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Techstars Seattle — congrats Andy

john — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:43:55 +0000

Metrix Create Space

john — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:06:14 +0000

Scott mentioned this place, have to get there. Via this pretty useful capitol hill blog

Hey some seattle VCs blog!

john — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:00:12 +0000

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.

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest – Current Conditions

john — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:55:41 +0000

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.

Brett on Stuff » RedTrails – Interesting Hiking Resource

john — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:28:44 +0000

Awesome find by Brett — Redtrails, Wish it showed current snow levels!

Equal Rights Washington

john — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:59:06 +0000

Equal Rights Washington. Good site summarizing political activities in the state to support equal rights

EveryBlock — A news feed for your block

john — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:21:33 +0000

EveryBlock â�� A news feed for your block. Early but interesting aggregation of community data sources

Dreambox to help Kindergartners learn math through games – TechFlash: Seattle's Technology News Source

john — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:56:53 +0000

Dreambox to help Kindergartners learn math through games – TechFlash: Seattle’s Technology News Source. Congrats Ben et al!

Seattle Startup Introduces Toxin-Free Dry Cleaning | Ariel Schwartz on GreenBiz.com

john — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:35:24 +0000

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

john — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:27:36 +0000

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.