Moonrise in Zion National Park

Moon and Zion mountain, originally uploaded by dmarks007.
This photo was taken in a magical moment when the moon is rising in the east, just as the sun sets in the west. It is not manipulated, save for the effect of the software zoom of my point-and-shoot camera.
Most landscape photographers try to take photos near sunset [...]

Climbers in Zion

Climbers in Zion, originally uploaded by dmarks007.
Ellie and I spent the weekend after CTIA at Zion National Park, which we had never visited before. We’re both avid hikers and also go climbing at the local climbing wall. Ellie has some decent outdoor climbing experience, while I’ve only climbed outdoors once and it was just a [...]

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The importance of investor signaling in venture pricing

Link: The importance of investor signaling in venture pricing

How to quadruple your productivity with an army of student interns

Link: How to quadruple your productivity with an army of student interns
How much the mythical man month applies to your project depends on how you structure your team, architecture, and communications.

"I feel for Google – Steve Jobs threatened to sue me, too."

Link: “I feel for Google – Steve Jobs threatened to sue me, too.”
Jonathan Schwartz details the games people play in technology IP lawsuits as it relates to the recent Apple suit over Android. A great read on the topic with some real inside perspective.
I had not read Jonathan’s blog since he left Sun and retitled [...]

"To the best of our knowledge this work is the first quantitative study on the entire Twittersphere and information diffusion on it."

Link: “To the best of our knowledge this work is the first quantitative study on the entire Twittersphere and information diffusion on it.”
A very compelling analysis of Twitter connection and information diffusion data. Worth a skim. One interesting discovery: “…any retweeted tweet is to reach an average of 1,000 users no matter what the number [...]