December 2011
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Enter to win a trip to reunite with a long-lost relative this holiday season courtesy of @Archives and @WhitePages http://t.co/Xacegde6
November 2011
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Vote for Zapd as Mobile App of the Year in the 2011 Flashies awards http://t.co/cNEmftm8
DC needs to get smarter about spending our tax $. What does this chart tell you? http://t.co/R2gmdiUo
January 2011
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RT @lpowell: I can’t even begin to remember the last time I did it, maybe at my Grandma’s house in second grade? http://bit.ly/lsttime # …
Big mistake. I asked for nutrition menu. No entrees <1000 calories. But it is yummy tho. Had a great 2500 cal lunch! http://4sq.com/fNECOh
Feeling awful about the tragedy in Arizona. All these mass gun shootings in the US = insanity. #giffords
June 2010
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I’ve got butterflies. So many cool initiatives in the works at @WhitePages right now. Will be an exciting summer.
Yelper, Googler, Phone Book Loyalist? Take this 5 minute survey about how you find businesses online: http://bit.ly/ci0SmX (via @WhitePages)
Know top talent? @WhitePages featured in today’s @WSJ: “Greasing the Inside Track to a Job” http://bit.ly/cY3wAU
Ruby on Rails meetup hosted by @WhitePages on Wednesday! Talks on RVM and how @bonanzle uses RoR http://bit.ly/bWXp18 #ruby
I just met a web-savvy 37-yr old woman who does not have an email. She seems quite happy with it though.
May 2010
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I’m at Mcdonald’s (6623 33rd Ave. NE, Tulalip). http://4sq.com/cJHRZX
First ever TV interview by Providence Equity CEO, on @CharlieRoseShow. Great talk about PE, China, Internet http://bit.ly/bQFAyB
Got email pitching me on creating a PMO (Project Mgmt Office). I shudder in horror at that term. Now on to happier thoughts!
Heading down to #Sounders for match against Boca Juniors, in town from Argentina. Fun, fun. #fb
Gave talk @TechStars event about “Why Seattle?” is great to do a tech start-up. Lots of talented out-of-towners here! #ts4ad
If you’re in SF and want an exclusive invite to the 2010 SF Ad Agency Smackdown, contact @WhitePagesSales
RT @TechStars New TechStars Global Affiliate in #Copenhagen - Startupbootcamp - now accepting applications! http://bit.ly/cVXvIR #bootcampDK
March 2010
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Great video recap of the #olympics. What a magical atmosphere! Olympics every year => fewer wars! http://bit.ly/cnsf64 #fb
Feeling an online start-up revival in New York. Talent that would have gone to Wall Street now going to better places
Love LiveStrong iPhone app but this is the weakest reason ever to upgrade an iPhone app… http://tweetphoto.com/13981453
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Aaah. Back home in Seattle again after 3 weekends in a row of driving up to Vancouver/Whistler. #fb
February 2010
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wow. USA vs Canada for hockey gold. gotta get myself up there, even if just to participate in the post-game party (or riots) #fb
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At Y Combinator reception. Great energy. Think they’ll be helpful to Seattle online startup community
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Punchy Tweets and Marketing Slogans
The great thing about Twitter is that it makes you pack as much punch as possible into a concise 140 characters. Sometimes so much punch that maybe the Tweets take on a life of their own in unexpected ways?
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Some recent coverage over a potential trademark infringement by Intelius for their DateCheck mobile app reminded me that the key marketing slogan they used for their service was uncannily...
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No Olympics tix? No worries, lots to do. Free concerts, great country pavilions/beer tents. Giant party in Vancouver/Whistler
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Enjoyed empty Sea-to-Sky hiway. Strange they’d spend $1BN on it for Olympics, then block 90% of ppl from driving it #olympics #fb
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Heading up to Whistler with American, Canadian, Swedish, Korean flags packed. Can’t go wrong with that! Something’s gotta hit #fb
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A Firmer Kick in the Rear of One Seattle VC Firm
My prior post, A Cheer and Gentle Kick in the Rear for Seattle VCs, was about why I’m so bullish on the potential of the Seattle tech community and what we need more of from early-stage VCs (and we don’t need more capital here; for example, Founder’s Co-op is a tiny fund that is making a big impact). The VCs set the tone for everyone else in Seattle, and therefore it’s...
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A Cheer and Gentle Kick in the Rear for Seattle...
I was reflecting on the Seattle VC community after recent coverage in TechCrunch and TechFlash of the annual VC survey by Adeo Ressi’s The Funded. I don’t think popularity surveys are a good way to gauge VCs, so I figured that I’d offer my personal perspective (and in turn, I will assure loss in personal popularity points among some Seattle VCs).
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I love working in my industry in Seattle,...
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Pls help me: Besides @AndySack + @crashdev which Seattle VC is #1 in tech community involvement in-person or on blogs/Twitter?
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Watch“How A Student With $1,100, Launched WhitePages, A $57 Mil A Year Business”
Here’s an interview that I just did with Andrew Warner at Mixergy mainly covering the early days of WhitePages. Also, I covered a few other topics including why I think Seattle beats (or “should” beat) the Bay Area.
Correction: I mistakenly said that I did a $10,000 deal for licensing data....
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Think it’s cool that ex-CarDomainer @itshenry was the brains behind “infinite scroll”. It’s appearing all over the web now.
Hello World (in 546 chars)
Finally got myself set up on a “real” blog, after swearing that I’d have neither time nor motivation to set one up, never mind maintain it! It happened kind of backwards for me though… Twitter suckered me into it, and then I discovered that “micro-blogging” doesn’t quite cut it for me. Twitter’s 140 character limit just kills me. I’m not the...