January 2011
December 2010
2010 Year in Review
Here’s my 2009 Year in Review.
Take this as more of a journalling exercise than anything else. I’m not narcissistic enough to think anyone else would actually care about the details of my life :)
January
Postling moved into it’s first office space! And I started to hone my pitch (video of me). It was the first time we got sent out on AngelList, where I picked up two...
Postling's Top 5 Moments of 2010
postling:
It’s becoming apparent very quickly to us that the year of 2010 is almost over. Can today really be December 31st? This isn’t a lie? Okay, well in that case… we thought it’d be nice to take a trip down memory lane and count down the top 5 moments of 2010 for the Postling team. Forgive us for indulging in clichés and a little year-end nostalgia…. we tend to get emotional this time of...
2010 Year in Review
Here’s my 2009 Year in Review.
Take this as more of a journalling exercise than anything else. I’m not narcissistic enough to think anyone else would actually care about the details of my life :)
January
Postling moved into it’s first office space! And I started to hone my pitch (video of me). It was the first time we got sent out on AngelList, where I picked up two...
zackshapiro asked: Who are your favorite designers, coders or startup on Tumblr?
Sweet, I'm (finally!) officially on AngelList. →
I volunteer as an AngelList Scout. I am not an investor. (Ha! As if I had the money.)
“Job boards are like dating sites; they attract an audience that doesn’t have...”
– Good people don’t belong at a startup
“A fresh bunch of basil can be treated like a bouquet of flowers: Just trim the...”
– The Best Way to Store Herbs | Real Simple
Finally! I have been totally befuddled by this all year and have been throwing out herbs left and right as a result.
(via oliviaisferosch)
“Humans are inherently very poor when it comes to wide product selection as the...”
– How does Gilt’s business model work? - Quora
I could quote every other paragraph.
“Due to the inventory risk of carrying product, retailers could not take in the...”
– How does Gilt’s business model work? - Quora
This is something I hadn’t considered. Smart insight.
How does Gilt's business model work? →
This article is incredibly detailed and informative. The top answer is written by a Gilt Groupe vendor.
“There’s too much stuff. It seems to me that almost all tools we rely on to...”
– Evan Williams: The Challenges of a Web of Infinite Info: Tech News and Analysis «
Completely agree. This is a huge opportunity for entrepreneurs to figure out.
(via bijan)
And this is why I think the Tumblr community is so valuable. You guys go out there and find all the stuff you think is worth...
“Another mind boggling statistic about Angry Birds, and you should sit down for...”
– Peter Vesterbacka, Maker of Angry Birds Talks about the Birds, Apple, Android, Nokia, and Palm/HP | Mobile and Social Media (via slantback)
Critics of “casual games” say that games like Angry Birds are a fad and don’t have the lasting power of stalwarts like Tetris or Mario. I...
“Apple will be the number one platform for a long time from a developer...”
– Peter Vesterbacka, Creator of Angry Birds
My take aways from this quote:
Apple provides a platform and leadership that developers may not like, or even agree with, but respect. And, respect enough to confidently base their businesses around, If you’re deciding between starting on the iPhone or...
Watching Arrested Development Season 3 right now
Bob Loblaw!!
SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO KILL YOU WORKED OUT TODAY →
“But AdWords never fully took off with local businesses, in part because it...”
– Google Woos Local Advertisers - WSJ.com
“If you only throw people at the problem, you won’t innovate.”
– Google Woos Local Advertisers - WSJ.com
And this is how I'm spending my night. →
Page after page of the best pork dishes in NYC.
“Union Square Ventures, the New York-based firm known for its early bets on...”
– Union Square Ventures discloses new fund details (and a new partner) - The Term Sheet: Fortune’s deals blog
On Databases, Slavery
revolvingdork:
<Yuss> everything still working fine <Yuss> from the cutover to slave? <ChrisH> yes it seems to be <ChrisH> is slave doing okay under the new load? <Yuss> oh yea <Yuss> he’s the same power as master <Yuss> so both of em working hard is way better than one of them working super hard ;P <ChrisH> man, slaves makes our lives so much...
