Advice From My 12 Year Old Self
Feb 28My mom found this document (I think I wrote it for some TAG/Olympics of the Mind speech competition in 8th Grade.) when she was unpacking the other day. I’ve been searching for it for a while and finding it meant a lot to me. After reading it for the first time in over a decade, I realized the advice from my 12 year old self is the perfect advice I could use as a 24 year old (soon to...
Ask HN: Would This Be Useful – Open Blogger/Journalist Database?
Feb 25Almost every startup needs to execute a PR strategy in some way or another to succeed. One of the key aspects of executing PR is reaching out to journalists + bloggers (I could write a whole post on the right+wrong way to do this). How do you get that contact info? A lot of people pay thousands of dollars a year for contact databases from companies worth hundreds of millions of dollars...
Apple Canvas (leak errr… predictions)
Jan 27Leaked pic via @MattPRD 3 Things For This Morning iPhone Update 16/32/64 GB Capacities No More 3G, only 3GS, including $99 price point Verizon added iPhone OS Update Bunch of new features related to the iPhone. Mobile Me/ iLife updates have heavy integration. Most of the work done regarding to something new we want to show you. One More Thing- Apple Canvas Tablet like device. It’s an...
The $9.99 Textbook
Jan 20Amazon announced today that they are going to offer 70% royalties to authors/content companies that put their books on the Kindle. Business Insider points out some of the limitations and restrictions, but they seem pretty fair. If you are an author aligning yourself with this model, the restrictions are a good thing as it tries to push everyone towards the future. The most interesting...
Freemium Pizza
Jan 17*I always mean to tell this story, but it slips my mind. Seth Godin’s Purple Cow finally made me remember while in front of the laptop* This was one of my experiences as an entrepreneur and in business at a young age. I was 17 at the time and away for my Freshman orientation at Boston College the summer before college started. It was a two day event where you got to know some of...
Cutting The Cord And The Impact of a PC In Every Living Room
Jan 12If you are a geek, there is a good chance you either have a HTPC (home theater PC) or have at least checked out the concept a bit. It’s a fairly simple concept at heart: buy a small form factor or media center looking PC and hook it up to your TV to consume an endless amount of content and entertainment. Then cut the cord on cable. That’s it. A fair amount of geeks end...
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