Baveo helps you share your newborn’s precious moments
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008Newly launched Baveo is a great site for expecting parents to put the web to good use and keep friends and family updated on the progress of their newborn.
Columbia
The Columbia Venture Community: it’s about time
Friday, August 15th, 2008Columbia entrepreneurs, I think you’ve finally been heard. The Columbia Venture Community looks poised to be the group that finally brings entrepreneurship to the forefront of the Columbia community (and if not, it at least looks like it could save a senior or two from unwittingly going into banking or consulting). I’ve written about the [...]
Narrow your idea, widen your experience
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008When 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. [...]
The value of engineering education
Monday, June 23rd, 2008I 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 [...]
Getting Real by 37signals gave me chills
Saturday, June 14th, 2008It’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 creating [...]
