Archive for October, 2005

Google Base

October 27th, 2005

Lots of talk on Google Base (un-announcement) these days. See some screenshots here. What’s the fuss about?
1) Online classifieds work.
Having lived in the Bay Area for some time, I became a huge fan of craigslist.org. It’s a simple classifieds site that allows you to post any ads, whether you want to […]

BarCamp Europe

October 27th, 2005

Last Friday I stopped by at BarCamp Europe in Amsterdam. It’s an “informal conference for people in open source and technology projects” and while this was the first time it was held in Europe, it’s been around in California for a while. Any good geek will know the “foo-bar” placeholder in programming, and the bar […]

First Post

October 27th, 2005

What’s all this about? If all goes well, this will become my “public notepad” for what I come across while working for a venture capital fund, playing with my Mac, and getting used again to Germany after returning from three years in California. If that sounds at all interesting, stay tuned. And thanks for […]