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The Gift 18 Dec 2012 | 03:14 am
It's often said that you should live every day as though it's your last. That always seemed a little impractical to me. But when my brother died, I felt like I had missed my chance. Life could never b...
Eight years today 10 Mar 2012 | 02:20 pm
The car in front of me kept hesitating. The driver couldn't seem to decide where to turn. Up ahead I could see that the light was green, but that I wasn't going to make it through in time beca...
I am nothing 21 Aug 2011 | 11:17 am
On a scale of one to ten, how good of a cog are you? How well do you function in your assigned role? How much of a man or woman are you? How do you rate yourself as a son or daughter, father or mother...
The two paths to success 3 Feb 2011 | 03:31 pm
The recent WSJ article on the supposedly Chinese style of parenting has generated a lot of interesting discussion. The most amusing commentary comes from The Last Psychiatrist, who also points out tha...
Angel investing, my first three years 4 Jan 2011 | 01:43 pm
I started investing in startups with the assumption that I don't know what I'm doing (which is always true), but that the only way to actually learn anything is through experience. Therefore, ...
Four reasons Google is still Awesome 22 Dec 2010 | 12:44 pm
My recent predictions about which Google products will succeed (and which won't) are causing people to think that I'm anti-Google, which makes me sad since Google is probably still the best co...
The Cloud OS 19 Dec 2010 | 11:35 am
My recent remark about the future of ChromeOS generated a surprisingly passionate response. Some said that my prediction was obvious and boring, but others disagreed, arguing instead that I am ugly an...
The quest for freedom and safety: Why I donated $100,000 to YesOn19 30 Oct 2010 | 09:34 am
The common theme uniting most of my efforts is the desire to be free. One of the reasons I'm so interested in startups is that they give people the freedom to create, independent of the institutio...
Serendipity finds you 25 Oct 2010 | 05:41 am
Here is an interesting comment from Hacker News, on a story about someone turning down an early Google offer: Similar thing happened to me in 1999. I realized Google was way cooler than alta vista an...
What to do with your millions 28 May 2010 | 11:54 am
There's another "I just got a bunch of money, what do I do now?" type post on Hacker News today, and much of the advice is from people who clearly don't know, though the current top comment is...
