I had no idea I was an OG. I had no idea what it meant. Here’s how I found out. I recently went to a reunion of my old bitcoin meetup held at Plug ‘n Play in Sunnyvale.…
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Cue the time machine. In 2007 I wrote about Silicon Valley and what it was like in the year 2000. Strap in, here we go: The Silicon Valley Story, Year 2000 It was so much fun to be here…
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A Domain name, Twitter and a UK Games Programmer
How a tweet about domain names found a UK game programmer we weren't expecting to meet.…
Facebook page was hacked. Facebook says my ID doesn't match. Looks like my page is gone to Aldershot England. Looking for help! Had the page from 2007 when a Facebook employee living at my house helped me make it.…
A very long time ago in the era 2000 I was somehow struck by the need for social commentary a la Dr. Seuss. I understand the current issues but am also one of those who say, “Don’t cancel culture,…
When you live in Silicon Valley and a virus steals all the things you like to do (well almost all) and one of them includes not getting highlights, what do you do? A website of course! That’s how Make…
How important is your mail? Stupid question, right? It’s critical. No matter the digital world we still need mail and a mailing address. Increasingly, digital nomads are resurrecting mail on the go services. Are they doing their job? What…
Dear Julia, Happy #12.!! Kick up a storm and have a blast. 🙂 Everyone with Valley roots has to have their own page – here is yours: JULIA RICHMOND…
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Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes, Blood Tests: Fraud
Fraud and Failure Fail often, fail fast is often said to startup founders. But why? You can get an answer to ‘why’ from tech gurus, plain folk and failures as to why that might be a good thing. Supposedly…