links for 2007-05-31

• Microsoft Surface – Behind the Scenes with VIDEO – Touchscreen, Multi Touch Coffee Table – Ballmer – Jeff Han – PlayTable – Popular Mechanics
  A fascinating product…from Microsoft? The concept is indelible, but I guess you really have to wonder if their strategy to partner with casinos and mobile providers is the right one.
  (tags: microsoft business technology)
• Damodaran Online: Home Page for Aswath Damodaran
  One of the ugliest, most informative sites you’ll find on the subject of finance.
  (tags: business finance school mba investing)
• Freescale slimming down – Austin Business Journal:
  So, the subsidies Austin is handing out to Freescale…I supposed they’re not pegged to the employment numbers?
  (tags: austin business technology semiconductor)
• Boing Boing: Google Maps is spying on my cat, says freaked out BB reader
  I love the robots.txt joke, even if it is only funny to nerds.
  (tags: google technology privacy)
• Experience Foleo
  This is getting ridiculous…so many new devices and services in one day. I might be Folio’s target market, but I also have a laptop. They say it’s not a laptop…suuure.
  (tags: marketing business palm innovation)
• Steve Jobs live from D 2007 – Engadget
  YouTube on Apple TV – that was easy. From the screenshots, I’m skeptical…any surfing on YouTube I do never starts on YouTube. Mostly I watch embedded in other sites or it’s sent via link.
  (tags: apple business iphone youtube)

May 30th, 2007

links for 2007-05-30

• Downtown Austin High-Rise Condo Projects
  I dropped out of my Spring investment, but that doesn’t mean the Austin downtown explosion isn’t fascinating to watch. It’s just more comfortable from outside the bubble.
  (tags: austin downtown realestate bubble)

May 29th, 2007

links for 2007-05-26

• Goldman Takes ‘Private’ Equity To a New Level – WSJ.com
  On the first day of trading, Oaktree got the same multiple as a public firm. The problem is you only have so many buyers and sellers in a private exchange. That means Oaktree’s WAY overpriced.
  (tags: business privateequity valuation finance)
• Iran interest rate cut sparks panic selling | Iran | Guardian Unlimited
  A good article on what happens when political figures intervene in a country’s monetary policy.
  (tags: economics finance)
• A-MAZE-ING / His reputation on the line, contractor finishes repair early, and I-580 opens
  The Joe Namath of construction firms.
  (tags: entrepreneur underdog)

May 25th, 2007

links for 2007-05-24

• Joost added to SteamCast’s Lawsuit Against Skype and Kazaa
  This is fascinating. So these guys start businesses based on this technology, grow and harvest the company, then take back the technology. Rise, lather, and repeat. How long can that dog hunt?
  (tags: entrepreneur law business licensing technology harvest)

May 23rd, 2007

links for 2007-05-23

• Collection: All 6,288 Smithsonian Images
  High resolution Smithsonian photos online, which depending on who you talk to, is either very cool or very illegal. Get ‘em while they’re up.
  (tags: image photos government)

May 22nd, 2007

Austin Chronicle data is back

Finally had the chance to update the month-old problems retrieving Austin Chronicle Club Listings for my TheATX site. Side projects are great when they go on autopilot for over a year. They only cause problems during the worst times, like finals week. Long story short…it’s fixed now. And back with a bigger and better Yahoo map.

May 20th, 2007

Guy Kawasaki summarizes “The Art of the Start”

I was tipped off by a WSJ article on the existence of recorded presentations featuring Guy Kawasaki, the VC partner/evangelist/entrepreneur/author of “The Art of the Start”. I’ve not yet read the book, but it is highly acclaimed by many in the McCombs faculty. In this video, he summarizes the book’s main points.

May 16th, 2007

links for 2007-05-16

• Greed is still good | Economist.com
  My money’s on Schwarzman, if nothing else because he likes to throw parties featuring Rod Stewart.
  (tags: business privateequity movies venturecapital economist)

May 15th, 2007

links for 2007-05-12

• Annals of Transport: There and Back Again: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
  Amazing essay on commuting. I love the metaphor for work-life-shop balance: “The smaller the triangle, the happier the human.”
  (tags: commuting work newyorker)

May 11th, 2007

links for 2007-05-11

• SEOmoz’s Web 2.0 Awards
  Boy howdy, them’s a lot of websites right there.
  (tags: web2.0 web entrepreneurship)

May 10th, 2007