en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/363275 Comments by lukeobrien http://www.jasonmendelson.com/wp/archives/2010/08/don%e2%80%99t-fall-to-this-trademark-scam.php#IDComment94203196 This is frighteningly common. Basically, whenever you make any sort of filing with a government entity -- trademark, new company formation, changes in tax classification, etc. -- where (1) you might reasonably be expected to have follow-up dealings with that entity and (2) the filing is publicly available, you can expect to get a flood of communications from vendors trying really hard to look like they're the govermental entity in question. They are all, without exception, completely useless. If they had any actual value, they would expend their energy trying to explain that value instead if trying to trick you into thinking their useless crap is mandatory crap. Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:36:50 +0000 http://www.jasonmendelson.com/wp/archives/2010/08/don%e2%80%99t-fall-to-this-trademark-scam.php#IDComment94203196 http://www.foundrygroup.com/wp/2010/03/foundry-group-moves-to-twitter-platform-for-deal-evaluation/#IDComment69942958 Next year insist that all business plans be recorded on 78 rpm vinyl so you can listen to them on the company Victrola. Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:38:23 +0000 http://www.foundrygroup.com/wp/2010/03/foundry-group-moves-to-twitter-platform-for-deal-evaluation/#IDComment69942958 http://www.jasonmendelson.com/wp/archives/2009/11/whatever.php#IDComment41627933 Great callback. Used to love this song. Later, Liam Lynch spent about five years trying to get the Tenacious D movie made, during which time I kept saying, "Liam Lynch...Jack Black...this movie's gonna be fantastic!" When it finally came out and was pretty un-fantastic, I was supremely dissapointed. But this post made my day. Thanks. Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:20:04 +0000 http://www.jasonmendelson.com/wp/archives/2009/11/whatever.php#IDComment41627933 http://www.brightleaf.com/blog/law-school/teaching-technology-and-efficiency-in-law-school/#IDComment36382654 Thanks Akshara! Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:41:36 +0000 http://www.brightleaf.com/blog/law-school/teaching-technology-and-efficiency-in-law-school/#IDComment36382654 http://www.sethlevine.com/wp/2009/09/please-sir-may-i-have-more-targeted-advertising#IDComment33157232 Completely agree. I actually appreciate when Amazon or iTunes offers to sell me things that I might want to buy...because it's stuff that I might actually want to buy. That feels helpful. It's like the guy who shows up with the giant peppermill just as I'm about to dig into my Caesar salad: I might or might not want what he's offering, but it's a contextually reasonable, low-impact intrusion on my privacy based on what people in my situation are likely to want. It feels welcome because it makes sense. Now, if he shows up with the giant peppermill at the ice-cream shop and offers to dust my rum raisin, then contextually it just feel intrusive and weird and makes me not want to visit that ice cream shop anymore. And if he follows me out of the store and chases me down the street with his peppermill...at that point he's basically The University of Phoenix. Fri, 4 Sep 2009 19:13:29 +0000 http://www.sethlevine.com/wp/2009/09/please-sir-may-i-have-more-targeted-advertising#IDComment33157232 http://www.brightleaf.com/blog/in-the-news/more-press/#IDComment29433135 Thanks. I approved this test message to make sure that it would show up on the site..and then I deleted it. - luke Tue, 4 Aug 2009 16:54:10 +0000 http://www.brightleaf.com/blog/in-the-news/more-press/#IDComment29433135