Christine

Testing Seesmic Embedding

Just a quick post as I try out the embed code from the Seesmic alpha...presuming this works, enjoy seeing what I look like when I'm sick and swaddled in fleece.

Family Wireless Trap: No Number Portability

This is a little-known trap that deserves to be dugg this holiday season: Beware of family plans if you ever want to take your phone number to a new carrier.  Number portability regulations do not apply normally. Here's how they get you:

Mobile Advertising Hopefuls Pitch at Under the Radar

Mobile advertising proved that it was still nascent at today's Under the Radar - Mobility conference in  Mountain View. Four companies presented, and expert panelists Erik de Kroon of Vodafone, Daniel Rosen of AKQA Mobile, and Eric Ver Ploeg of VantagePoint threw pointy darts at the presenters as noted. My quick take? Keep an eye on Zoove and Transpera as potential game-changers in the mobile advertising market. (Disclosure note: Transpera is a First Round Capital investee.) Here's a quick sketch of the presenters and their game plans.

Welcome to Zoey Elizabeth!

Welcome Zoey Elizabeth Roper to the world! Zoey is the first baby for this generation of our family, so it's pretty exciting. My sister has never been happier, and probably was never more tired. She did a great job.

Zoey wore us out by calling us to the hospital after only three hours' sleep, then teased us by taking until the late afternoon to put in her appearance. Her first sight in this world? Her dad's 'more cowbell' t-shirt. Sweet.

And for the record...I wandered the hospital in search of a corridor with wireless, and was able to register zoeyroper.com as a birthday present. No one else gets that baby's OpenID!