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Re: Stacey rocking the PBR hockey jersey

chrisherbert — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:45:56 -0000

Think this was a special one-off gift from the PBR distributor in Stowe VT.

Re: An Expat in London

chrisherbert — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:36:10 -0000

I know, it scared me too. The entire time that he was under the snow,
the camera blue screened from the snow and just the eerie sound of him
breathing via the Avalung. And he was experiencing that trauma for
over four minutes; we literally watching someone about to die of
aphixsiation (spelling wrong I'm sure). It's a sobering feeling
watching it because even though we know he survives, you still feel as
if you're lying next to him buried in the snow.

Re: An Expat in London

chrisherbert — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:15:10 -0000

Think he did mention the discovery (but not the mastery or
understansing the purpose) of texting. Twitter would be a giant leap
for him but who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Re: Twitter Fills The Tank

chrisherbert — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:02:13 -0000

Thanks for the answers. The conflict question struck me as I was
reading the post so figured the AVC community would know.

And agreed, I wouldn't pick Keystone as my first choice either but
sounded like Fred was already going there. A-Basin was always my first
choice for Summit Co., less resort pretentiousness, it's just about
the skiing there. Went to school out there but neve made it to
Silverton Mountain, that should be on top of everyone's list.

Re: Twitter Fills The Tank

chrisherbert — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:32:43 -0000

Congrats Fred and USV. two quick questions:

1) Wondering how typical it is to have several VCs invested in the same company (or what the average number of VC investors is, or maybe there is no average number, it just depends on the situation and the company).

2) You specified that USV & Spark are re-investing to maintain an ownership position. VCs obviously bring more than just capital to to the table so when multiple VCs are involved, what's the process for managing the strategic advice coming from different VCs? Not suggesting that there will be disagreements on fundamental things like strategic direction but wondering how a startup works with advice & support coming from different actors in the investment.

Thanks and hope you're hitting the slopes at Keystone. Hit the Outback for the good stuff. Cheers.

Re: An Expat in London

chrisherbert — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:31:42 -0000

Hah hah, that's a good idea and economical too, I like it. What color
do you want?

Re: i'm proposing a swift orderly change

chrisherbert — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:16:23 -0000

Here's one more reason why you should love Rahm Emanuel, paragraph #3 (just posted this this morning) via NYT: http://tinyurl.com/aoecuu

Re: The Rolling Stone Of Our Time

chrisherbert — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:59:11 -0000

Can't wait for that Taylor, thanks!

Re: The Rolling Stone Of Our Time

chrisherbert — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:30:41 -0000

Couldn’t agree more, the Hype Machine is amazing and if word of mouth recommendation is a success factor, then it’s just another reason why HM is doing so well; I may recommend this website/web service more than anything else out there.

They got flack from some old-time users when they changed from the white design to the new green design and removed some features (I liked the shuffle and repeat function in the old pop-up Flash player) but the new design and features (especially the favorites, your own and your friends, and the popular playlist) is much stronger and valuable.

Whenever I hear new music, whether it be via blog posts, the newspaper, NPR, at the coffee shop, etc., I go straight to HM to find it and listen to it. I still use Last.fm b/c of the iPhone and iTunes integration but for discovering new music and bookmarking/saving those new discoveries, that all happens on HM.

Re: How To Survive A Horrible Seat Assignment

chrisherbert — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:15:28 -0000

What's worse than sitting next to a baby or a large person on a plane?

Having the person sitting next to you say that they get motion sickness...True story, on a trans-Atlantic flight http://tinyurl.com/5mvwt8

Re: An Expat in London

chrisherbert — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:26:46 -0000

Yup, that's the one! It was excellent.

Re: An Expat in London

chrisherbert — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:39:08 -0000

Well they outlawed fox hunting over here but I think, in fact I know, that beaver hunting is still going on...

Re: An Expat in London

chrisherbert — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:33:24 -0000

A Hack Day is when a bunch of techies get together to hack with a web application or software platform. Comes from the word hacking obviously but not the perverted sense of the word that the mainstream media uses. Hacking is more about using non-mainstream or non-professional means to innovate or make a product or service better.

The word came from the computer science word and is attributed to MIT in fact, per Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Hope this helps Uncle R and I'll see you at Christmas time.

Re: An Expat in London

chrisherbert — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:19:19 -0000

How did I know you would appreciate this...I don't know, I think we're
okay at queuing but you're correct, we're not as good as the Brits.
They queuing too well in fact.

Re: An Expat in London

chrisherbert — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:25:14 -0000

Thanks for checking in Uncle R and no worries about lurking, that's
the beauty of the Internet.

Re: India Trip, Day One: London to Delhi

chrisherbert — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:06:59 -0000

The cab ride was a little more (maybe 5/10 quid more) but as the MasterCard ads say, the piece of mind of being able to relax on the cab and not have to worry about making the train in time (in addition to the free Nokia info) was priceless.

Re: An Expat in London

chrisherbert — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:11:36 -0000

Not sure why I used the word machine, device is the right word, but I digeress...

I still use a 6yr old Dell so that says a lot about my current computing prowess. But I do need to get a new PC b/c the Dell is on it's last legs. need to wait until I'm back in the States before I buy a new one b/c it's too damn expensive over here.

Re: And Then There Were Five

chrisherbert — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:36:12 -0000

A great opportunity Eric, congrats!

Re: An Expat in London

chrisherbert — Tue, 27 May 2008 17:53:59 -0000

Exactly, emailed it to Matt already.

Re: An Expat in London

chrisherbert — Tue, 13 May 2008 19:31:37 -0000

Ahh yes, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, how could I forget her. You're right, she was/is on the Cranking Playlist as well. In your honor, I'll post her song for all the world to enjoy.

Re: Fred Wilson Dot VC

chrisherbert — Mon, 12 May 2008 06:51:24 -0000

That sounds like an awesome trip. Where are you visiting?

Re: Fred Wilson Dot VC

chrisherbert — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:18:07 -0000

This post came at the perfect time. I had the chance to move to London for work-- happened soon after I emailed you about the USV Analyst position actually--so I've been getting hooked into the London web startup scene over the last few weeks.

If you're ever over here, let me know, would love to meetup for lunch or drinks.

Re: An Expat in London

chrisherbert — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:49:58 -0000

I want to b/c the current 8Gg versions are heavily discounted (http://www.vnunet.com/vnune... in anticipation of the new 3G versions coming out in June at the next Mac Dev. conference. Question is can i wait that long...

Re: Things I'll Miss About DC

chrisherbert — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:57:52 -0000

Problem is I opened up the Milky Bar a couple nights ago when I was hungry-- so I have to buy another one-- and it wasn't that good either.

Re: An Expat in London

chrisherbert — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:54:18 -0000

I have some frozen Sainsbury's pizzas but never thought they were that good.