you can use SMS or email?

marco: nath: Look at the sky, pick a random object, hold...

back in the office

Off to the Dr. Nothing serious.

Checking if my twitter feed on tumblr works

Heading home… And surprisingly awake despite coming in on a redeye this morning

buying a birthday gift for my Dad. Is the Nintendo DS with Brain Age good for a 61 year old?

Just shook the hand that knocked out Randy Couture

Restaurant from sideways

Sunset

Pismo beach

In CA’s Central Coast for the weekend

Travel mysteries

Why do airlines only lay out blankets and pillows on the window and aisle seats (even on full...

I think I’m going to give this to my Dad for his...

Do Boston's Top Schools Promote or...

Two years ago, I attended a fundraising for a large student organization at Harvard. During the ...

Restaurant week dinner at sage

Innovation Economy: Why Student Entrepreneurs...

Yahoo! Search Blog: The Yahoo! Search Open...

Do Boston's Top Schools Promote or...

I was having dinner with Bijan on Thursday in Palo Alto and we were talking about the...

Listening to Tim Keller at Stanford

Google Brain Drain Continues

New Homepage

I’ve been MIA because we’ve been preparing for our annual meeting here at Spark. But I...

Nancy and I at cooking school

Santo and I trying to get home from NY

Lame pic of the eclipse

Coffee with Brian Balfour.  Always fun to hang out with...

Miserable day in Boston

“The best VCs get to improve society in two ways: by helping...”
— Marc Andreessen

Taco Bell - Direct Daniella

Portable Superstars

7 notifications, none I care about :(

Trying out my new camera phone.

Be Heroic

Warning - this is a long, self-indulgent kind of post.  As an investor, I have a fiduciary...

ESPN - So long, Suns, it's been fun - NBA

I ordered a new BB today - the Pearl 8130. I’ve...

Urban Interactive

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Nancy and I were in North Carolina this weekend attending a...

EBay Chief Whitman, Web Pioneer, Plans to...

Bug Labs Store Open for Business!

I want a camera on my blackberry

I never used to think digital cameras in phones were very useful.  But since I’ve been using...

Funny site.  See more of this stuff at...

Apple's Jobs Disses Amazon's Kindle: "Whole...

Chinese Blogger Beaten To Death By Government...

Vote for Bug Labs - Best of CES 2008

CNET just selected Bug Labs (a Spark/USV portfolio company) as a Best of CES 2008 contender. That is...

Portfolio News - 5min and Veoh

We announced our latest investment in 5min today, a leader in the online how-to video space.  Watch...

New Areas of Interest?

Every now and then, people ask me what new areas I am looking into.  If you read my blog posts, you...

I’m in Hong Kong for Christmas with my family. ...

Companies from the 2005 Stanford GSB Class

MIT Tech Review Coverage of Bug Labs

100 million video views

Our portfolio company, Next New Networks creates exciting, fresh video content. It’s free,...

I am so excited about this book. Some of you know that I am...

Web Access and E-Mail on Flights - New York...

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out...”
— Theodore Roosevelt