Posts Tagged Northwest
Metrix Create Space
Oct 21
Scott mentioned this place, have to get there. Via this pretty useful capitol hill blog
Why Seattle VCs don’t blog – TechFlash: Seattle’s Technology News Source — John Cook wonders why we don’t blog. Obviously some of us do — myself, Rich. We do it for personal reasons, not motivated by our business — we’d be blogging if we were still at MSFT, if we were running a vinyard, etc. As such, our blogs reflect 85% our personal interests and a little bit of business interest.
John asserts that “…there’s opportunity for a VC in town to explain what is really going on in the venture industry in clear and concise terms with no BS…“ However, this is not our business. Our business is investing, and to motivate a VC-focused blog, you’d have to be convinced that such a blog would a) improve your deal flow, or b) improve your exits. Not obvious to me at all.
Additionally you’d have to be certain you could sustain the blog — the examples of abandoned blogs that John mentions seems to be a bad outcome.
Frustrating morning, up early and out to the trailhead but road chained off. Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest – Current Conditions is supposed to have current conditions, and you can also call the North Bend ranger station 425 888 1421. However they all claim the road is open but it was clearly chained off. Grrr. Try again next weekend.
Equal Rights Washington
Mar 9
Equal Rights Washington. Good site summarizing political activities in the state to support equal rights
EveryBlock â A news feed for your block. Early but interesting aggregation of community data sources
Seattle Startup Introduces Toxin-Free Dry Cleaning | Ariel Schwartz on GreenBiz.com. — not sure how green this really is but we have been using one of the providers, Corry’s, for a while and are pretty happy
Snow
Dec 21
OK it was all cute and everything the first day and we got some nice pictures. But now I’ve had enough. A frozen pipe. A tree that failed under the weight of all the snow. An epic driving trip to the airport last night. Time to move on.
Oh and huge thanks to all those who didn’t take snow days and kept on keeping the world running. Our paper arrived every day. The mailman was always here. Our lights, heat, water, phone, TV, internet service all worked like champs. The roads were plowed. UPS showed up. Grocery always open. Starbucks usually open. And many many more — hats off to everyone.
Fall sailing schedule starts sunday. We were at the dock today and picked up the quota list — here you go
| Sailing Time | Quota |
| 640AM | 52 |
| 740AM | 39 |
| 1100AM | 22 |
| 135PM | 150 |
| 455PM | 46 (16 Sunday) |
| 535PM | 20 (70 Sunday) |
| 840PM | 46 |
| 115PM | No Quota. Saturday Only |
Best Hikes on Lopez Island
Jul 14
Heading up later this week and needed a reminder — A Little Ludwig Goes A Long Way » Blog Archive » Hiking on Lopez Island — the shark reef walk is still great and I want to hit Iceberg point again. This map provides some detail on finding the trails, but you really need the chamber handout. If I get one this week I will try to post a scanned copy of.
Owl!
Jul 7
first time I’ve ever seen an owl in nature. Apparently a juvenile barred owl. Very curious about us.
Geoducks
Jun 8
— some great pictures of a Northwest classic. Always fun to find a geoduck at the market.
Seattle Startup Index
Jun 6
Seattle Startup Index here — thanks Marcelo — some good Ignition portfolio representation but kind of sad we missed out on Lolcats ânâ Funny Pictures of Cats – I Can Has Cheezburger?
Water Taxis to the San Juans
Feb 14
I didn’t know about these guys — Island Express Charters, San Juan Islands, Washington. I’ve used Paraclete a lot. If you don’t need a car on the islands, way faster and more convenient than the WSF.
Brett on Stuff ? Little Annapurna Day hike — what a great review, I wish all trail reviews had this level of detail! Sounds like an awesome hike
William Brentâs Search for Cleantech — good summary from William Brent
Seattle Startup Index
Nov 4
Marcello is running this Seattle Startup Index — 200 Seattle Startups – November SSI — kind of cool
