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wpSearch could be the WordPress search you’ve been waiting for

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

About a month ago, I was looking for a quick and easy way to play around with a lucene index to prepare for an interview. I looked high and low for something I could implement quick and easy, but to no avail. I found a lucene search for MediaWiki, but the documentation was terrible. I […]

Narrow your idea, widen your experience

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

When it comes to startups, you’re always told to narrow your idea. Focus on a niche community, rather than take on the whole world. Refine.
When it comes to experience, though, early entrepreneurs should broaden themselves. When you’re starting out, participate in a wide swath of activities to better understand each part of a business. […]

Enter Venture Visitors

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Yesterday, no one visited this site.
I had actually been waiting for that as a type of milestone. The last time no one visited the site for an entire day was May 10th. I kept writing and watching my visitor statistics in order to keep myself out of the red. I wanted to […]

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 […]

Enter Venture Updates, version 1.2

Monday, June 9th, 2008

I looked through my past posts and noticed the last Enter Venture update was May 12th. Here is the second Enter Venture update, as promised from the beginning. If the past two updates are to be any guide, it looks like I’ll be making modifications to the site at least monthly. Here’s […]