Posts by jed
A new responsive design!
I’m happy to announce that this small, little blog of mine now has a responsive design! Okay… now what the hell does that mean? It means that no matter what device you use to come to my blog, it’s always going to be readable and look nice. If you see this on a desktop browser, [...]
Ferran Adria – speaking at Google and his new book
In late September I was lucky enough to be able to hear Ferran Adria speak at Google, and also get a copy of his new cookbook. Ferran is one of the most famous chefs in the world; though lesser known in the US/UK since he doesn’t speak English and doesn’t have TV shows. His restaurant [...]
Ten years on…
Ten years ago, I was Engineering Duty Officer on the USS Hartford (SSN-768), in port in Groton, Connecticut. We were due to leave on a six-month deployment, and were doing last-minute maintenance checks. That day was extraordinary; within hours we had closed out all the maintenance and were effectively ready to go. (And security on [...]
University of Michigan – famous alumni notes
It always strikes me that the University of Michigan does a great job of promoting more distant famous alumni, but not always the more recent famous alumni. (I was an undergraduate there, so I’m interested in this.) Advertising / Google One thing that most people don’t know is that the two largest online advertising companies [...]
Google+
If you haven’t heard, Google+ has launched. It’s the start of Google’s social projects, and it looks like it’s already the start of something big. (>10million users in <2 weeks!) If you’re interested, you can follow me on Google+ here. EDIT: I’ve also done some magic so you can go to my Google+ profile by [...]
Startup accelerators in 2011
I’ve long been interested in the seed accelerator model, as started by Y Combinator. I wrote my master’s thesis on it, and wrote a follow-up post this spring. Recently, two things have happened that I wanted to write about. First, I restructured the spreadsheet where I maintained a list of all companies to come out [...]
Paul Simon – a true master
Whether or not you like Paul Simon’s music, I think everyone can agree he’s a hugely accomplished musician, songwriter, and performer. I still can’t believe it’s been 25 years since his legendary album “Graceland” was completed. But what made him a real legend in my eyes was the news about a concert last month in [...]
In memory of John Delaney, 1969-2011
[cross-posted from my prediction market blog: Mercury's Blog] I’m very sorry to say that the world lost John Delaney on May 22, 2011. John was the CEO of prediction market Intrade, one of the most well-known real-money prediction markets. He was climbing Mount Everest and came within 50 meters of the summit when he encountered medical [...]