Phew! Ever since the Mashable story hit I’ve been scrambling to keep up with the new customer signups at Askablogr. To get a sense for the kinds of folks who are signing up, I decided to make a point of welcoming each new member personally, including a visit to the blog they registered as a continue…
I don’t get out to hear music as much as I used to, but last night was a worthy exception: a couple of old friends and I caught ’80’s LA punk pioneers X at the Showbox. I had seen the core of the group perform as the Knitters (most memorably at the now-defunct Croc), but continue…
Last Friday afternoon (not the best moment for a PR break, but I’ll take what I can get), Mashable posted a generous review of Askablogr. I was curious to see what the mention would do to our traffic curve, and I thought you might be too. The graph above shows our traffic for the past continue…
Q: I know you are tech oriented. I seek invesment and feedback in something much different (exciting & cool however). Industry interest tells me I need to pursue the idea. Can you help? Posted by Daren A: Hi Daren, thanks for the question. I love working with entrepreneurs and helping them succeed, and I feel continue…
Q: Hi Chris, is there a community page where I can introduce myself and my blog? Or should I just “ask” around? 🙂 Posted by Lorenz van Gool A: Hi Lorenz, sorry if my previous question left this in doubt. I was thinking you would reply to my question with a little background about yourself continue…
A while back I did a series of post on Warren Buffet’s partner Charlie Munger and a compilation of his thoughts and speeches titled Poor Charlie’s Almanack; The Wit and Wisdom of Chares T. Munger. The longest of these was a condensation of Charlie’s speech on the Psychology of Human Misjudgement. (The shortest noted the continue…
As a partial explanation for my recent series of “Investment Thesis” posts, Andy and I are announcing today the formation of a new seed fund here in Seattle called Founders Co-op. I’ll be writing about it much more in the days to come, but between our site for the new fund and my investment thesis continue…
Q: Chris, what’s your twitter profile? That tends to be an easier way for me to keep track of active bloggers Posted by Daltonsbriefs A: I know this makes me a reactionary and luddite, but Twitter’s value prop just doesn’t resonate with me. Since you’ve asked I’ll go ahead and set up an account just continue…
Q: Chris, which of the three remaining candidates are you supporting for President? Posted by Daltonsbriefs A: Hi Daltonsbriefs and welcome to Askablogr! I see you’re a McCain supporter, and I’d like to say first that your man was my top pick among the Republican field. Kudos to the GOP for settling on a candidate continue…
Just before I left the office this afternoon I fired off a cheeky email about Askablogr to the folks at Mashable. They’d recently covered Guy Kawasaki’s new project, Alltop, with a focus on the fact that he’d “only” spent $10K to launch the product, which is $2,500 more than I’ve spent on Askablogr so far. continue…