Category Archives: Bay Area

Banking Thoughts

Posted on April 16, 2008 by Peter

I just got off the phone with Charles Schwab and I’m got some stuff to say. First, I was shocked when the person helping me didn’t know how to answer my questions immediately. I had gotten so used to solving … Continue reading →

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Too True

Posted on April 2, 2008 by Peter

#91 San Francisco « Stuff White People Like Though they live in a world class city, San Franciscans have a crippling inferiority complex about New York and even hinting at that will make them very sad or very defensive.Fortunately, there … Continue reading →

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Zero, Zilch, Nada

Posted on February 25, 2008 by Peter

“Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business” The most common of the economies built around free is the three-party system. Here a third party pays to participate in a market created by a free exchange between the first two … Continue reading →

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A Career Change

Posted on December 9, 2007 by Peter

VC Heidi Roizen has left the VC business and gone into song writing with SkinnySongs. Talk about a change!

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“Everyone knows that what’s important is people, not distances”

Posted on December 3, 2007 by Peter

There’s a great counterculture map of the world on Strange Maps. The map is good but even better is a quote from a review of it in a 60s Berkeley ‘zine: Everyone knows that what’s important is people, not distances, … Continue reading →

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An Alternate Explanation of Hella

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Peter

There aren’t significant differences between northern and southern California, so naturally we fixate on the little things: we hate that they call the freeway “the 101″, while our dedication to the word hella is looked down upon. For those who … Continue reading →

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Silicon Valley’s Turn of the Century Roots

Posted on October 1, 2007 by Peter

The Chron has a good piece on the origins of Silicon Valley, and specifically the role of radio.

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Rummy!

Posted on September 22, 2007 by Peter

Former SecDef DonRum has been invited to take a position at the Hoover Institute, everyone’s favorite center of quality Russian research and neocon fantasties. Unsurprisingly, many on the Farm aren’t happy.

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I’m in Wired News

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Peter

Well, a photo of me at BarCampBlock at least. A friend from Chicago found another photo (scroll down a little bit) of me at the event. Now I just need to become an A-lister so people mention me in the … Continue reading →

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Micro Localizations at BarCampBlock

Posted on August 19, 2007 by Peter

Here’s the write-up for the talk I gave yesterday at BarCampBlock on Localization and my Micro Localizations project.

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