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Author: J.J. Toothman

  • More on That Ticketfly Thing

    Recently, I wrote a blog post stating that I have started working with a San Francisco start-up called Ticketfly. Today, I’m going to tell you a little bit more about Ticketfly and what I’m doing there. Ticketfly calls themselves “live music marketers.”  They’re interested in working with independent music venues and event (mostly music concerts)…

  • The final hours of My Treo 755 and the Palm OS

    I have been a Palm OS user for almost a decade.  I had a first generation Handspring Visor back in 1999.  Then a couple of Palm handhelds.  When the Treo 600 came out, I jumped all over it – finally converging my phone and PDA.  And then I obtained an iPod and was back to…

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  • 23 Hours in Boston

    After WordCamp SF ends today, I’m taking the red eye flight tonight from San Francisco to Boston.  My flight lands at Logan around 7 am.  My friend Dennis is picking me up so that I can get some rest before gathering with friends in preparation for Phish at Fenway park tomorrow evening.  Yes, that’s correct. …

  • Bye Stanford. Hello Ticketfly.

    While some of my close friends, colleagues, and trusted peers have knowledge of this, I have yet to publicly disclose that I parted ways with Stanford University at the end of March. So I’ve taken some to recollect.  Even did some exploring regarding what I want to do next.  Spent time with my kids.  Watched…

  • My Top 5 Dream Jobs – May 2009 Edition

    After a recent watching of High Fidelity, I decided to put myself through a little exercise.  In the film/book, Rob Gordon creates a list of his top 5 dream jobs. I decided I would do the same.  So here’s my top 5 dream jobs list. Like a top 5 albums of all time listing, this…

  • Just unearthed a whole bin of memories found in my basement

  • Fresh tuna steaks about to be grilled

  • Iron & Wine at Swedish American Hall

    It’s not often you get to see such an amazing musician perform at a tiny venue with 300 people.

  • Van Morrison at the Greek kicks off our 2009 concert season

    When we woke up last Saturday morning and drove to Sonoma for our nephew’s birthday party, we were treated to a steady diet of rain and showers.  Steady enough and heavy enough at times that Keturah kept dropping the “this show is going to be a horrible time” lines on me.  I countered by stopping…