5 posts and columns on Groundhog Day

The Daily Bubble: Lead Generator HubSpot Grabs $32 Million From Salesforce.com, Sequoia and Google Ventures

in News on March 8, 2011 at 1:27 pm PT

Another day, another honking big funding for another online start-up (and another broken embargo too!). It’s like Groundhog Day in Silicon Valley as usual. Today, Cambridge, Mass.-based HubSpot wins tech’s version of the lottery, grabbing $32 million from Sequoia Capital, Google Ventures and also Salesforce.com.

Dell Goes Small in Tablets as It Prepares iPad Competition

in News on February 18, 2010 at 10:47 am PT

It’s like Groundhog Day for touch-screen PCs. Yesterday’s device of tomorrow (see Bill Gates’s 2001 prediction that tablet PCs would outstrip laptops and of course the Apple Newton) is once again hot stuff, thanks to Apple’s iPad launch last month.

Happy Groundhog Day: Some Lovely Punxsy Phil Video and More, of Course!

in News on February 2, 2010 at 3:19 pm PT

Every year on Groundhog Day, my friends–such as Liz and Treby, from when I was but a wee BoomTown (well, I am still wee)–call me with holiday greetings. Why? Because freakish child that I was, I actually threw an annual Groundhog Day fest at school, complete with a cake–I used a rabbit-shaped pan, cut off its ears and added slivered almonds as teeth. So, as I take off to bake another cake with the kids–passing on a noble tradition–here are some videos to enjoy.

This Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney Phil Goes High-Tech

in News on February 2, 2010 at 1:00 am PT

He might not be using sophisticated technology in his weather forecasts, but famous groundhog prognosticator Punxsutawney Phil will take a step into the 21st century Tuesday morning when he sends his annual prediction by text.

For Yahoo, It Seems, It's Always Groundhog Day

in News on January 30, 2008 at 2:52 am PT

Oh dear. Even more waiting for Yahoo to turn itself around? Until 2009? Really? Another 100 days, and another, and another and then more than half of another? This is starting to feel very, very familiar. Too familiar. Well, it did take seven months to replace Farzad Nazem as CTO at a–um, well–technology-dependent company, so [...]