I’m going to be in airports or on airplanes ALL day, which got me to thinking… are there any good places to get Sauerkraut in an airport. Well it doesn’t look like I can get any in the airports I’ll be in today (Spokane, Pheonix and LA), but you can get the delicious Sauerkraut Reuben described above somewhere in the Marion Airport in Iowa according the 9/10 issue of Fly Iowa.
On to the real purpose of Sauerkraut Sundays… As I go through the week, I use Twitter to send out little updates and links. I realize that I do this quite a bit and that not all of you use Twitter, so with that in mind I’d like to take Sunday to do sort of a week in review. I’ve selected the most useful of my tweets from the last week and placed them in to the categories that I use in this blog.
Pittsburgh AND Startups/Social Media!!!
- I’ve got posts about @yinzcam hiring and @alphalab taking applications back to back in my feed. Good day for the PGH startup scene!
- Congratulations on the new look @refreshpgh, it looks great. http://bit.ly/egobmc
- If you read only one PG article today it should be @ErichSchwartzel‘s Pittsburgh-centric take on #StartupVisa. http://ow.ly/4007C
- RT @MattressFactory Are you a hacker? An artist? Both? Neither? Just got word that we’ll be hosting an http://exitrip.org/ workshop on 4/16! Exciting.
Business
- Thoughtful article from Andy Kessler of WSJ, “Is your job endangered?” http://on.wsj.com/e9VmHf
- Alan Patricof’s BI article on the IPO market is a good read on a subject we’d all love to have to deal with. http://read.bi/fTVM61
Local Politics
- via@JanePitt “[unions] protect their members, but who is going to protect us from what some of the unions have become?” http://bit.ly/el0dSi
Me
- I think I’ll have to read Kessler’s new book. Which reminds me, I still haven’t read Kessler’s OLD book. http://bit.ly/gs0i92
- I just ousted @psylum as the mayor of Primanti Bros. on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/17jr6p
- Waking up in EST and drinking in PST makes for a long and interesting night.
National News
- President Obama is announcing Startup America, to be run by Steve Case. That dumps public money in a crowded scene… http://ow.ly/3NhNv
- “Why take over a country and deal with the headaches of a welfare system, and have to fix the plumbing…” http://tumblr.com/x3q1ee85uz
- I’m with @FredWilson on most of #StartupAmerica. Don’t agree with WHAT’s being done, but talking about it is a good sign. http://ow.ly/3OOVG
Personal Technology
- In my industry, no more important news item today then the fact that Redbox might partner with Amazon on streaming. http://bit.ly/hlEq2D
Pittsburgh
- Holy Crap, that’s a block from my house but I hadn’t seen it yet RT @rustybridge: S&S candy and cigar collapses http://tumblr.com/xhj1ihfq5n
- New Batman movie may cast Pittsburgh as Gotham: http://bit.ly/f5NWqa
- Cabs in pittsburgh are so great. Another former actor. Says he met Sty.
Social Media
- The presentation @cdixon gave at Google NYC, it’s on social graphs and worth a read… http://bit.ly/hSNlFc
- Interesting Post: Social Media is not just for customers, Dell’s innovative new Investor Relations. http://bit.ly/h0cPil
- Interesting report on the value of social media to businesses, in dollars and cents. http://bit.ly/fwrCy3
Startups
- New @msuster article, “Can you build a great tech firm outside silicon valley?” Doesnt cover new ground, but enjoyable http://bit.ly/dNSszr
- First real tangible thing I’ve seen out of the new TechStars Network, push for a single application: http://tcrn.ch/gUaebx
- Great comment from Lebo native Mark Cuban, “this isn’t a bubble, it’s a pyramid scheme.” http://bit.ly/g2egba
Sports
- First Day of Spring Training!!! Who are the Steelers Anyway?
Tech News
- Maybe it’s because of my enterprise background, but continuous deployment scares me. I’m trying to learn. http://bit.ly/fx9WtQ
- Interesting question from @DaveWiner, if MS broke the law by integrating platform/app how’s Twitter any different? http://bit.ly/eZG7YL
- Interesting… Zynga’s latest PE valuation may put it higher then EA. Starting to sound like a bubble. http://tcrn.ch/h68TDJ
Unsolicited Advice
- Justin of Justin.tv tells a very interesting story (his own) as a guest blogger on TechCrunch: http://tcrn.ch/fbfgND
Other
- Monroe street bridge in Spokane Washington. Pretty impressive for 1911. http://t.co/LVJI7gp
Blog Posts from this blog:
- Blog Post: Could an unprofitable Pandora’s IPO cause the current VC bubble to pop? http://bit.ly/gRRbeZ
- Blog Post: Can/Should we regulate the sale of influence in this new world of social media? http://bit.ly/gdEv0n
- Blog Post: The difference in funding between Silicon Valley and the Midwest (or anywhere) is STAGGERING http://bit.ly/dLLa9B
- Blog Post: I believe Apple could keep their OS and hardware bundled OR charge 30% to content producers, but both? http://bit.ly/gYejHV
