February 2010
28 posts
January 2010
49 posts
Tell someone they matter. →
Try it. And tell me how it goes.
The past couple days I’ve been struck by calls and emails from people asking me for advice on matters business and personal, asking me for my thoughts, advice and…
I’m ready for Mardi Gras. I think. →
According to friends here in New Orleans, you don’t go to Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras comes to you.
Red evenings, Yuki, New Orleans, Louisiana
Tomorrow’s Krewe du Vieux was mentioned in this…
“You will wait for the right moment, opportunity, or permission to act. I will...”
– The Changemaker’s Creed - Edward Harran
Where Meaning Meets Business →
“Where meaning meets business” is a simple construct that can help us allocate our money, time, attention and love; why should we do things that don’t matter?
Capitalistic Lives,…
58 Companies, Organizations and Programs Driving... →
Highlighting 58 companies, organizations and programs driving the New Orleans startup ecosystem, and a call to help us improve this list.
Inspired by Michael Karnjanaprakorn’s detailed post…
Who Dat, New Orleans, Louisiana →
The second line parade and party before the Saints-Vikings NFC Championship game; imagine the eruption and the party after the Saints won…
Second Line Parade to the Dome, New Orleans,…
“Innovation happens when people use things in unexpected ways, or come up against...”
– Dave Snowden (via johntropea)
Faces, New Orleans, Louisiana →
“Where the houses have faces”…
Faces, Bywater, New Orleans, Louisiana
Anyone care to explain why many of the houses I saw in this part of the Bywater had pictures and murals painted on…
“Save NOLA” →
Constant little reminders in the foreground and background of daily life.
“Save NOLA”, New Orleans, Louisiana
Reblogged from NOLAlicious, at the Bridge Lounge…
Is an ethical edge the new source of competitive... →
Continuing to think about a venture capital investment thesis…
Umair Haque, Google, China, and the New High Ground of Advantage:
An ethical edge just might be the ultimate cause of…
Launch Pad TV, New Orleans, LA →
Chris Schultz and Benjamin Reece rocking Launch Pad TV at Launch Pad.
LPTV, New Orleans, Louisiana
I already mentioned Sloane’s dream to do to Davos; how about another couple…
“An ethical edge just might be the ultimate cause of advantage. It’s how...”
– Google, China, and the New High Ground of Advantage - Umair Haque - Harvard Business Review
Supporting “Lives Too Cool to Ignore” (and Vote!) →
A quick update on supporting people living “lives too cool to ignore”, focusing on Sloane Berrent’s dream to attend Davos. Here’s your chance to help in one short minute (Click here to vote).
The web speaks English, right? →
An unfinished thought about “how languages hit the web”.
Power, Dispersed, New Orleans, Louisiana
As much as I’m fascinated by “where the web meets world”, “how languages hit the web” is…
WatchSloane Berrent: I Need Your Vote! MySpace Journal Finalist For Davos! - The Causemopolitan
Mobilize online community – GO! Friends, countrymen, lend me your votes! I have been named a finalist in a contest by MySpace and the Wall Street Journal to be a citizen journalist on their behalf at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland from January 27-31. The what? The where? We’re getting there....
Overhead, New Orleans, Louisiana →
Continuing my fascination with the trees and the homes of New Orleans, starting with a reblog from NOLAlicious…
Overhead, New Orleans, Louisiana
Guarded, New Orleans, Louisiana
Dave McClure To Launch Early Stage Venture Fund →
somewhatfrank:
McClure won’t comment, but our sources say he’s raising at least a $10 million early stage fund that includes both an incubator for very early stage startups as well as a more traditional seed fund for larger investments. Investment sizes will range from $25,000 to $250,000, and the firm will focus on consumer Internet startups.
“You can only be in a bad mood for so long before you have to face up to the fact...”
– Jessica Darling, Sloppy Firsts (via itchycosmicpocket) (via leeshiebean) (via quote-book) (via hiten) (via kareem)
Announcing NOLAlicious →
Announcing the first NOLAlicious newsletter, a no-longer-a-secret project with fellow former-nomads and recent-New-Orleans-residents Sloane Berrent and Carl Nelson. Get signed up here.
“… I will feel like I am talking to someone who is a break from the world, who i...”
– Meaghano writes the most amazing things sometimes. Who hasn’t felt like this about someone before? And who has had the words to describe it quite like this? (via alexismichelle)
My Cities 2009 →
Continuing a meme, below are my cities in 2009. Only cities where I spent a night count, the * means I visited multiple times on non-consecutive days, and the # in parentheses are the number of…