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  A few months ago, an artist friend of mine, who hosts with FASO, received an email from another, newer, art website hosting company comparing themselves to FASO.    After presenting a list of features (carefully chosen to present themselves in the best possible light and FASO in the worst possible light) they presented their verdict:  "FASO has 13% of the features of us."   Ouch.    My life's work was just dismissed as being only 13% of what a new startup has accomplished in a couple of years.   ...   After being in the gallery business for 12 years, I started FASO in 2001, after a conversation with Kevin Macpherson, to [...]

Most people don't remember much about the commencement speech at their college graduation.    I don't recall much from mine.  But, while I don't recall who the speaker was, I do, very clearly, recall one tiny part of his speech.    I now know that tiny part of his speech was the parable of the starfish:     One day, an old man was walking along a beach that was littered with thousands of starfish that had been washed ashore by the high tide.As he walked he came upon a young boy who was eagerly throwing the starfish back into the ocean, one by one. Puzzled, the man looked at the [...]