

Anil Dash is a neighbor of mine. We eat at many of the same places and read each other’s Foursquare tips. We also both go back a ways on the internet, with the result that we both have followers we don’t know, who probably don’t know why they are following us. This piece isn’t for everyone, and I suppose some people could misread it as bragging (it…
When I was a senior in college, my friend Lisle invited me to a recording session with Mase from De La Soul. Mase was producing a then (and still) unknown rapper named SuperStar. There was another guy there, Aubrey, who I think was Trugoy’s (from De La) little brother (he was a cool dude).