I realize this is slightly off topic, but I am desperate for help. We watch lots of tv at our house. We like to consume all kinds of media, and lots of it. We have lots of tvs, lots of pcs, and the kids watch tv too. Here’s what I want: live tv (from my [...]

Here I’ve been wondering how to ensure success for my new business and look what arrives in the mail: I was so nervous, but now I know success is assured.

I know that many people would say that Saturday Night Live hasn’t been funny in years. But I’ve found that there’s been enough to keep me watching relatively consistently over the years despite the shows ups and downs. This year however, with the exit of Tina Fey, the writing has gone in the toilet. 30 [...]

Fine. I’ll admit it. This morning, on one of the rare occasions that I actually use a stamp, I noticed how much I enjoyed using the DC superhero stamps from the post office. I bought a couple of sheets when they came out last summer knowing I would love them. But as my small supply [...]

While nominally the online headquarters for Jackson Fish, this website is really two blogs. There’s our main blog – this column of the page where we post our thoughts. And there’s the column to the right with the header “Interesting to Us”. This “blog-within-a-blog” is our link blog where we get to send you to [...]

Yesterday I got to meet with three different local startups as well as attend Ignite Seattle. The meetings were either with folks I knew from working together in the past or were setup through a mutual friend. They were all informational in nature – basically: hey, what are you doing/here’s what I’m doing. What I [...]

All Jackson Fish employees are working from home today.

A couple of events have recently reminded me how much I am in the minority when it comes to how integral the internet is in my life. #1. Italy I recently was lucky enough to spend a week in Italy as part of a larger group. We spent the whole time in the southeastern region [...]

This showed up on our porch the other day. It’s still there. It’s not coming in the house, and I’ve been too lazy to take it to the trash. I suppose it’s still profitable given that the phone company (or whoever makes this thing) sent it to me. But I cannot remember the last time [...]