Year: 2013

  • Measure twice, cut once

    Finally got a chance to try out writing on Medium, @ev’s new platform for writing on the web. I loved the experience, and expect I’ll use it some more in the months ahead to get out a few other posts I’ve been thinking about. I wrote about a tough decision we made in 2010 to shut…

  • How Google sets Goals: OKRs

    (cross-posted from the Google Ventures Startup Lab blog.) On the day Google’s acquisition of FeedBurner closed in 2007, it was also the first day of a new quarter at Google. My new manager at Google asked me to draft my OKRs for him to review. I had no idea what he was talking about. I’ve…

  • Tips on renting an RV

    Each year for the last four years, my wife and I have rented an RV and taken our kids to visit some of our national parks. In that time, we’ve logged nearly 6,000 miles and we’ve visited the Grand Canyon, Zion and Bryce, Columbia River Gorge, Lassen Volcanic National Park, the Hoh Rainforest, and Olympic…

  • Digital natives vs. digital tourists

    I spent the weekend in Chicago as a very fortunate attendee at ORDcamp, an annual unconference that’s the brainchild of +Brian Fitzpatrick and +Zach Kaplan. I’ve got several things I want to write about as a result of the many wonderful sessions – being surrounded by a couple hundred fascinating people is apparently what I needed to get…