When you think about how long many NFL franchises spend in the wilderness of competitive mediocrity looking desperately for a franchise quarterback, it is remarkable how quickly the New England Patriots found theirs.

Man I hate bullpen games and I hate them more in the middle of a playoff race. If Craig Breslow had done his job at the deadline and got a real starting pitcher instead of the entirely ineffective Dustin May, the Red Sox wouldn’t be in this situation.

Pretty good company.

This kid can play a little bit.

Happy Birthday to my childhood baseball hero.

I was just thinking how good the pitching is these days and then I see this. 😂

I just love this story.

As much as Stairway to Heaven has become a rock and roll cliche, I’m amazed just how great a song it is every time I hear it.

Queen performing at Live Aid 40 years ago with Freddie Mercury at the height of his power in absolute total command of the audience. Watch it from it from beginning to end and you will not regret a single second. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkFH...

“.. Jesus, that ear. He should donate it to the Smithsonian. .. He made all his records with four tracks, but you couldn't make his records if you had a hundred tracks today.” - Bob Dylan, on Brian Wilson #RIP “Good Vibrations” (1966)

RIP Brian Wilson. One of pop’s all time greats. Think I’m going to queue up Pet Sounds.

Is there anything more ridiculous in sports than the NFL trying to juice the schedule release into a must-see event?

Good goal for enterprise software.

Wall of fog from Salesforce Tower.

I had my biggest adventure in a ride share this week. I reserved a car to take me from my hotel to South Station in Boston. Not really paying attention and I look up and we’re at the airport. Glad I gave myself a good buffer or would have missed my train.

To be fair, you need to have contact for the bats to provide an advantage.

I’ve been listening this new Lord Huron song with actress Kristen Stewart delivering voice over poetry. It’s wild like 70s prog rock meets Alt Nation.

Elton John backs Ed Sheeran’s call for UK to put £250m into music education

Newport, RI at night.

If AI is to truly succeed we have to trust that it’s providing accurate information — and we are much more likely to judge AI harshly when it makes a mistake. fastforward.boldstart.vc/the-ai-trust...

With Skype shutting down May 5, wondering what alternatives there are for calling landlines?

My baseball dream is for fans to get mad at the billionaire owners who are lying about being broke and not spending money instead of the billionaire owners who are spending money. The dodgers used to have owners who took all the ticket money and bought themselves mansions instead of pitching!

I just got an email from Fubo reminding me that I can remove NFL Red Zone and save $11 a month. They didn’t have to tell me, but they did and talk about a goodwill gesture that makes you feel good about a brand.

Why is it so hard for large companies to move a generative AI project from proof of concept to scaled project? I decided to find out why. fastforward.boldstart.vc/heres-whats-...

Happy Black History Month. Listen to, support, fund, and uplift Black people. #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth Black journos: go.bsky.app/QvS5FNb Black scientists: go.bsky.app/Ao3Qt9a Black academics: go.bsky.app/RyKSzcb Black democracy experts: go.bsky.app/6WTBzhX Black in tech: go.bsky.app/2RAbS3g

Refreshing point of view. www.cnbc.com/2025/01/18/t...

It’s funny cuz it’s true.

the year is 2026, all 949 mlb players have signed with the dodgers, they are the favorites to win the world series

You couldn't help but notice the screaming headlines this week projecting massive job loss from AI, but as I dug deeper into the reports, I found that the picture wasn't quite as grim as the headlines might suggest.

Apparently it’s 1978 in Berlin in 2025.

Kaputte Kirche (broken church) in fog at night in Berlin. The church steeple was bombed in WWII and left that way as a kind of memorial.

David Bowie lived in this apartment from 1976-1978, for a time with Iggy Pop. They both came to get sober and make music. Bowie recorded the so-called Berlin Trilogy while living there: Low, Heroes and Lodger.

Merry Christmas. Cartoon by the wonderful Liz Climo

RIP Rickey Henderson, one of the greatest ever to play the game. sports.yahoo.com/rickey-hende...

Might never see 3000 again, but some pretty good company here.

As I've been building the FastForward blog over the last several months, I've asked the executives I've interviewed about how they balance the risk and reward of working with startups. I weaved together several of the answers into an article. fastforward.boldstart.vc/four-enterpr...

For my latest on FastForward, I spoke to BILL CISO Rinki Sethi, who actually wears both CISO and CIO hats at her company, putting her in charge of both IT and security, a pretty unusual combination. Read the full article: fastforward.boldstart.vc/at-bill-rink...

So spot on

Sox finally make a serious move grabbing a guy with two years of control left with the stuff to be a legit number one.

If he’s healthy Max Fried and Garett Cole give the NYY a formidable one-two punch at the top of the rotation, but 8 years and $218M for a 31 year old pitcher is a big price to pay.

Is anyone surprised it was the Mets?

Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig pose together before Game 2 of the 1939 World Series at Yankee Stadium. It's the last time Lou would wear the New York #Yankees pinstripes. #MLB #Legends #Baseball #History #RepBX

In a big week of firsts for me, my first FastForward newsletter just went out. It includes my commentary on my trip to re:Invent this week. If you're a subscriber it should be landing in your in-box shortly. If you're not, please become one! fastforward.boldstart.vc/newsletter-s...

It’s finally time for the big reveal. I joined boldstart as operating partner - editorial director. This week I launched FastForward, a blog and newsletter aimed at execs who set tech strategy inside organizations. Please have a look and subscribe if you like it. fastforward.boldstart.vc

Hello from my favorite goofball.

Dealing with all of the finishing touches ahead of my launch on Dec 3rd. I’m so close and excited to share what I’ve been building. My next post about this will be my launch announcement on Tuesday, December 3rd when all will be revealed. Watch for it!

The good news is BlueSky is growing by leaps and bounds. The bad news is it’s no longer a an intimate place it was in the early days. It’s kind of like when you were a kid and you discovered a great band before anyone else — and then they became popular. www.platformer.news/bluesky-grow...

My wife and I asked ChatGPT for a cocktail based on a number of things we have in the house and it came up with this. We skipped the lime juice and added raspberries. It was delicious.

This is cool

Something to think about.