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Re: Crate Diggers: Amir Abdullah

Holger Luedorf — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 17:33:46 -0000

QQ: How can I follow his 'Sunday Jazz' series on Instagram?

Re: The New Freedom

Holger Luedorf — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 18:13:38 -0000

Couldn't agree more.

I personally first realized a future with less cars when I first used DriveNow, a BMW-owned car-sharing service, in Munich.

The big difference to other car-sharing services like Zipcar is that DriveNow cars can be picked up and dropped off anywhere in the city. They don't have dedicated lots, but you can literally pick them up on the side of the street. You use a mobile app to find and unlock a car and they negotiated a deal with the city of Munich to lift any of the local parking fees.

It is an amazingly liberating feeling to be able to jump in a nearby car at any time in any location of a city. I have a couple of friends who have already sold their cars in Munich due to this service.

Re: Feature Friday: Posting Music

Holger Luedorf — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 13:04:01 -0000

Thx, Fred!

Re: Feature Friday: Posting Music

Holger Luedorf — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 11:56:01 -0000

ugh, sometimes i hate disqus. i just wrote this long comment, submitted it and now it doesn't show up. argh. :-(

Re: Feature Friday: Posting Music

Holger Luedorf — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 11:17:26 -0000

Music discovery is a complex and interesting subject near and dear to my heart.

I do follow a lot of bands, DJs, and labels on SoundCloud & Mixcloud, I follow some music magazines and lots of artists via twitter, and I listen to Gilles Peterson (my favorite tastemaker) on BBC 6 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/progra... throughout the week for inspiration. And almost my entire consumption is now via iPhone (when mobile) and Spotify/Sonos when at home or work.

Given my otherwise hectic life juggling family and work, my music discovery feels a little random but there is definitely no shortage of great new music that I discover.

But my habits have changed completely. Only 10 years ago I spend many weekend hours digging through crates of new music at records stores, reading music magazines, and listening to specific radio programs at odd hours to get my fix. Things have definitely become more convenient but the fact that I am only spending about $10 per month (Spotify premium) to listen to so much music reminds me how much harder it must be for artists to make a living these days. I guess I compensate that with spending a lot of money on live gigs.

Re: USV Goes To The Bay Area

Holger Luedorf — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 18:18:52 -0000

Bummed to have missed it.

Re: Lessons I Learned from My Dad

Holger Luedorf — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:35:42 -0000

Great post. Still learning new stuff about you and your family. Have a great Father's Day. You deserve it.

Re: Web Second, Mobile First

Holger Luedorf — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:09:24 -0000

Hi Mark,

Two comments from my side:

1) I agree with your point on Web Second and I believe that our new Explore for the Web tool (https://foursquare.com/expl... is a step in that direction. It is true that our website has not been overly useful in the past but now with Explore we are starting to allow users to leverage their own check-ins and those of their friends to find local recommendations while on the web based on the preferences of their social graph. We still got ways to go though for sure, but it is a start and something you cannot find elsewhere on the web.

2) Some bad news. Looks like Kaygetsu is closed (http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.... It is definitely time to try Kiss Seafood, if you have not been yet. Need a date?

Re: http://bryce.vc/post/13578645643

Holger Luedorf — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:02:16 -0000

The NYTimes article you shared on twitter the other day really got me thinking. I guess that it's natural as we get older.

One thing that made me happy is that my ability to move on after negative experiences seems to actually work in my favor.

Re: Don't Let Good Friends Hear About It On TechCrunch

Holger Luedorf — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:18:16 -0000

I would recommend this as a practice for any start-up.

We follow this mantra with strategic partners at @foursquare as well. Giving critical partners a heads-up regarding key announcements (even if it is just a day early), especially as they touch competitive products is critical and goes a long way. This way partner interfaces can manage those messaging internally and thereby avoid surprised executives being caught off-guard.

This is a key component of what building trusted partnerships is all about.

Re: http://msuster.tumblr.com/post/6738441642

Holger Luedorf — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:24:36 -0000

Awesome, Mark! That totally makes it all worthwhile!

Re: http://fredwilson.vc/post/6315618216

Holger Luedorf — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 08:46:10 -0000

if you have not done so, you should really try to see them live! they have have great energy on stage.

Re: My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-29)

Holger Luedorf — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 18:39:28 -0000

Fred, check out the new album "Rome" by Danger Mouse if you have not done so already.

Re: http://fredwilson.vc/post/5066501442

Holger Luedorf — Sun, 01 May 2011 11:53:19 -0000

hi fred, you have inspired me to run my own music blog at holx.tumblr.com which i meant to start a long time ago and finally got going.

one quick question for a pro: why don't the album covers don't show up when i link to a track on soundcloud? while editing, it still shows it, but than it vanishes when i publish.

might be something i should bring up with the tumblr guys directly...

holger

Re: foursquare for Symbian is finally here

Holger Luedorf — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:46:05 -0000

Took us a while, but so worth it!

Re: 73.6% of all Statistics are Made Up

Holger Luedorf — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:48:54 -0000

Great post, Mark, although I definitely heard this before in person! ;-) And it brings back memories of long days and weekends...

Re: Top 5 restaurants in San Francisco

Holger Luedorf — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:39:21 -0000

Great blog, and I agree with the list to a large degree. Not sure about Ozuma, as I prefer more traditional Japanese places to the new & hip. Chez Panisse is definitely missing and my personal no. 1.

Best newcomer in 2008 for me is Bar Tartine, but it does not fall into the high-end category I guess.