http://arinewman.com news, insight and ramblings of a tech entrepreneur Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:55:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The French Anti-Doping Agency, AFLD, is again embarrassing itself and distracting the cycling world from racing and and clean sport. Why? Because Lance is back and he "insulted" the French authority (but apparently not the tester himself). My take is that although Lance may have violated a rule about staying in ... http://arinewman.com/2009/04/dear-afld-you-are-embarrassing-youself/ Tom Chikoore (Filtrbox co-founder) has written a great post titled "The Death of the Rocky Mountain News and the Rise of Filtrbox". Its a good perspective on how content is king, and its the mediums and their models that are evolving. Several weeks ago, while purchasing a commemorative copy of the ... http://arinewman.com/2009/03/tom-chikoore-content-vs-medium/ I'm heading to SXSW (south by southwest) today to check out the conference. It's been blowing up the last few years, especially the Interactive conference. Getting there on the tail end of things, as I had a few too many demands on on the calendar. Yes, I'm a newbie. ... http://arinewman.com/2009/03/sxsw-bound/ Its been a busy few weeks (or months) for me and I haven't had much time to write here (not for a lack of desire however). Lots going on but these are the highlights that I can share... Filtrbox announced some funding and a new version, Filtrbox G2. To me, the ... http://arinewman.com/2009/02/filtrbox-search-vcir/ Are you trying to get your startup off the ground? Get it funded? Figure out if its worth doing? Apply to Techstars! This will be the 3rd year of the program and the companies that have come out already speak volumes about its value and quality. Techstars is like a linear ... http://arinewman.com/2009/01/techstars-2009-now-accepting-applications/ I was contacted by a recent college grad who is looking to get to know the companies and the people in the Boulder start up community. I rattled off a bunch of resources and thought I'd share the list.   If you can, attend a few of the key boulder start-up events ... http://arinewman.com/2009/01/7-tips-for-boulder-start-up-scene/ Almost every day it seems a new service or mashup for Twitter comes out. Some will stick, others won't. That's the great thing about the internet is that everyone gets to try!  Twitter has reached a point of critical mass now where mining the data and the trends around what's ... http://arinewman.com/2008/12/my-favorite-twitter-services/ Thanks to VeloNews I just discovered a new pair of pants that have reflective material in the pant leg just for commuter-safety. This is a great idea and is quite convenient for those of us that ride to work. Seeing as how I recently shredded a pair of jeans because I was too lazy ... http://arinewman.com/2008/12/cordaround-commuter-pants/ I was doing pretty well for awhile. The whole Inbox Zero thing was working for me, even though its mostly BS. I managed to stay on top of the inbox clutter for about 4 months. Then something happened, some increase in busy and decrease in time, and inbox zero faded ... http://arinewman.com/2008/12/inbox-zero-where-art-thou-2/ The Newman family was supposed to fly to Puerto Vallarta tomorrow to join the in-laws for a sun (and Tequila) soaked Christmas. While we were busy having kids and starting a company, the rules changed and even kids now need passports to travel to Mexico. Something to do with the ... http://arinewman.com/2008/12/mexico-for-the-holidays-or-not/