Category Archives: Review

I’ll Dive on that Intention Grenade

Yesterday I read one of the best posts of the year based of Seth Godin’s new “Brands In Public” site.
Brand in Public was designed to show the world just how much Seth cares about your brand. Yep, he loves you so much that he has sent his team of goblins out to register your Brands [...]

Boulder’s Kitchen Cafe Celebrates Five Years by Poisoning Blogger

Subheadline (via Kath) That’s One Way To Silence Your Critics
The Good News: Boulder’s sustainable, eco friendly and overly delicious Kitchen Cafe is turning five years in business!
The Bad News: they poisoned me to celebrate.
Let me expand, but first, some pretty food pictures:

Community night is a Monday Night tradition, a huge table seated by many separate [...]

Review: ChartBeat (forgettable name, great real time analytics)

Here is a screencast I did of my use of ChartBeat.  They did a launch at the Web2Expo last week, and I couldn’t wait to try them out.  I’ve forgotten ChartBeat several times when trying to explain the application.  Don’t know why it is so tough for me.
Here is how ChartBeat works on andrewhyde.net:

So far [...]

Best Breakfast In Boulder

Here is my definitive list of the best 9 breakfast spots in Boulder, Colorado.
*Caveat: Keep in mind I have celiacs, so I can’t have toast, pancakes, or anything else made from flour, and my experiences include the experiences of ordering off the menu with this allergy and getting sick if I was served something with [...]

How To Pitch An Investor

Walking around TechCrunch50 today I saw quite a few pitches.  I think I can simplify what makes the pitches bad down to this (incorrect) theory:
Investors are drunk party girls at closing time at the bar.
Bad pitches usually come from thinking this.
So:

If you want to get busy with an investor between the term sheets:

Don’t pretend you [...]