miketrap

Having dinner at Asia de Cuba. Kewl.

May 1st

Souring on BrightKite. Do I need another system to tell Tweeties where I am, or can I just Tweet it.

May 1st

At Morgan Hotel in NYC. (Not hard).

May 1st

At ESPN Sports Zone, the Viacom green room. Craving nachos and a Bud Light, but it’s before 12...

May 1st

On the Acela train to NY. Civilized even full, makes you wonder why train travel isn’t more...

May 1st

Off to NYC.

May 1st

Leaving work, late for date night. Aargh.

Apr 30th

Us-ness is the root of most good in the world, them-ness is the root of most evil.

Apr 30th

I’m at Needham, MA, USA (Needham, MA, US) - http://bkite.com/001xq

Apr 30th

Just got off a call with the Boston Globe. Think it went well, smart questions.

Apr 30th

Think I figured out BrightKite. Pretty cool, not sure if it’s a product or a feature, though.

Apr 30th

I’m at Sudbury, MA, USA (MA, US) - http://bkite.com/001so

Apr 30th

Starting “the host.” see it?

Apr 30th

Even to an Apple lover, this ad is brilliant. http://tinyurl.com/6n7gsw

Apr 30th

“To achieve great things, we must first dream great dreams.” Conrad Hilton

Apr 30th

Heading home. Bath for Max, frozen CPK, then Workday 2.0…

Apr 29th

“Love brokers, Chuck!! Ha Ha!”

Apr 29th

Some beautiful, lilting music here: http://mollybeanland.fuzz.com/ You might need to create an...

Apr 29th

Fish Tacos at Biltmore in Newton. Amazing, love that place.

Apr 29th

Recovering from devastating loss to @homey in matchmine Wii bowling tourney. <sigh>.

Apr 29th

I love NPR.

Apr 29th

Started Season 3 of The Wire tonight. Still waiting for the guaranteed NYTimes Bestseller,...

Apr 29th

matchmine starting to run like a top. Miles to go… but don’t mess.

Apr 28th

If you’d like to connect on BrightKite, I’m http://brightkite.com/people/MikeTrap

Apr 28th

Anybody got a BrightKite beta invite?

Apr 28th

Heading out in the monsoon to meet with the good folks who make Burst Media. Anybody know a Burster...

Apr 28th

Can only imagine how late I am to this dance, but make your own South Park character here:...

Apr 28th

In every conflict with your child, someone is learning who’s boss.

Apr 28th

Finally saw No Country For Old Men. Liked it, but not as good as 3:10 To Yuma.

Apr 28th

Welcome, @TheBloggess. Your blog is an honest riot, and I am honored by your followage.

Apr 28th

Kind of a personal post here, what Joni Mitchell, Jeff Buckley and Pink Floyd have in common with...

Apr 27th

“Though I aughtta share my naked feelings…”

Apr 27th

Dropped K & J off with thier Mom. 2 hours each way; Disney channel heading out, Jeff Buckley...

Apr 27th

Made pancakes for the kids.

Apr 27th

Getting all three kids clean, happy, and in bed is a kind of nightly victory.

Apr 27th

Night night maxie

Apr 26th

I love Top Gear. So does Max.

Apr 26th

Galactica, not so good tonight. Setting up something big for finale. Maybe Earth is home to the 12th...

Apr 26th

Home this weekend with all 3 critters and a recovering wife. Be careful what you ask for…

Apr 26th

Nova Spivak’s presentation on the “Semantic Web” is a seminal piece of work....

Apr 25th

Presenting Mission, Vision and Strategy to the team today, starting with Directors in 6 mins....

Apr 25th

Isabella is the best restaurant in Dedham, MA. By a lot. http://miketrap.yelp.com/

Apr 25th

Last week at the grocery store I purchased a box of fig newtons, something I’d not done since...

Apr 24th

OH: “Twittering ghetto style now…” aka, using the Web site instead of a client....

Apr 24th

Cool site for iPhone goodies http://www.iphonealley.com/

Apr 24th

Tough morning in the ‘Mine today, meanwhile I’m caring for my recovering wife. Turns out...

Apr 24th

Wow, Leona Lewis. Amazing.

Apr 24th

Post on “Predictably Irrational” here: http://tinyurl.com/6fu4af Cliffs Note: Sometimes...

Apr 23rd

Sometimes “Irrational” is just “Emotional”

Apr 23rd

Sarah’s out of surgery, doing great. Heading home later today, she should be back on her feet...

Apr 23rd

At the hospital with Sarah. Waiting.

Apr 23rd

I honestly don’t understand how someone can listen to Obama with an open mind and an open...

Apr 23rd

T-Shirt: “A city built on Rock ‘n Roll would be structurally unstable.”

Apr 22nd

Just off the phone with @allenweiner & @acfrank of Gartner Group. Andrew actually explained the...

Apr 22nd

Anybody got a beta invite they can spare for SlideRocket?

Apr 22nd

The ultimate physical media recycling system: http://www.swaptree.com/

Apr 22nd

Tweeties - How about some follow love for Keith Shaw of NetworkWorld fame… @shawkeith

Apr 22nd

Indulging in an Earth Day retweet… Al Gore’s latest TED vid, worthwhile:...

Apr 22nd

Got my Earth Day mojo on, get on board.

Apr 22nd

Another amazing TED video, Hans Rosling’s progress update on the war on global poverty. Fun...

Apr 22nd

If you haven’t seen Al Gore’s new speech on climate change, you’re missing out on...

Apr 22nd

Finished up 3hr Patriots Day meeting with VP, BusDev. Ashamed to say that when things are going...

Apr 21st

Great meeting this morning. Everyone is on board with big picture stuff, and agreed that EXECUTION...

Apr 21st

Checking out http://twittearth.com. Curiously compelling. http://tinyurl.com/4d93gj

Apr 21st

John Adams conclusion was awesome. Thinking I should read Founding Brothers, or maybe Team of...

Apr 21st

“Invited” to Robert’s house to share new thinking on mission, vision, and...

Apr 21st

Caught “3:10 to Yuma” last night. Fantastic.

Apr 20th

“Baby Hold On To Me” is the pinnacle of the Eddie Money oeuvre

Apr 19th

Off to Dunkin Donuts with Team Troiano, then grab some chicken thighs and veggies, fill the propane...

Apr 19th

Oh my god. He FRIED the mac & cheese. Didn’t get the oil temp before I passed out.

Apr 19th

Watching Alton Brown make the best looking mac & cheese ever. I love Good Eats.

Apr 19th

OH: The Enterprise call sign, “NCC-1701,” comes from a writer on the original series...

Apr 18th

Re-tweeting… Mother Lode of Twitter applications: http://twitterapps.co.uk/ Astounding.

Apr 18th

NEWSFLASH….breaking matchmine WII Tournament Update… Troiano: 1, Teehan: 0.

Apr 18th

Long day. Seacrest….Out.

Apr 18th

Back from offsite, feeling swamped by minutia. Can’t stop thinking about the vision,...

Apr 17th

Miners: Please welcome @ggrindlay to the Twitterverse with some follow love… Welcome, Graham!

Apr 17th

Wife made me go for a “complete skin check” after she had one. Apparently my humiliation...

Apr 17th

Heading in to “Running With The Devil.” Ready to kick some ass.

Apr 17th

Wiped out. Off to bed.

Apr 17th

Offsite over, truly awesome progress. Heading to Irish Ale House in Dedham for a quick beer, all...

Apr 16th

Making good progress, drilling thru a prioritized list of stuff that needs to get defined, built, or...

Apr 16th

Hurting. Gotta rally for deep dive. Coffee. Water. Air. WiFi.

Apr 16th

Home. Proud of what we did today. Dumb making people drive home.

Apr 16th

GREAT offsite day 1. God, I need a cocktail.

Apr 16th

Big offsite today. Listening to Gomez on the way in.

Apr 15th

8-year old just asked me what “being a man” meant. Tough one. I told him it meant taking...

Apr 15th

Good John Adams tonight, though next week looks depressing. I keep thinking… If only he could...

Apr 14th

Nice day today. Cousin and family came over last minute, made rotini with chicken sausage in a...

Apr 14th

Up early with the kids again. Coffee, then waffles or pancakes?

Apr 13th

Ruby Tuesday’s is the Le Cirque of cheesy suburban chain restaurants.

Apr 12th

Wow… Profilactic makes FriendFeed look like an island. 173 inbound feeds… could anyone...

Apr 12th

Yelling idle threats. Steam from coffee maker…must…hold…on…

Apr 12th

AAAAhhhhhh. Thank you @tweetjebus.

Apr 12th

Making coffee downstairs, while chaos reigns above.

Apr 12th

Sometimes it’s the little things that bring us joy: http://www.mclovinidmaker.com/

Apr 12th

Tweetcloud: http://tinyurl.com/5pfdfn Oddly interesting.

Apr 12th

Starbuck’s not a skinjob. I feel it.

Apr 12th

I don’t feel tardy…

Apr 11th

Welcome @minerator… How bout some follow love, fellow ‘Miners?

Apr 11th

Prepping for offsite. Still confident startups are 80% execution, 20% strategy, but the strategy...

Apr 11th

Back from Michael Buble show. Wow, unbelievable. Tore the roof off the place.

Apr 11th

Heading to providence for michael buble show. Birds flyin hi, you know how I feel.

Apr 10th

Shed 18” snows for 19” low profile michelins. Aaahhhhh, spring.

Apr 10th

Can someone please explain the “Semantic Web,” en Anglais? http://tinyurl.com/5x9fu5

Apr 10th

Best chili recipe ever: http://tinyurl.com/5tvlzo

Apr 10th

Just got off with @Rafe. Smarter than your average bear.

Apr 10th

Talking smack for onset of matchmine Wii tourney. I say again… Prepare to be pwned.

Apr 10th

Dropped off my car to switch snows. Loaner is a Honda civic. Different.

Apr 10th

The weaknesses of accomplished people are usually found in the downside of their strengths.

Apr 10th

Driving to work, 100 Years To Live came on. Emotional.

Apr 10th

Some kind words on matchmine from Josh Kinberg at ODEO, via @kristennicole2. Thanks, guys!...

Apr 10th

Back from date night, declared Twit Free Zone by the Mrs. Went to New Mother India in Waltham, Best...

Apr 10th

Long day, I’m out for date night. Hasta Beaches.

Apr 9th

Nice coverage of matchmine product enhancements by Don Dodge: http://tinyurl.com/3qkjm6

Apr 9th

The Next Big Thing

Apr 9th

Interviewed by Don Dodge, Microsoft blogger. He totally got it, smart guy.

Apr 9th

Color wars seem stupid and childish to me. Whassat? Superhero icons? Oh, I am IN, baby. The Dark...

Apr 9th

A Momentum Milestone

Apr 9th

Fellow Entrepreneurs - Big day for matchmine, I think you’ll relate to this feeling:...

Apr 9th

Breakfast with a smart guy. Always nice.

Apr 9th

Robert and Jonathan Kraft just came by the office to say hello. Love those guys, honest to god.

Apr 9th

Processing the phrase “The Jason Nation.” Is that allowed? if I had more humility, could...

Apr 8th

matchminers - Huddle better this week? Too long/too short? Thoughts welcome.

Apr 8th

Tuesday meeting-o-rama… exec team meeting first thing, HR briefing after that today, now...

Apr 8th

Baseball. Bah, humbug. 22 days until the draft.

Apr 8th

Strongly against this war, but deeply grateful to the men and women serving in it. Worth a look, and...

Apr 8th

Just got off the phone with an old friend who is so clearly out of touch with the truth of his own...

Apr 7th

Reading GigaOm post where Last.fm knuckleheads are trying to mow our lawn. Commenting, meekly...

Apr 7th

Check out Songkick. Download an iTunes plugin, and it tells you when your artists will be in town...

Apr 7th

Re-tweeting essential Twitter tools: TwitDir, Twitterlocal, TweetScan, Twitterpacks (pbwiki),...

Apr 7th

Coke Zero is good stuff.

Apr 7th

Watching John Adams on HBO. Inspiring.

Apr 7th

Inspired by @guykawasaki, just picked up some Lucchese’s. Yep. Got me some I-Talian cowboy...

Apr 6th

http://twitpic.com/7q0 <- Went to Best Buy to get a birthday present for my 8-yr old. Picked this...

Apr 6th

ToysRUs is without question the most poorly managed customer experience in retail. Dirty,...

Apr 6th

I’m a new man. Family errand time.

Apr 6th

Hung over big. God bless dunkin donuts.

Apr 6th

Huge night. Wife drove home I was DJ. Spun Sinatra, Rihanna, and Cake. Yea, boyeee.

Apr 6th

Off to Mooo, the steakhouse of the moment, with Foley, Zink and Papa Joe, the friends of a lifetime....

Apr 6th

Parents get the behavior they tolerate.

Apr 5th

Twitterlocal rocks. Turns out the Wellesley, MA police department is twitting accident reports. Who...

Apr 5th

Going home for a gloriously planless weekend. Halla freakin looyah. Peace out.

Apr 4th

Anybody know Juan Carlos Perez at IDG?

Apr 4th

http://twitpic.com/6ps <- Talking w dean, explaining twitpic.

Apr 4th

Cool twitter badge maker for blogs that supports flash: http://tinyurl.com/2nrc37

Apr 4th

Smalltown Boy by Bronski Beat has aged better than most New Wave.

Apr 4th

Listening to BBC News Hour on NPR. Thinking “Heh heh. He said ‘FARC’.”

Apr 4th

Is it me, or does nothing say “I am a jackoff” like a middle aged white guy proud to...

Apr 4th

Breakfast meeting at Panera where I’ll get my usual, an asiago cheese bagel with reduced fat...

Apr 4th

Gave Max a bath. What a character. Needs a job.

Apr 4th

Think @yfaktor is even funnier than he is full of shit. AKA, mighty funny. A veritable riot.

Apr 3rd

#GPD08 @TJCNYC

Apr 3rd

On his right hand Billy tattood the word “Love” and on his left hand the word...

Apr 3rd

Best lunch in months, at Spiga. Penne Amatriciana.. Homemade ziti in a tomato sauce w chewy bacon...

Apr 3rd

Lunch with Nino, at a new homemade pasta place up the street.

Apr 3rd

Poor man wants to be rich, rich man wants to be king. And a king ain’t satisfied until he...

Apr 3rd

I remember us riding in my brother’s car, her body tan and wet down at the reservoir. At night...

Apr 3rd

Need an online ad guru who knows what drives CPM, strengths/weaknesses of each ad net/exchange, how...

Apr 3rd

Welcome to matchminers @chuyler1, @yfaktor, @ irina_matchmine, @alvaroc, @adam_rosenberg, @homey,...

Apr 3rd

Dealing with a periodic strategic intervention by my team. Useful, but exhausting.

Apr 2nd

Leaving. Late for date night, might cost me.

Apr 2nd

Rickrolling, like Bob Hope, was funny a long time ago.

Apr 2nd

With Tony dead and The Wire snipped, Battlestar Galactica is about to be the best show on TV. Doubt...

Apr 2nd

This song is audible crack: http://tinyurl.com/2ruv32

Apr 2nd

http://twitpic.com/5vi <- Like most new england 2 year old’s, Max is a clam chowder man.

Apr 2nd

Not even sure I agree with this, but Maureen Dowd is a smart cookie. http://tinyurl.com/2fmrja

Apr 2nd

want•tre•pren•eur’ - An aspiring entrepreneur who’s more “aspiring” than...

Apr 2nd

What’s Wrong With Advertising

Apr 2nd

Social Media 101

Apr 2nd

Chris Brogan’s newsletter is the best, most plainspoken, insightful and unpretentious intro to...

Apr 2nd

Beautiful morning in Boston. Spring has sprung?

Apr 2nd

Back in the Ferrari. Sang “Chances Are” by the great Johnny Mathis. Both verses, might...

Apr 2nd

In the passenger seat of a Ferrari F355. Proud to be Italian.

Apr 1st

Heading to Rocca on Harrison street for dinner with my Cornell Chi Psi brothers. Uh oh.

Apr 1st

Ben Stiller pilot w Jack Black as an omniscient astronaut and Owen Wilson as his talking motorcycle....

Apr 1st

Startups fail because the dog won’t eat the dogfood.

Apr 1st