Ben can be an opinionated fellow. Here he shares some of those opinions for discussion.
Musings
Angel Investing Update
I've recently joined another angel group, Walnut Venture Associates. I'd been attending many of their meetings as a guest, really enjoyed working with the folks there on a couple of deals, and decided that I should ante up with them as well as Boston…
Arrows
I was at a restaurant recently that had a set of puzzles on the place mats. One of these was the classic arrow optical illusion:
Which of the two line segments is longer?
Now, we've all seen this one, so we readily answer, "they're both the same", of…
Angel Investing Update: One Year In
It's about a year ago that I joined Boston Harbor Angels, and I have found the experience to be rewarding as well as tremendously educational.
Over the course of the year I've placed small bets on three companies: Emerginvest, StylePath, and Nomir…
Yiddish? Policeman?
I've recently finished a novel by Michael Chabon called The Yiddish Policeman's Union. Set in the Jewish territory established in the 1930's on Baranof Island in Alaska, it's a hard-boiled detective novel. Yeah, right. Actually, it's one of the best…
I'm an Angel!
I've just joined an angel investment group, Boston Harbor Angels. Three main reasons:
- I think that it's appropriate to invest in new technologies to help those who start new ventures and to fuel innovation.
- I enjoy seeing new technologies as well as the…
Thoughts on web development software
Subtitle: Software also follows Sturgeon's Law
OK, I've been doing web stuff for quite a while now. I was around when Al Gore and I invented the Internet. (I actually was around at BBN and helped flip the big switch that turned off NCP on the old…