Thursday, September 14, 2000

Fortunately, CoApathetic.com is still available

I like the idea of drive-through funding so much that I want to start a chain of car washes that also dispense venture capital. The name: BuckWash.com.

Coming up next: Drive-Through Funding

Don Marti just posted this to one of the Linux lists:

You know the company that all the Valley startups call to get used cubicle partitions? Well, they must also drop off an investment from Intel. Either that or every copy of "Easy Business Plan Writer" sold must come with a check from Intel shrink-wrapped to the outside. Anyway, congratulations, MontaVista: http://www.newsalert.com/bin/story?StoryId=CoB77WbKbyta1nJq

Cluespotting

David Weinberger is the subject of a nice interview at Office.com. A sample:

It used to be if we wanted to get information about a product, we were forced to go on bended knees to the company. Then they'd send some glossy brochures that put things in their best light, lied whenever possible. Now the glossy brochures are online or printed and they are recognized as the worst source of information precisely because they're biased and inflated and, quite often, totally meaningless.