Heather Duey's Comments

Heather, On Tech : What Credit Crunch?

Sun, 9 Nov 2008 15:28:44 +0000

You are correct, I should have posted a photo...will do ASAP. Never buy a car and go out of town three days later!

Heather, On Tech : What Credit Crunch?

Sun, 9 Nov 2008 15:24:10 +0000

BAGM, thanks for the info - I will research that and see if I can find out more. Living in the "Sunshine State" means we can probably try it out! Although I don't own any IKEA stuff...I thought they were supposed to be "inexpensive"? I love Target but avoid Wal-Mart like the plague (too crowded) unless it's online shopping.

Feld Thoughts : Mount Desert Island Marathon

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:31:51 +0000

Way to go Brad! I want to run a marathon one day but I can't seem to get past the 10-mile mark. Maybe one day I can do it...my parents ran their first (and only) at the age of 60 so I've got a few years left to train and still be younger than they were. ;-)

Feld Thoughts : Going On A Trip

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:57:48 +0000

I don't know how you do all that traveling all the time...but at least you've seen some great things along the way. Good luck in your marathon (what is your goal time for this one, or do you have one?)!

Feld Thoughts : What Happened To The 4GL?

Tue, 2 Sep 2008 11:59:44 +0000

you got me on that one...

Feld Thoughts : What Happened To The 4GL?

Tue, 2 Sep 2008 09:19:55 +0000

I agree with Taylor - despite the eye-rolling sure to come, you could have this up and running using .Net within a few hours, using drag and drop (probably completely).

Feld Thoughts : Gluing EventVue and Twitter Together

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:21:38 +0000

Brad, thanks for writing this post - the information will come in very handy for something I'm working on and have been trying to figure out the best way to post things to a group twitter account. Josh is right; polling sucks and if Gnip will post to me instead, so much the better!

Feld Thoughts : Lessons From Phelps and Bolt

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:40:34 +0000

I can't speak from the sales perspective, but from an athletic perspective, it's not worth doing (at any level) if you're not going to do it the best you possibly can, all the way till the finish. Surely sales/startups/whatever can be measured the same way - the thrill is in doing the best you can, right? And if you're doing well (winning), shouldn't that just inspire you to better yourself each time (and maybe coast on an occasional training day)?

Heather Duey : Reading to Children is Important

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:59:55 +0000

Ahh, 'tis true. I'm secretly trying to raise them to be like Ozzy Osbourne's kids you know - teenagers with bad language problems. :)

Heather Duey : Reading to Children is Important

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:19:15 +0000

My friend Queen Goob asked:How's the reading going? Have we graduated to "shit" yet? As a matter of fact, yes we have! :) And he loves every second of it. While we were on vacation I "accidentally" let them watch South Park. What a mistake! For the last week I have heard nothing but exclamations about a four-assed monkey - which is really funny coming from a three-year-old. They gave a bus load of people something to laugh about for a little while though, apparently (we let the babysitter take them on an excursion and things obviously got out of hand - this was the morning after watching the mutant four-assed monkey on South Park). And in case you're wondering, NO, I don't watch SP - in fact that was the second time I'd seen it. But I admit I laughed my ass off at it (it was fitting that we were in Boulder and the episode was about people asking for spare change).

Blog Title : Eighth Anniversary

Fri, 8 Aug 2008 11:21:44 +0000

I love you too hunny bunny (and now everybody knows I call you that!). :)

Heather, On Tech : iPhone App or Mobile App?

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:31:54 +0000

Andrew, Thanks for the comment and info; I didn't know some of that. It does sound like the iPhone has some different and exciting abilities that other smart phones do not. Given the choice of the wider audience though, personally, I would still go with a web app instead of a phone-specific one (unless I were an avid user, that may make a difference). At least, the first go-round. That's not to say I wouldn't do an iPhone app after the regular web app was complete.

Feld Thoughts : The Dark Knight

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:30:50 +0000

Not the Knights Who Say "Ni"? Or the Black Knight? LOL Great view out the window there!

TechStars Community : Do You Launch Early, or Do It Rock Solid

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:41:34 +0000

I generally try to go with early and as solid as possible. Of course, the trick is to try to get a handful of users before even going beta... I'm not an Apple-ite, so I have to ask this question: why is an iPhone app better than a mobile web app? With an online version, you're reaching anyone who wants access to it (iPhone, Windows Mobile, Blackberry...). The iPhone app would be just that - restricted to iPhones. If you had a choice of just launching an iPhone app or launching a mobile app (as Brightkite has done), which would you choose? Just curious...

Heather, On Tech : Ice Pirates!

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 07:58:41 +0000

Hey, I hadn't thought of that, but you're right, they'll love it! And me too...if I ever run again!

Feld Thoughts : Ted's Demise and The Kindle's Rise

Thu, 5 Jun 2008 09:49:02 +0000

ooooh! I missed the release of Lijit - Intense Debate integration...going to set that up right now!

TechStars Blog : Why non-selection is not rejection

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:27:02 +0000

I would like to say that not being selected also does not mean that David (or any other Tech Stars mentor) will not give you advice down the road. Last year my husband and I applied to TechStars and did not make the final cut. Rather than mope about it, we continued on with our idea - and David gave us tons of help and mentoring in the process - even going so far as to talk about our startup (Georneys) on his blog several times. There are tons of startups every year, and just because you don't get "picked" doesn't mean your idea is bad, your team is bad, or anything else. It definitely doesn't mean you won't be successful!

Feld Thoughts : Go Speed Racer, Go

Wed, 9 Apr 2008 07:09:54 +0000

I'm so glad I wasn't the only one to have the hots for a cartoon character - of course I loved Speed! I thought I was the only one excited about this coming to the big screen, glad I'm not. I think there is also a new cartoon, something like "Son of Speed Racer", and they drive the Mach 6 now. I saw a commercial but I'm not sure where to find it though (as if any of us have time for that now...I only know because I have two boys under the age of 6!).

Colorado Startups : Stop the Junk Mail. Please. Somebody!

Mon, 4 Feb 2008 06:02:54 +0000

I haven't checked into any actual businesses who do this, but you can opt out of credit card offers and that sort of thing for free at https://www.optoutprescreen.com/?rf=t. I believe it also will remove your name from catalog lists, but probably not any that you "have a relationship with" (e.g. you've ordered stuff from them before). It's worked very well for us. Of course, they don't plant trees for you...

David G Cohen : The secret is out. Damn.

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:56:45 +0000

That was hilarious!