Like many of you reading this blog, I too have the attention span of your average hummingbird. The funny part my ADD-ness has become more acute over the last year or two, and I’ve discovered an odd side effect to it. Rather than sit in a zen state just thinking for an extended period of time, I tend to think in a packet-like state. That is, I tend to process information, then come back to it later and pick up where I left off last whenever I have a spare moment. This happens over and over again until I have completed “processing”, which is usually where I begin blogging. Like Susan Wu at CRV , I’m pretty bad about opening up my thought process and I usually blog about fully baked thinking, but I’m going to step out of my comfort zone here.
I Confess…
So, I’ve been mulling a confession for the past 2-3 months. Here it is: like Fred Wilson , I’ve grown restless with Web 2.0 startups. Now, Fred is a smart fellow with a high sign...
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