Traveling old school with CBS MarketWatch duffel this trip.
MarketWatch
Stories from my career at MarketWatch and musings on the media business. I recall dinner with former colleagues, share anecdotes about forecasting and describe the “Two Second Test” for news websites.
One of my favorite mashups we ever did at MarketWatch put realtime news on a live timeline. Cool stuff.
Stock Charts in HTML5
HumbleFinance produces really nice looking, smooth and interactive charts in HTML5 using Canvas. Very nice. At MarketWatch we had been trying to do this several years ago but it was really hard to get the user experience we wanted. I think browser technology has finally reached the point where you can do this stuff right. (via Daring Fireball)
Entrepreneur in Residence at Split Rock Partners
Earlier this week Split Rock Partners did a press release regarding my entrepreneur in residence (EIR) with the firm. The first question friends of mine have asked is “What exactly is an entrepreneur in residence?” Wikipedia highlights an EIR as: The EIR role is often designed to …
Keep reading · 4 minutes: Entrepreneur in Residence at Split Rock PartnersMy Solution for Microsoft to Get Nerds Back
I was catching up on my Daring Fireball feed today and saw that John Gruber had put together a longer post on Microsoft’s earnings shortfall. It’s a worthwhile read, and I think that Gruber is correct in suggesting that Microsoft has begun a very difficult time and is going to be …
Keep reading · 6 minutes: My Solution for Microsoft to Get Nerds BackGuest On Minnesota Public Radio’s Midmorning Today
This morning I got the opportunity to be a guest on Midmorning at Minnesota Public Radio. The topic was Twitter! We were on the 2nd hour of the Midmorning program. We were hosted by John Moe and I was joined by Julio Ojeda-Zapata and there was even a call-in from the awesome John …
Keep reading · 43 minutes: Guest On Minnesota Public Radio's Midmorning TodayFlashback: BigCharts Partnership Portfolio from 1997
We recently converted my home office to hardwood flooring from carpet. Doing this required that the room be emptied, including a big filing cabinet. I decided it was time to do a filter through that filing cabinet and found some fun things from a many years ago. One of those …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Flashback: BigCharts Partnership Portfolio from 1997Markets are recovering by websites are not. Much of the web just not working…
NYTimes.com, WSJ.com, Marketwatch.com, Economist.com – all are loading very slowly or not at all.
Just got whiplash from the market.
Happy Fathers Day 2008!
This year marks something that will not happen again until 2014, when Mazie turns 9. Father’s Day is the day right after Mazie’s birthday! Father’s Day is always the 3rd Sunday in June. After 2014 it won’t happen again until 2025, on Mazie’s 20th birthday. Now, I know what you …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: Happy Fathers Day 2008!MarketWatch Farewell Video
Last night was my absolutely amazing farewell party at the Bernard’s house. The gang put together this awesome going away video for me. It’s just great. Thank you so much everyone. Who would have ever thought reading “twitters” could be so funny! There is an amazing, completely …
Keep reading · 2 minutes: MarketWatch Farewell Video