The Art of the Start

If I had an early-stage startup, I would mark April 21 on my calendar and make arrangements to attend the inexpensive event called The Art of the Start. Hosted by Guy Kawasaki and his Garage Technology Ventures, the program is replete with the basics, and it looks like the audience will have some investors in it. (I have observed that investors like to stay close to home with their money, so this event is probably much more useful for you if you are in Northern California than if you are coming from anywhere else.)

 

Mobile PC - Features - The Top 100 Gadgets of All Time

Mobile PC - Features - The Top 100 Gadgets of All Time – a very cool list, full of nostalgia. I suspect some details are inaccurate; for instance, #87, the Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100 is said to have weighed six pounds, but mine (I had three of them) weighed more like three pounds. But as a survey, it is well-written, nicely laid out—and open-ended: Readers are invited to submit other entries, and the submitter of a new number one will be awarded a nice prize.

Moving to the right, brain-wise

In Wired 13.02: Revenge of the Right Brain, author Daniel Pink offers a clear and attractive vision of what lies beyond the fears induced by outsourcing.

 

Knowledge-Capture Software

I’m involved in a software startup, KollabNet. The product is truly amazing! It makes it actually easy and fun to capture requirements, then keeps track of them for you. It also keeps track of all changes, and gives you a graphical audit trail of everything you do. And it can actually link models from diverse CADD systems! Check it out here.