Sent from my iPhone, but I'd rather be using my blackberry frankly.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Yo, I always dreamed someday we would make it... Happy Sunday!
Sent from my iPhone, but I'd rather be using my blackberry frankly.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
I love @mailchimp so much I wear the shirt!
many thanks to my peeps @mailchimp for helping me with my emails.... www.mailchimp.com
MailChimp is the win!
Dennis Hopper has died http://bit.ly/b3B0RY
This sucks.... one of my favorite actors, Dennis Hopper, has died.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Do these kids taking "oxys" know their Facebook updates are public?
do these 14 to 24 year olds know they are talking publicly about what
is clearly recreational oxycontin use?
http://youropenbook.org/?q=oxys&x=24&y=14&gender=any
Friday, May 21, 2010
I'm deleting my Facebook page today
I'm deleting my Facebook page today at 1pm Pacific today.
You can watch live here, and perhaps join me!
Here is the email I sent to my list on Wednesday with why.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jason Calacanis <jason@calacanis.com>
Date: Wed, May 19, 2010 at 5:07 PM
Subject: I'm deleting my Facebook page
Date: May 19th 2010
JasonNation Members: 23,286 emails strong
Location: Mahalo HQ, Santa Monica
Republishing: Republish anywhere (with header/footer)
Subscribe/Unsub: www.jasonnation.com
Some exciting news: http://tcrn.ch/bR35Xu
============================ JNation, I've decided that this Friday at 1 pm Pacific, I will broadcast the
deletion of my Facebook page live on the Internet. (Watch it here:
http://bit.ly/bATQjU) Simply put, I no longer trust Facebook or Mark Zuckerberg with my information. Additionally, Facebook has become a waste of time for me. Every minute
I put into Facebook is a minute I will never get back. It's time I
could have spent writing one of these emails to you guys, finding new
startups to invest in, working on Mahalo.com (almost profitable!) or
spending time with my family. Facebook is a Ponzi scheme run by a very bad actor. The best way to
express our discontent with Mark Zuckerberg is to simply walk away. We trusted Zuckerberg with our personal information and he has abused
that trust over and over again. He won't even come forward and discuss
the issue with anyone in the industry--including his own users!
c
Question: What kind of CEO gets slammed like Zuckerberg has in the
last week and doesn't make themselves available to discuss the issue
with the press or users? Answer: A guilty one.
You call this a gift?
================
In a final insult, Facebook lackey Tim Sparapani said this week: "The
flip side of this privacy story... is that we have customized and
individualized every single website out there for people, if they
choose to have it. That’s an extraordinary gift to the public." Really? Did I sign up for Facebook and give you my personal information so you
could give it to third parties WITHOUT my permission? Uhhh.... no. We signed up with Facebook to share photos and updates with our
friends and families. You duped and double-crossed us by giving *your*
partners *our* private information so you could begin your world
domination plans one Javascript include at a time. Essentially, Facebook is reselling our data in order to get websites
to add the "Like" button. It may not be a cash transaction yet, but it
is clearly quid pro quo. If you want to give the world a gift, how
about letting us export our own data? Question: If you don't allow users to export their own data, but you
do allow your partners to suck it down instantly--and for all
time--what does that say about your intent? Answer: It says your intent is bad. NOTE: Hey Sparapani, the super savvy Danny Sullivan F.C.Y.A. (look it
up!): Facebook did not create the personalized web
(http://bit.ly/9hZQop).
Facebook alternatives
====================
If you're tired of Facebook's games, I suggest that you use the
following services: Twitter.com for Updates, Flickr.com for Photo
Sharing and Geni.com for your family tree. Those three services are
much better for their individual functions (updates, photos and family
connections) than Facebook! That leaves casual games, the only piece for which I don't have a
really good recommendation (besides getting a sick iPad and playing
WeRule!) Zynga, makers of Mafia Wars and Farmville, knows they can't trust
Zuckerberg and they going to have all their games off-site this year.
Sure they signed a five-year pack with Facebook this week, but that
must have been driven by Facebook desperate not to lose them. My guess
is Pincus got them to take only 10% of the virtual currency avalanche,
in exchange for their blessing on Facebook's standard 30% rake. Zynga will also start a social gaming network, basically Facebook
without the photo sharing, later this year I'm sure. Pincus is way to
smart to get Zuckerpunched. If only Evan Williams would step up and have the Twitter team build
(private) groups, photo hosting, video hosting and support for Zynga's
games, we would actually have a place to move to. Twitter needs to create a viable alternative to Facebook this year.
Twitter has a leader you can trust; Facebook does not. You can do it
Twitter.... Step up!
Three ways to "leave" Facebook
====================
If you're going to join me (and folks like Leo Laporte and Peter
Rojas) in leaving Facebook, please consider recording yourself doing
so. Post that video to YouTube saying "I deleted/deactivated my
Facebook page!" As we've discussed, there are better services for you to use from
companies you can trust. I suggest doing one of three things below with your Facebook account
*after* you back it up. [ Note: Before taking these steps, I suggest downloading your photos
manually and/or trying Backupify's beta Facebook backup service--which
is free. www.backupify.com. I'm an angel investor in this amazing
company.] 1. Just stop using Facebook: Don't log in, don't republish your tweets
to Facebook and don't update your status. Turn off all your photos.
This is a basic step that will also get you a lot time back for the
rest of your life. Try NOT logging into Facebook for three days and
see how much better your life is--I'm sure it will be! Take your
"Facebook time" and use it to actually ask a friend or family member
how they are doing. Take the dog or your kids (or yourself!) for a
walk. The fact is, Facebook sends only a dozen folks to a link when I post
it. Compare that to hundreds to thousands of people clicking through
on Twitter (on a CTR basis Twitter is 10-20x Facebook!). Also, the
content on Twitter it typically valuable to me. The content on
Facebook tends to be "I'm playing this game" or someone "liking"
something inane. Get off Facebook and do something more productive.
Nothing important happens on Facebook--nothing. 2. Deactivate your account: This renders your account dormant, but you
can still log in at any time and "wake it up" again. Bear in mind,
your information is still stored on Facebook. They still have your
data. Having said that, there is no harm in trying this either...
Deactivate for the rest of the month and see what June 1st feels like
after you wean yourself off the Facebook crack. Just two or three
clicks and you can do it: http://www.facebook.com/deactivate.php 3. Delete your account: This deletes everything from Facebook--though
I'm not sure it removes your data from their partners sites and I'm
not sure how long they keep your data on backup drives. I'm hearing
conflicting reports, so if you know (or work inside Facebook and have
411), please ship it in confidence to me! If you're done with
Facebook, don't delay. Just do it! Those friends from high school will
Google you and find your Twitter account if it's at all important. :-)
http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account
Conclusion
===========
I don't think Facebook is going away, but if they see 100 people turn
their accounts off every day, then 1,000, then some day 10,000, they
are going to start taking the issue more seriously. Good people of the
Internet should stand up for what is right and send a clear message to
Facebook: we don't trust you, so we can't participate in your service. Questions:
1. Does Facebook provide any value to you?
2. Can Twitter or Zynga become viable alternatives to Facebook?
3. Are you considering leaving Facebook?
4. Rank, in order, the most loathsome companies and why: Goldman
Sachs, Facebook, BP Oil.
5. I will be in New York City next week for TechCrunch Disrupt. See you there! Best regards, Jason -----------------
-----------------
-----------------
----------------- Some housekeeping: 1. Mahalo is looking for developers! We use cutting-edge technologies
like Cassandra and Django, but you don't have to have worked with
those before to join our team. Nope, we hire people based on how we
think they will "fit our culture." Our culture is one of hard work,
dedication, resourcefulness, resiliency and is filled with positive
and quixotic individuals. You will not survive in a company like this
unless you are absurdly hard working, but if you are you will
immediately be given a ton of responsibility. You'll also get to work
in a pure meritocracy, where people rise and fall with their
contribution--not their age or ability to suck up to the boss. We love
hiring folks outside of Los Angeles and bringing them to live in Santa
Monica. So, if you want to work for the next three or four years at
Mahalo and crush it send me your resume and cover letter. If you would
like to take it easy, phone it in and not get taken out of your
comfort zone send me your resume and I will forward it to a BDC (big
dumb company). :-) 2. The Open Angel Forum is booming! We're coming to Boston in June,
and London and Seattle shortly after that. If you know of any angel
investors in these cities send them to krute@openangelforum.com.
Details at www.openangelforum.com. 3. TechCrunch50 is, sadly, not happening this year. However, as the
creator of TechCrunch50 I will be marching on and launching 50
companies over two days in early 2011. Please bookmark
www.thelaunchconference.com for more details. 4. We just had the CEO of Groupon, Andrew Mason, on This Week in
Startups. He was great!
http://thisweekin.com/announcements/twist-52-with-andrew-mason/ 5. I will be at the Wall Street Journal's amazing D Conference for the
fifth year in a row--and three years after launching Mahalo! Looking
forward to seeing everyone there and sharing some big news. :-) 6. Having done eight angel investments this year I'm only going to do
two more I think. Those startups will, most-likely, come in through
the Open Angel Forum. The best way to pitch me on an idea is to submit
your company to OAF or send me a link to your product. I don't invest
in products that are not built already (why would you when you can
invest in products that have been built is my thinking). 7. I'm working on the book proposal after getting a bunch of
interesting offers. What would you want to hear about if I did a book? 8. If you are interested in pitching a show for ThisWeekIn.com please
send it to TWI's creative director Lon Harris at lon@mahalo.com. I
don't have any day-to-day involvement in the company. Feel free to cc
me of course.
---------
Jason McCabe Calacanis
902 Colorado Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90401
jason@calacanis.com
www.twitter.com/jason
www.blippy.com/jason
From: Jason Calacanis <jason@calacanis.com>
Date: Wed, May 19, 2010 at 5:07 PM
Subject: I'm deleting my Facebook page
Date: May 19th 2010
JasonNation Members: 23,286 emails strong
Location: Mahalo HQ, Santa Monica
Republishing: Republish anywhere (with header/footer)
Subscribe/Unsub: www.jasonnation.com
Some exciting news: http://tcrn.ch/bR35Xu
============================ JNation, I've decided that this Friday at 1 pm Pacific, I will broadcast the
deletion of my Facebook page live on the Internet. (Watch it here:
http://bit.ly/bATQjU) Simply put, I no longer trust Facebook or Mark Zuckerberg with my information. Additionally, Facebook has become a waste of time for me. Every minute
I put into Facebook is a minute I will never get back. It's time I
could have spent writing one of these emails to you guys, finding new
startups to invest in, working on Mahalo.com (almost profitable!) or
spending time with my family. Facebook is a Ponzi scheme run by a very bad actor. The best way to
express our discontent with Mark Zuckerberg is to simply walk away. We trusted Zuckerberg with our personal information and he has abused
that trust over and over again. He won't even come forward and discuss
the issue with anyone in the industry--including his own users!
c
Question: What kind of CEO gets slammed like Zuckerberg has in the
last week and doesn't make themselves available to discuss the issue
with the press or users? Answer: A guilty one.
You call this a gift?
================
In a final insult, Facebook lackey Tim Sparapani said this week: "The
flip side of this privacy story... is that we have customized and
individualized every single website out there for people, if they
choose to have it. That’s an extraordinary gift to the public." Really? Did I sign up for Facebook and give you my personal information so you
could give it to third parties WITHOUT my permission? Uhhh.... no. We signed up with Facebook to share photos and updates with our
friends and families. You duped and double-crossed us by giving *your*
partners *our* private information so you could begin your world
domination plans one Javascript include at a time. Essentially, Facebook is reselling our data in order to get websites
to add the "Like" button. It may not be a cash transaction yet, but it
is clearly quid pro quo. If you want to give the world a gift, how
about letting us export our own data? Question: If you don't allow users to export their own data, but you
do allow your partners to suck it down instantly--and for all
time--what does that say about your intent? Answer: It says your intent is bad. NOTE: Hey Sparapani, the super savvy Danny Sullivan F.C.Y.A. (look it
up!): Facebook did not create the personalized web
(http://bit.ly/9hZQop).
Facebook alternatives
====================
If you're tired of Facebook's games, I suggest that you use the
following services: Twitter.com for Updates, Flickr.com for Photo
Sharing and Geni.com for your family tree. Those three services are
much better for their individual functions (updates, photos and family
connections) than Facebook! That leaves casual games, the only piece for which I don't have a
really good recommendation (besides getting a sick iPad and playing
WeRule!) Zynga, makers of Mafia Wars and Farmville, knows they can't trust
Zuckerberg and they going to have all their games off-site this year.
Sure they signed a five-year pack with Facebook this week, but that
must have been driven by Facebook desperate not to lose them. My guess
is Pincus got them to take only 10% of the virtual currency avalanche,
in exchange for their blessing on Facebook's standard 30% rake. Zynga will also start a social gaming network, basically Facebook
without the photo sharing, later this year I'm sure. Pincus is way to
smart to get Zuckerpunched. If only Evan Williams would step up and have the Twitter team build
(private) groups, photo hosting, video hosting and support for Zynga's
games, we would actually have a place to move to. Twitter needs to create a viable alternative to Facebook this year.
Twitter has a leader you can trust; Facebook does not. You can do it
Twitter.... Step up!
Three ways to "leave" Facebook
====================
If you're going to join me (and folks like Leo Laporte and Peter
Rojas) in leaving Facebook, please consider recording yourself doing
so. Post that video to YouTube saying "I deleted/deactivated my
Facebook page!" As we've discussed, there are better services for you to use from
companies you can trust. I suggest doing one of three things below with your Facebook account
*after* you back it up. [ Note: Before taking these steps, I suggest downloading your photos
manually and/or trying Backupify's beta Facebook backup service--which
is free. www.backupify.com. I'm an angel investor in this amazing
company.] 1. Just stop using Facebook: Don't log in, don't republish your tweets
to Facebook and don't update your status. Turn off all your photos.
This is a basic step that will also get you a lot time back for the
rest of your life. Try NOT logging into Facebook for three days and
see how much better your life is--I'm sure it will be! Take your
"Facebook time" and use it to actually ask a friend or family member
how they are doing. Take the dog or your kids (or yourself!) for a
walk. The fact is, Facebook sends only a dozen folks to a link when I post
it. Compare that to hundreds to thousands of people clicking through
on Twitter (on a CTR basis Twitter is 10-20x Facebook!). Also, the
content on Twitter it typically valuable to me. The content on
Facebook tends to be "I'm playing this game" or someone "liking"
something inane. Get off Facebook and do something more productive.
Nothing important happens on Facebook--nothing. 2. Deactivate your account: This renders your account dormant, but you
can still log in at any time and "wake it up" again. Bear in mind,
your information is still stored on Facebook. They still have your
data. Having said that, there is no harm in trying this either...
Deactivate for the rest of the month and see what June 1st feels like
after you wean yourself off the Facebook crack. Just two or three
clicks and you can do it: http://www.facebook.com/deactivate.php 3. Delete your account: This deletes everything from Facebook--though
I'm not sure it removes your data from their partners sites and I'm
not sure how long they keep your data on backup drives. I'm hearing
conflicting reports, so if you know (or work inside Facebook and have
411), please ship it in confidence to me! If you're done with
Facebook, don't delay. Just do it! Those friends from high school will
Google you and find your Twitter account if it's at all important. :-)
http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account
Conclusion
===========
I don't think Facebook is going away, but if they see 100 people turn
their accounts off every day, then 1,000, then some day 10,000, they
are going to start taking the issue more seriously. Good people of the
Internet should stand up for what is right and send a clear message to
Facebook: we don't trust you, so we can't participate in your service. Questions:
1. Does Facebook provide any value to you?
2. Can Twitter or Zynga become viable alternatives to Facebook?
3. Are you considering leaving Facebook?
4. Rank, in order, the most loathsome companies and why: Goldman
Sachs, Facebook, BP Oil.
5. I will be in New York City next week for TechCrunch Disrupt. See you there! Best regards, Jason -----------------
-----------------
-----------------
----------------- Some housekeeping: 1. Mahalo is looking for developers! We use cutting-edge technologies
like Cassandra and Django, but you don't have to have worked with
those before to join our team. Nope, we hire people based on how we
think they will "fit our culture." Our culture is one of hard work,
dedication, resourcefulness, resiliency and is filled with positive
and quixotic individuals. You will not survive in a company like this
unless you are absurdly hard working, but if you are you will
immediately be given a ton of responsibility. You'll also get to work
in a pure meritocracy, where people rise and fall with their
contribution--not their age or ability to suck up to the boss. We love
hiring folks outside of Los Angeles and bringing them to live in Santa
Monica. So, if you want to work for the next three or four years at
Mahalo and crush it send me your resume and cover letter. If you would
like to take it easy, phone it in and not get taken out of your
comfort zone send me your resume and I will forward it to a BDC (big
dumb company). :-) 2. The Open Angel Forum is booming! We're coming to Boston in June,
and London and Seattle shortly after that. If you know of any angel
investors in these cities send them to krute@openangelforum.com.
Details at www.openangelforum.com. 3. TechCrunch50 is, sadly, not happening this year. However, as the
creator of TechCrunch50 I will be marching on and launching 50
companies over two days in early 2011. Please bookmark
www.thelaunchconference.com for more details. 4. We just had the CEO of Groupon, Andrew Mason, on This Week in
Startups. He was great!
http://thisweekin.com/announcements/twist-52-with-andrew-mason/ 5. I will be at the Wall Street Journal's amazing D Conference for the
fifth year in a row--and three years after launching Mahalo! Looking
forward to seeing everyone there and sharing some big news. :-) 6. Having done eight angel investments this year I'm only going to do
two more I think. Those startups will, most-likely, come in through
the Open Angel Forum. The best way to pitch me on an idea is to submit
your company to OAF or send me a link to your product. I don't invest
in products that are not built already (why would you when you can
invest in products that have been built is my thinking). 7. I'm working on the book proposal after getting a bunch of
interesting offers. What would you want to hear about if I did a book? 8. If you are interested in pitching a show for ThisWeekIn.com please
send it to TWI's creative director Lon Harris at lon@mahalo.com. I
don't have any day-to-day involvement in the company. Feel free to cc
me of course.
---------
Jason McCabe Calacanis
902 Colorado Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90401
jason@calacanis.com
www.twitter.com/jason
www.blippy.com/jason
16% of Facebook users have quit over privacy--60% say they might.
Wow.... this is a stunning survey. I wonder if it is accurate, or if survey respondents are just more agressive in their answers than they are their actual behavior. Thoughts?
Thursday, May 20, 2010
My Facebook profile is now a protest encouraging you to become a "Facebook Ghost"
My Facebook profile is now a protest encouraging you to become a "Facebook Ghost." Please turn off all your content, delete your photos and likes, and join me in becoming a Facebook Ghost!
Only post anti-facebook news to your profile... until the company starts behaving!
Toyota buys $50M of Tesla Motor's shares... plan EVs together!!! yes!
Wow... this is crazy! go tesla!http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/20/toyota-and-tesla-motors-team-up-to-make-electric-cars/ Toyota and Tesla Motors team up to make electric cars
Tesla Motors is partnering with Toyota to make electric cars at a defunct auto plant in California in a deal that is expected to create thousands of jobs, the two companies announced Thursday. Part of the deal will involve Toyota purchasing $50 million of Tesla’s common stock, the companies said in a joint statement.“Toyota is a company founded on innovation, quality, and commitment to sustainable mobility. It is an honor and a powerful endorsement of our technology that Toyota would choose to invest in and partner with Tesla,” said Tesla CEO and co-founder Elon Musk. “We look forward to learning and benefiting from Toyota’s legendary engineering, manufacturing, and production expertise.” The companies intend to collaborate on the development of electric vehicles, parts, and production system and engineering support, Toyota President Akio Toyoda in a joint press conference Thursday.“Through this partnership, by working together with a venture business such as Tesla, Toyota would like to learn from the challenging spirit, quick decision-making, and flexibility that Tesla has. Decades ago, Toyota was also born as a venture business. By partnering with Tesla, my hope is that all Toyota employees will recall that ‘venture business spirit,’ and take on the challenges of the future.” The venture is expected to create thousands of jobs at the recently shuttered New United Motor Manufacturing plant, or Nummi, in Fremont.Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger also spoke at Thursday's press conference and thanked the companies for bringing their business to the state. "This all hapened because we created tax incentives for this company and this partnertship," Schwarzenegger said.Musk said several former employees of the plant have already been rehired.
Tesla Motors is partnering with Toyota to make electric cars at a defunct auto plant in California in a deal that is expected to create thousands of jobs, the two companies announced Thursday. Part of the deal will involve Toyota purchasing $50 million of Tesla’s common stock, the companies said in a joint statement.“Toyota is a company founded on innovation, quality, and commitment to sustainable mobility. It is an honor and a powerful endorsement of our technology that Toyota would choose to invest in and partner with Tesla,” said Tesla CEO and co-founder Elon Musk. “We look forward to learning and benefiting from Toyota’s legendary engineering, manufacturing, and production expertise.” The companies intend to collaborate on the development of electric vehicles, parts, and production system and engineering support, Toyota President Akio Toyoda in a joint press conference Thursday.“Through this partnership, by working together with a venture business such as Tesla, Toyota would like to learn from the challenging spirit, quick decision-making, and flexibility that Tesla has. Decades ago, Toyota was also born as a venture business. By partnering with Tesla, my hope is that all Toyota employees will recall that ‘venture business spirit,’ and take on the challenges of the future.” The venture is expected to create thousands of jobs at the recently shuttered New United Motor Manufacturing plant, or Nummi, in Fremont.Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger also spoke at Thursday's press conference and thanked the companies for bringing their business to the state. "This all hapened because we created tax incentives for this company and this partnertship," Schwarzenegger said.Musk said several former employees of the plant have already been rehired.
I'm becoming a "Facebook Ghost" -- removing all information from my account!
The Facebook Ghost movement is starting.... turn off all features in
your account, remove all your data and putting up a Facebook Ghost
image
You Donkey!!! :-)
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Sunday, May 16, 2010
funny comic strip on becoming an A-list blogger
funny...
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From:
Date: Sat, May 15, 2010 at 10:54 PM
Subject: On becoming an A-list blogger
To: jason@calacanis.com
Hi Jason,
I'm a real fan of your podcasts, TWIST and the new VC podcast. Just
writing to ask if you might be interested in placing these five
cartoons about blogging (attached) as one post in your newsletter.
I'm hoping you may have been a reader of User Friendly: The Comic
Strip at some point in time. Illiad wrote the strip for 12 years
beginning in 1997. The site quickly became the most popular webcomic.
It was getting 15,000,000 monthly page views at its peak. But last
year Illiad penned his last strip.
The news now is that UF has launched their first app in Apple's store.
This app contains the first few weeks of the strip, back when Illiad
had no idea his doodling would become so popular.
I thought many of your readers would really get much fun out of seeing
this short series of later cartoons. Many of the people listening to
your podcasts and reading your newsletter are trying to get their word
out with blogs. I've not yet heard you talk specifically about the
frustrations of trying to get links - this is what these cartoons
portray, in a very funny way.
cheers,
tktktktkt
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From:
Date: Sat, May 15, 2010 at 10:54 PM
Subject: On becoming an A-list blogger
To: jason@calacanis.com
Hi Jason,
I'm a real fan of your podcasts, TWIST and the new VC podcast. Just
writing to ask if you might be interested in placing these five
cartoons about blogging (attached) as one post in your newsletter.
I'm hoping you may have been a reader of User Friendly: The Comic
Strip at some point in time. Illiad wrote the strip for 12 years
beginning in 1997. The site quickly became the most popular webcomic.
It was getting 15,000,000 monthly page views at its peak. But last
year Illiad penned his last strip.
The news now is that UF has launched their first app in Apple's store.
This app contains the first few weeks of the strip, back when Illiad
had no idea his doodling would become so popular.
I thought many of your readers would really get much fun out of seeing
this short series of later cartoons. Many of the people listening to
your podcasts and reading your newsletter are trying to get their word
out with blogs. I've not yet heard you talk specifically about the
frustrations of trying to get links - this is what these cartoons
portray, in a very funny way.
cheers,
tktktktkt
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Listen to The Big Game, Zuckerberg and Overplaying your Hand - Jason Calacanis - Hear a Blog http://bit.ly/cwlcWA
I love hearablog! Listen to The Big Game, Zuckerberg and Overplaying your Hand - Jason
Calacanis - Hear a Blog http://bit.ly/cwlcWA best j
Calacanis - Hear a Blog http://bit.ly/cwlcWA best j
The Daily London: video! I can hold my bottle!
Sent from my iPhone, but I'd rather be using my blackberry frankly.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Brentwood Town Green presentation
Sent from my iPhone, but I'd rather be using my blackberry frankly.
Brentwood Town Green aka bundy building, present at Brentwood homeowners association
Sent from my iPhone, but I'd rather be using my blackberry frankly.
About TechCrunch50 2010 (& The Launch Conference) http://bit.ly/d2Tc36
About TechCrunch50 2010 (& The Launch Conference) http://bit.ly/d2Tc36 www.thelaunchconference.com
Friday, May 7, 2010
Mahalo's cheese selection today...
We have cheese plates at 5pm brought to everyone's desk at Mahalo. our
director of technology does the selections and pairings..... we're
thinking of adding one ounce of wine. :-) .... you know, because I'm such a horrible boss I have to bribe people
with fine cheeses. :-p ---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jacob Burch
Date: Fri, May 7, 2010 at 11:11 AM
Subject: Today in Cheese Hey All,
We'll be having a small sampling of two very fine cheeses, spanning
the atlantic today. The quoted descriptions are provided wonderfully
to us by Andrew's Cheese Shop. The softer, whiter cheese on the plate is a goat's milk cheese named
Leonora, produced in Spain.
"Named after the region of Leon, Spain, this rustic goat's mulk cheese
has a beautiful natural, rustic rind and a pure white interior. The
Spanish goat cheeses like this one tend to be much grassier and earthy
than most others. The aroma is of mushrooms and truffle and the taste
is of grass and tart lemons. "
----
The harder, slightly yellowed cheese is the Cabot Clothbound Cheddar,
produced in Bracco and Jeffrey's neighbor state of Vermont.
"Cabot is very much a cooperative creamery. It is a union of 330
family farmers in Vermont that has existed since 1919. The
quintessentially American product won the 2005 World Cheese Award for
"Best Cheddar in the WOrld." Then in 2006 they won Best in Show at the
American Cheese Championship. Taste this and tell me there are no
great American cheeses, I dare you."
-Jacob
director of technology does the selections and pairings..... we're
thinking of adding one ounce of wine. :-) .... you know, because I'm such a horrible boss I have to bribe people
with fine cheeses. :-p ---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jacob Burch
Date: Fri, May 7, 2010 at 11:11 AM
Subject: Today in Cheese Hey All,
We'll be having a small sampling of two very fine cheeses, spanning
the atlantic today. The quoted descriptions are provided wonderfully
to us by Andrew's Cheese Shop. The softer, whiter cheese on the plate is a goat's milk cheese named
Leonora, produced in Spain.
"Named after the region of Leon, Spain, this rustic goat's mulk cheese
has a beautiful natural, rustic rind and a pure white interior. The
Spanish goat cheeses like this one tend to be much grassier and earthy
than most others. The aroma is of mushrooms and truffle and the taste
is of grass and tart lemons. "
----
The harder, slightly yellowed cheese is the Cabot Clothbound Cheddar,
produced in Bracco and Jeffrey's neighbor state of Vermont.
"Cabot is very much a cooperative creamery. It is a union of 330
family farmers in Vermont that has existed since 1919. The
quintessentially American product won the 2005 World Cheese Award for
"Best Cheddar in the WOrld." Then in 2006 they won Best in Show at the
American Cheese Championship. Taste this and tell me there are no
great American cheeses, I dare you."
-Jacob
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Note: YoungStartups is charging to be on stage--don't participate VCs Kleiner & Bain
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: small startup
Date: Thu, May 6, 2010 at 1:27 PM
Subject: Hey Jason- $1500 pay-to-play scam, with Kleiner, Bain supporting it!
To: jason@calacanis.com
I think you know this one but just fyi... I don't know what's more
appalling, the price or the participants!
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Avi Maderer
Date:
To:
Wanted to confirm you received my email about applying to present at
the 2010 New York Venture Summit being held on June 17th at the Hotel
Penn in New York City. This exclusive venture capital summit, will bring together over 500
VCs, private investors, corporate VCs, angel investors, investment
bankers and CEOs of early stage and emerging growth companies; and
will feature more than 40 leading VCs on interactive panel
discussions; presentations by 50 cutting edge startups on three tracks
(Tech, Life Sciences, Clean-tech); and high-level networking
opportunities. First round of VCs confirmed to speak includes:
David Anthony, Managing Partner, 21 Ventures | Eric Aguiar, Partner,
Thomas, McNerney and Partners | David J. Blumberg, Managing Partner,
Blumberg Capital | Steve Brotman, Managing Director & Co-Chairman of
the Investment Committee, Greenhill SAVP | Doug Chertok, Venture
Partner, Dace Ventures | Patrick Chung, Managing Director, SK Telecom
Ventures | Paul Cummings, Principal, Honda Strategic Venturing | Issam
Dairanieh, Technology Principal, BP Alternative Energy Ventures |
Daniel Deeney, Partner, New Venture Partners | Suzette Dutch, Managing
Partner, Triathlon Medical Ventures | Joyce Erony, Managing Director,
Signet Healthcare Partners | Matt Fates, Partner, Ascent Venture
Partners | Doug Fisher, Principal, InterWest Partners | Allison
Goldberg, Managing Director & Group Vice President, Time Warner
Investments | Habib Kairouz, Managing Partner, Rho Ventures | Dan
Keoppel, Executive Director, Strategic Investments, Verizon
Communications | Noah J. Kroloff, Partner, NGN Capital | Sean Marsh,
Co-founder / General Partner, Point Judith Capital | Jim Peters,
Managing Partner, Geisinger Ventures | Gavin B. Samuels, M.D., MBA,
Senior Partnering Director, Teva Innovative Ventures | Reese
Schroeder, Managing Director, Motorola Ventures | Deepak Sindwani,
Principal, Bain Capital Ventures | Jeff Steinle, Sr. Director,
Corporate Development, Medtronic | Bart Stuck, Managing Director,
Signal Lake | Jake Tarr, Managing Director, Kinetic Ventures | David
H. Wells, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers | Sharon Wienbar,
Managing Director, Scale Venture Partners | Brett Zbar, Partner,
Aisling Capital | Ryan Ziegler, Principal, Edison Venture Fund | David
Zilberman, Principal, Comcast Interactive Capital. Featured Company Benefits include: · Recognition as Top Innovator · Access to leading VCs, Corporate VCs, private investors and
investment bankers · Presentation slot · Three Complimentary passes for company executives · Additional discounted registrations · Two page Company Profile published in event guide
distributed to all attendees and investors · Media Exposure · Two complimentary passes to attend Featured Company Coaching
session with VCs, followed by cocktail reception Fee to present: $1,485 Alternatively you may register to attend at the “early bird” rate of $490. Let me know if you have any questions and/or would like to receive the
application to present. Avi Maderer
youngStartup Ventures
"Where Innovation Meets Capital" p: 212.202.1004 f: 209.844.4397 e: avim@youngstartup.com u: www.youngstartup.com FOLLOW US: YouTube | Flickr
From: small startup
Date: Thu, May 6, 2010 at 1:27 PM
Subject: Hey Jason- $1500 pay-to-play scam, with Kleiner, Bain supporting it!
To: jason@calacanis.com
I think you know this one but just fyi... I don't know what's more
appalling, the price or the participants!
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Avi Maderer
Date:
To:
Wanted to confirm you received my email about applying to present at
the 2010 New York Venture Summit being held on June 17th at the Hotel
Penn in New York City. This exclusive venture capital summit, will bring together over 500
VCs, private investors, corporate VCs, angel investors, investment
bankers and CEOs of early stage and emerging growth companies; and
will feature more than 40 leading VCs on interactive panel
discussions; presentations by 50 cutting edge startups on three tracks
(Tech, Life Sciences, Clean-tech); and high-level networking
opportunities. First round of VCs confirmed to speak includes:
David Anthony, Managing Partner, 21 Ventures | Eric Aguiar, Partner,
Thomas, McNerney and Partners | David J. Blumberg, Managing Partner,
Blumberg Capital | Steve Brotman, Managing Director & Co-Chairman of
the Investment Committee, Greenhill SAVP | Doug Chertok, Venture
Partner, Dace Ventures | Patrick Chung, Managing Director, SK Telecom
Ventures | Paul Cummings, Principal, Honda Strategic Venturing | Issam
Dairanieh, Technology Principal, BP Alternative Energy Ventures |
Daniel Deeney, Partner, New Venture Partners | Suzette Dutch, Managing
Partner, Triathlon Medical Ventures | Joyce Erony, Managing Director,
Signet Healthcare Partners | Matt Fates, Partner, Ascent Venture
Partners | Doug Fisher, Principal, InterWest Partners | Allison
Goldberg, Managing Director & Group Vice President, Time Warner
Investments | Habib Kairouz, Managing Partner, Rho Ventures | Dan
Keoppel, Executive Director, Strategic Investments, Verizon
Communications | Noah J. Kroloff, Partner, NGN Capital | Sean Marsh,
Co-founder / General Partner, Point Judith Capital | Jim Peters,
Managing Partner, Geisinger Ventures | Gavin B. Samuels, M.D., MBA,
Senior Partnering Director, Teva Innovative Ventures | Reese
Schroeder, Managing Director, Motorola Ventures | Deepak Sindwani,
Principal, Bain Capital Ventures | Jeff Steinle, Sr. Director,
Corporate Development, Medtronic | Bart Stuck, Managing Director,
Signal Lake | Jake Tarr, Managing Director, Kinetic Ventures | David
H. Wells, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers | Sharon Wienbar,
Managing Director, Scale Venture Partners | Brett Zbar, Partner,
Aisling Capital | Ryan Ziegler, Principal, Edison Venture Fund | David
Zilberman, Principal, Comcast Interactive Capital. Featured Company Benefits include: · Recognition as Top Innovator · Access to leading VCs, Corporate VCs, private investors and
investment bankers · Presentation slot · Three Complimentary passes for company executives · Additional discounted registrations · Two page Company Profile published in event guide
distributed to all attendees and investors · Media Exposure · Two complimentary passes to attend Featured Company Coaching
session with VCs, followed by cocktail reception Fee to present: $1,485 Alternatively you may register to attend at the “early bird” rate of $490. Let me know if you have any questions and/or would like to receive the
application to present. Avi Maderer
youngStartup Ventures
"Where Innovation Meets Capital" p: 212.202.1004 f: 209.844.4397 e: avim@youngstartup.com u: www.youngstartup.com FOLLOW US: YouTube | Flickr
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Happy Sunday from the calacompoud (video)
Sent from my iPhone, but I'd rather be using my blackberry frankly.
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