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I wish PG would separate his political discussions to a different handle. It's jarring to be reading his amazing perspectives on the startup world and then see his political posts which I generally don't agree with. Makes me sad.

Lutz also recently said he thinks Tesla is in huge trouble and that (I'm going to paraphrase here) "we tried running our own retail locations at bmw and they are much too expensive so they need to get rid of them asap".

He had an excellent run in the motor industry, but now he seems to be sadly outdated on what is happening. So I think we should all be happy to take the opposite side of his position. Which is that huge wrenching changes are coming. And not from the incumbents.

As a parent of 3 boys, the biggest challenge today are personal electronics. Every parent I know has immense challenges setting guidelines on screen time. In this new tablet/smartphone era we are really in new and unfamiliar territory. Yes, we had our nintendos and our handhelds. Yes we had tv. No we didn't have networked devices in our pockets and incredibly addictive games like clash of clans, etc.

I don't know what it all means - I just know it's a big factor of discontent in most families I see.

Helicoptering of course has it's issues - but I think it's secondary to this new tidal wave of screen time.

If you saw Travis on Colbert (which is awesome if you think about it) the first question was "how did you get here".

Travis: "I pushed a button and got a ride".

So here you go. Future, meet the future.

I love that calculator. Picture is worth 1,000,000 words here.

It's not quite the whole story. Medallions used to be almost free, which is why the waitlist was 10 years. They started charging 250k, but you can give them back for 200k.

From the MTA site: By capping the sale price of medallions, the MTA insulates medallion holders from market fluctuations, either up or down. When drivers want to resell, the price is what they paid, minus a 5 percent transfer fee. The agency said it is unlikely to cut the price. For those cabbies who paid nearly nothing for their medallions, the new sales system is an even better deal; they receive $200,000 when they surrender it for resale."

Alain is one of my favorite contemporary authors. Check out "The Art of Travel" from 2002 for more in this vein. "The Architecture of Happiness" and "The News" are also excellent.

Actually, everything I have read of his has been thought provoking and well written.

This sounds exactly like regulatory capture. The taxi and limo commissions are doing exactly this.

Uber is taking advantage of a market that has been completely stifled by regulatory capture, allowing the incumbents to catastrophically under invest in personnel, systems and vehicles. These companies pillaged the industry with terrible services. Competition is going to bring them back to the table with far better service and pricing.

Probably with new owners post bankruptcy.

This actually makes me miss those days. At that time it was possible to know EVERYTHING that was happening in micro computing. There was some comfort in that I think. Fun.

I just closed our 4000sq ft office after 2.5 years and went fully remote. That office was my "dream" office for my small company. Here's what I learned: 1. 4000 sq ft is way too small for an open office. There's no where for anyone to work quietly, without distraction. 2. Engineers and people that need to work without distraction (like me) just can't get enough done. 3. Working remotely in a quiet space is 10x more productive for me, and as far as I can tell, my co-workers. 4. The office space is for my ego, not for my shareholders. 5. Some people are not setup for remote working and I don't think there are enough viable co-working situations yet. Just an opinion. These people need an office to work at.

There is no doubt in my mind that if I could I would short office space. It's way overpriced and counterproductive.

I can see this a few ways. I'm almost 50. I've had a couple of exits. I've retired and unretired. Being young can have 2 critical advantages: 1. Unlimited time, minimal financial needs. No kids. No spouse. No commitments. You can GRIND away at a problem. You can live on almost nothing. 2. Clean sheet perspective on technology, capabilities, costs, etc. My first T1 of bandwidth (1mbit roughly) to my colocated server cost me $3000 a month. It's hard for me to get my head around what's real now with the drag of so much accumulated experiential cruft. They are more likely to say, hey how about we do it this way, when I wouldn't bother because of outdated perspective on costs and capabilities.

Now, I have a ton of experience on how the world really works, which is great. Especially people knowledge. But it's really hard to relate to how my kids see the world, having always been connected at high speeds, etc.

Definitely in Orange County. I can host in Laguna Beach. :)

Great post. Thank you for sharing all of this - really great information and I'm thrilled for you that you took a risk and it really paid off. Cheers to that!

That said, your site has so few images on it of the actual product, that for a price of $30, I feel like you are holding back for a reason. I buy anything and everything, but this doesn't feel right. When someone displays their admittedly very nice logo far more than the product I get a flashing warning sign. My 2 cents.

When I can either get a demo or see more of the product I will probably buy.

Again, congratulations on your successful launch!

I know Jared very well and my personal opinion is that this is really off the mark. I think he is keenly interested in how people are communicating in problem areas and particularly in how to combat violent extremism.

2 things: 1. Sometimes I'm in a hurry and I think I will plug it in later... and I don't. And that turns out to be a bummer. :) 2. If this thing parks itself, it has to plug itself in, or there is little point to the self parking.

I love my tesla. It's incredible. Best car I've ever owned. I've owned... 20 cars? But it has to be charged daily or it's a liability.

Every so often I have to take myself out of the office without warning the team and see just how far we have strayed from our remote communication ideal. It's generally pretty humbling.

The perfect office is a combination of working from my home some days, coming into an open office on others, then working remotely while traveling, and sometimes working in an office at the office.

Done.

How are you marketing this page?

The Jawbone up is the BOMB of all bombs for taking naps. Put it in nap mode and it waits for you to fall asleep before setting the alarm. So you can get a proper nap without wondering whether you're taking too long to fall asleep, etc.

It can also attempt to time your nap based on your latest sleep patterns. No idea how effective this is.

I love this thing just for it's nap mode.

Did anyone else laugh out loud when they panned to a naked woman in a bath tub? I was like, woah, starting to get a little weird here.

Global Entry is actually available for entry into other countries as well. Well, at least one. I just used it in Australia.

I really like this. It's fast, simple and easier to re-view the pages than bookmark all tabs. Thanks!

"When I hear people who have skipped a meal complain "my blood sugar is low", I worry for their health. We have fat stores for a reason. Skipping a meal should not be a big deal."

That is such a great point. People have been programmed around the 3 meal regime. I have found it fun to experiment with fewer meals and generally it works fine if I have an primarily protein breakfast I sail through to an early dinner.

We use square for somewhat large (10k-15k) rental transactions. They have always been really accommodating and even when we were newly using them released our funds far faster than anyone else would. Great service.

This is really neat. Potentially a huge time suck. Well done.

When someone gets up and says to the effect "we are going to make a bunch of apps, 2-3 per year, this is the first one, we'll see if it gets traction" (paraphrasing what I remember from the oink announcement from web 2.0 this year), I am immediately disinterested.

I'll be kind and say that I'm unclear on the message here.

I used to do that when I was ceo of a company. I had a blue jeans and white button down shirt uniform, but, I didn't even know it - I was just so focused on the products. I must of had 20 of each. One day we had a company meeting and everyone came to the meeting in my uniform. It was hilarious and awesome. And that's when I found out.

Stay on it! The first few weeks are the hardest. I'm just finishing my first 90 days and it has been a life changer. I could only do 1 or 2 pullups at first - I cranked out 100 pullups (in sets of 15 to 20) last week.

What an interesting update for me. I met you (or your cofounder I would guess) at TED a few years ago, and installed your app. I didn't "get" it at the time. I used to look at it on my iphone all the time, but never used it. I would have thought that was the end of the story.

Great to see that you persisted. Keep after it!

spy.io -- Thanks!