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Entries from February 2008

maddie’s birthday party – a hit

February 16th, 2008 · Comments Off

had maddie’s 7th birthday party today… we rented the indoor gym at the ymca near where we live… they set it up for birthdays with all sorts of kiddie gymnastics equipment…
everybody had a great time… great party…
certainly wouldn’t have been if it wasn’t for nida who’d taken care of everything from cake decorations to loot [...]

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Tags: pictures

why iphone will not kill the blackberry

February 14th, 2008 · 4 Comments

lately i’ve been hearing a lot of buzz claiming that the iphone will kill the blackberry.
not a chance…
iphone may take a good chunk of the consumer end of the smartphone pie, and it already has, but i don’t see it beating rim in the enterprise game.
and the enterprise is where it matters for rim – [...]

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Tags: tech

shrink a market

February 12th, 2008 · Comments Off

outstanding post from josh kopelman (vc from firstround) on disruptive business models – ones that shrink their markets…
 http://redeye.firstround.com/2006/04/shrink_a_market.html

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Tags: venture capital

fav stand-up: russell peters

February 11th, 2008 · Comments Off

one of my favorite standup comedians, russell peters…
btw, he’s from toronto :)

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Tags: comedy

new pics

February 11th, 2008 · Comments Off

just uploaded some new pics of noah and the fam on facebook, check it out!

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Tags: pictures

hello world!

February 10th, 2008 · Comments Off

as cheesy as this is, i have started a blog… and here is the first entry of them all…
the true test will be whether i actually do keep up with it, and people find something worthwhile to read…
time shall tell…

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Tags: general