June, 2008

NY Video 2.0

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

On Tuesday I stopped into the NY Video 2.0 event hosted by Yaron Samid. I had been meaning to check out this meetup group for awhile and was glad to squeeze in an hour or so simply watching the presentations.
Visible Measures - Matt Cutler, VP Marketing & Analytics
Visible Measures analyzes the effectiveness of […]

The value of engineering education

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

I spent most of this weekend refreshing and learning a few things in UNIX, and I kept thinking about two points:

It’s great to know how to teach one’s self
It’s great that there’s this thing called the “internets” to help

Point #2 is something I want to revisit later. Using the internet as a learning tool […]

My Whiteboard: the best $75 dollars I’ve ever spent

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

I was watching a video today about using the right tools and decided to take the opportunity to talk about my whiteboard. It’s the one tool not called a ‘computer’ that I couldn’t live without.
Before I go on, Iet’s talk about the furniture in my room. There’s the desk. That was free […]

Getting Real by 37signals gave me chills

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

It’s true. Getting Real by 37signals gave me the chills.
Several months ago I asked my friend Laks to recommend a good book that would really help me better understand how software should be done. For the past two years, I’ve worked in two completely different environments and seen two completely different ways of […]

Two Ideas for the NY Startup Scene

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

Tonight, I attended the second meeting of the Columbia Venture Community. As I wrote in my original post about the group, CVC is exactly the type of group that Columbia needs. In fact, it’s actually only part of what Columbia and the greater New York City startup scene needs.
Now, I’ve never lived or […]