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Woman waiting at arrivals with a red balloon @ SFO (at San Francisco International Airport (SFO))

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Fog rolling in @ Cavallo. (at Cavallo Point Lodge)

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About to go on live Sirius Radio with Coneybeer!

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Semil Shah wears a lot of hats. He is a product guy for Swell, invests in companies through his own seed fund and is TechCrunch’s longest running guest columnist. I sat down with Semil to talk about investing in mobile technology, the changing world of angel and venture investing and what he thinks about every day running product for one of the up and coming podcast apps. If you’re a tech investment nerd, love discussing mobile tech or podcast technology, this is a good podcast for you. You can find out what Semil is up to at: http://blog.semilshah.com/ You can subscribe to the NextMarket Podcast at: http://nextmarket.co/pages/podcast

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My #1 favorite lunch spot in Palo Alto. Feels like middle of summer here! (at Coconuts Caribbean Restaurant & Bar)

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Surf at end of Spanish Bay, 17-mile drive. (at Spanish Bay)

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Foggy at Half Moon (at Beach House at Half Moon Bay)

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Fall in Palo Alto always reminds me of the east coast.

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Jobs at WWDC in 1997, full unscripted Q&A with the developers. Outstanding clarity of thought, the best Jobs video I've seen.

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A chilly bunny.

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We have exciting news for Swell users who are specifically interested in technology startups, entrepreneurship, and venture capital — starting now, we have integrated the daily blog from noted venture capitalist, Fred Wilson, into Swell’s technology. That means that listeners can “hear”...

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With the advantages of hindsight, it appears that the White House made five big miscalculations about the Middle East. It misread the political maturity and capability of the Islamist groups it supported; it misread the political situation in Egypt; it misread the impact of its strategy on relations with America's two most important regional allies (Israel and Saudi Arabia); it failed to grasp the new dynamics of terrorist movements in the region; and it underestimated the costs of inaction in Syria.

-Walter Russell Mead, writing in the Wall Street Journal on August 24, 2013 (he voted for Obama in 2008)

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Spotted: Teddy Bear Pomeranian

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Stormy light.