A few quick Friday notes….. Search for something in Austin on Google Maps, and check out that new “Street View” button in the upper right hand corner. As far as I can tell, the Google Maps cars were cruising around Austin in December, 2007. Is that new “People You May Know” feature in Facebook the most genius, evil, viral thing you’ve seen in a while? Isn’t twhirl awesome? I think it’s the first AIR app [...]

The entrepreneurial spirit is in full force at the University of Texas at Austin, where a few dozen aspiring and serial entrepreneurs will design and launch a web startup company in just two and a half days as a part of the first-ever Venture Weekend. Leaders will emerge, ideas will be executed, and a business or two will launch by the end of the weekend. “How crazy would it be to gather UT’s best and [...]