Entrepreneur, author, analyst. I listen to audiobooks of tomes I won’t be notating extensively. (Boyd said that if you didn’t write more than what was on the page in the margins, you weren’t reading closely enough.) I listen at 2x speed, perhaps the coolest feature on my aging iPod. I can kill a book a week on top [...]
A variant on Kickstarter for lobbying initiatives. May as formalize existing flows of capital in exchange for influence so more can participate and benefit instead of just the few. These could be local. Force a bank to clean up a foreclosed home. Front-yard garden/goat/chicken friendly laws. Make it illegal for debt collectors to be on [...]
Following up on my review, Daedalus is great for writing and organizing parts of a workflow. Needs add editing functionality to close the loop. I’m looking for the ability to blow apart a page (which are infinite). Specifically, a way to look at the elements of a page and reorganize them as needed. This would [...]
I’ve been looking for good writing apps. Scrivener is amazing for Apple laptops. But since I switched to an iPad full-time, that’s a no-go (and for whatever reason, it’s not forthcoming as an iOS app). I tried WriteRoom, which is great for getting words out, but the file structure is stupid, and writing anything of [...]
If I were an average sized V.C. ($150m or so), was watching the funding overhang end (what funds raised vs. what the industry spent), and the uncertainty in the economy in general, here’s what my portfolio would look like (based on several years of research in a variety of fields for a diverse set of clients). [...]