- October 30th, 2007
- by Galen
- Neighborhoods
The Blogs of Georgetown Seattle
Georgetown, home of my favorite bar in Seattle, is a mix of grit and artsy hip. It’s also home to many people who can tune out the sound of Boeing Field’s myriad of incoming and outgoing flights a day and, apparently, one very political blogger and a not-so-frequent Seattle PI blogger.
Georgetown is so cool that a Beacon Hill blogger adopted it (she sez: “My blog was supposed to be about Beacon Hill, but nothing ever happens here. So it’s turned into more of a Georgetown blog.”). The Estately Beacon Hill outline is a little screwy, but Ms. Beacon Hill really betrays her need for local content when she says “It’s one of the largest neighborhoods in Seattle, and we don’t even have a Starbucks (not that we want one).” In Seattle? Just a mile or two from Starbucks’ world headquarters? How can that be? Does she mean no 2 Starbucks within 5 blocks of each other? Starbucks blog, please tell us!
Join the discussion »A.PlaceBetween.Us
I like tiny, single purpose web apps, even if I immediately forget their names. Here’s my app of the day: a.placebetween.us. Give it 2 or more addresses and what you are meeting about and it will give you suggestions right in the middle of your places. Note: not that helpful if you are a Seattleitte meeting with Eastsiders.
via: Brian Dorsey (founder of NoonHat), who faintly reminds me of Dustin Luther.
Join the discussion »- October 28th, 2007
- by Galen
- real estate
Happy (belated) Leopard Day
Just a quick reminder that now that Leopard Day has come and past, Estately will continue to delight you in Apple Safari (and Firefox and Internet Explorer).
Join the discussion »Free falling costs and website funding
The trend towards small, efficient startups like Menuism, 37Signals, and the Robot Co-op and a host of other small, unfunded or minimally funded startups is forcing venture capitalists to scrounge for non-traditional investments (halfway down the page).
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS The blog VentureBeat has been following the venture capitalists scrounging for alternatives to technology investments as free-falling costs have drastically cut the need for outside financing. This week, Eric Eldon noted that Kleiner Perkins took part in a $50 million investment in YesPPG, a shirt factory in Shanghai (venturebeat.com).
There is no doubt that it takes money to start a company (although it doesn’t take much for a web-site!), but one has to wonder if it really takes $20 million+ to provide an outstanding experience to consumers like our massively funded competitors seem to believe.
Join the discussion »- October 26th, 2007
- by Galen
- real estate
Note to New Yorkers: Seattle condos are half off
For those wincing at the cost of Seattle homes that cost an average of $374 per square foot, I’d like to point out that they are a relative deal when placed next to New York’s approximate $1,000 per square foot prices (!!!). Seattle per square foot condo prices are higher – $521 per square foot ($540,556 average price, 1,037 sqft average size).
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