I actually thought the most interesting part of her presentation was her usage of cooliris. I actually downloaded piclens several months ago and never really took the time to read through the functionality, and thus never got into it. I've been spurred on to try it again. On another note, I wish there had been more time to ask her about the iFund and the innovation coming out of it. I'm excited to see what it brings; not even because I care so much about the actual software being developed, but because I think that people that would not normally put themselves in the categories of entrepreneurs, will be developing and becoming entrepreneurs with the money due to the ubiquitous nature of the iPhone.

I definitely agree with your last point Alex. Give how tech-savvy our peer group is, I often forget how how un-tech-savvy the majority of the population is. Even among the "older people" at Stanford (professors, staff, etc.), they are often right on the cutting edge of technology. It is all too easy to brush this off at Stanford as being normal when in reality the people we interact with are so exceptional being in touch with tech.

While I think that it is very cool that VCs and other business people try to showcase new technology from companies they've backed, this usually seems to take away from the presentation. At one point she remarked that the text on the slides didn't build up and instead came all at once - there was one slide where she had a timeline type thing and there was just WAY too much text. Another instance of someone trying to showcase new technology was Paul Graham using one of YCombinator's startup's online slideshow during Startup School this year... both times, there were some minor hitches/lack of features, but I thought Dr. Seidenberg handled it well by smiling about it and saying it was a feature they were working on/could add in the future. While I think it's cool, they should make sure that it really suits the presentation/utility... I think PicLens is awesome, but not so well suited for a text-heavy presentation.

Piclens is awesome! I'm so glad Beth Seidenberg decided to showcase it. Obviously both she and Randy Komissar have considerable confidence in this little Stanford startup. It's amazing that they hire mostly Stanford undergrads. Just listening to her presentation inspired me to think that a student with an idea can go so far without tons of money. Ms. Seidenberg presented a fantastic end to ETL and an inspiration to student entrepreneurs. Oh, and piclens is cool.

Piclens is great. It's amazing how many innovation, progress, and ideas that have implemented in the last few years. I wonder if someone knows what's their revenue model is? It's seems to me that their only exit strategy is be purchased by a large giant like Microsoft, Google, or Yahoo.