I came across the book, “Founders at Work,” by Jessica Livingston @ Startup School 2007 about a month ago. The book is essentially a collection of interviews with 32-33 prestigious startup founders (Paypal, Gmail, 37Signals, etc.) focusing on their experiences as they went from idea to $$$. To say the least, her book is an [...]
Gyeaaaaaa, I just locked up the Fantasy NBA Championship in a competitive head 2 head rotisserie friends league. My squad for this year was: Shawn Marion Ben Wallace Carlos Boozer Vince Carter Rashard Lewis (someone dropped him after injury) Kevin Martin (one of top sleepers) Al Jefferson (probably most improved player) Luke Walton (one of [...]
1. It’s kind of like one big giant school project that lasts as long as you can make it last. Every day feels like another test. Every missed deadline provokes disappointment in nobody but yourself. It’s a weird feeling that becomes a beautiful feeling. 2. You make your own homework, you do your own homework, [...]
Age Sure, there’s a very thin line between old and young, just like how there’s a very thin line between love and hate. People always argue that age is just a number, but they’re wrong. Age is not just a number, age is THE number. Social Filters Since everyone has a life and a dream(s) [...]
At the Web 2.0 Expo, Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos said, “For 12 years we’ve been building a Web-scale instructure called Amazon.” Wow. Nobody in the world could have said it any better. How fitting is that? All those who were a bit wary about Amazon’s strategy are about to, or already have, taken a big one in the [...]
This is simply an outstanding video. It has been polished significantly and was shown at the Web 2.0 Expo @ Moscone Center, SF to kickoff the keynotes. You can check out the old version here.
I came across this great presentation from a friend’s blog regarding the “Third World.” The presentation leverages a revolutionary visualization software from Gapminder to give a fresh, powerful perspective on the “developing world.” Thanks Gilbert.
This weekend is the Web 2.0 Expo @ Moscone West, San Francisco. For those of you who have not registered, there has been an online coupon floating around for $100 off the registration! Here it is: webex07wbr. Enjoy. I’m not sure how long it lasts for or if it still works, but good luck anyways.
I came across Jott the other day and am simply impressed. It’s simple, it’s fast, and it’s convenient. You call a number, choose who you want to “Jott,” leave a brief message, and hang up. Jott will then transcribe the voice message and then email/SMS it to whoever you chose (most of the time it’s to [...]
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 will be released later this week with some new key features: Message Tagging Advanced Folder Views Message Alerts Webmail Integration (Gmail, .Mac) Thunderbird used to be a big favorite of mine until I switched over to 100% Gmail about 2 years ago. I wouldn’t mind having offline access to email again…We’ll see [...]
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