Frequently I’ve felt my inability to code has hampered my ability to do many things. I’ve had so many ideas I’d love to test. IF ONLY I COULD CODE. Fueled by frustration, 8 months ago I started teach myself PHP. [...]
Archive | March, 2012
Weeklong 3 | Eating Vegetarian
This is post is part of my Weeklongs Project. For the past week I ate a vegetarian diet. Typically I stick to a paleo/4 hr body hybrid regimen, so the departure from meat wasn’t easy. Pretty much every day looked like the following: Breakfast: 3 eggs Lunch/Dinner: Mixed greens salad with veggies and tofu or [...]
The Humble Brag Economy
As Will Dean so insightfully highlighted two evenings ago, the newest luxury goods are experiences. The dominant conditions surrounding society have made it so. Generally we have less free time which assigns a higher value to anything devote our time to. We also have incrementally more channels to document and share our experiences (facebook, twitter, [...]
Weeklong 2 | Diligence Toward Friendships
This is post is part of my Weeklongs Project. Last week I hung out with a non-tech friend every single day of the week. It was great. One thing about the tech scene is that there is no off switch to value creation. There’s no shortage of work to be done, networking events to go [...]
Sales: Get to A Resolution
I heard our VP of Sales Adam Liebman say something a few weeks ago, that I think is very important for all Sales/BD people to understand. Sometimes it’s just as important to get to a no than a yes. Why? It’s in your time’s best interest. Every moment you spend on a deal that’s never [...]
Weeklong 1 | Getting Rid of Things
I did my first Weeklong last week. Everyday Monday through Friday I picked 5 things to throw out or give away. My PHD in multiplication equates that to 35 things. Note* I only make my bed for photos I post on my blog My motivation for this Weeklong was the following: [...]
Lifestyle Design: My Weeklongs Project
I have a new personal project over the next few months I’m calling Weeklongs. It’s more a less an exercise in Lifestyle Design. The gist is that I’m going to engage in a different experimental activity/practice every week for at least 5 days in a given week. Activities will range from playing a sport to [...]
Replicating Offline Experiences and Phenomena Online
There are many products out there that have been able to infuse elements of offline experiences into their digital products. Whether it be an actual experience or just the emotions that surround it, these products tap into something that’s already happening in my life. It’s just downright cool. Turntable.fm On pretty much every roadtrip I’ve [...]
How to Be A More Thoughtful “Busy Person” in Less Than 10 Minutes A Day
The one thing we all want, yet can’t create is more time. Our limited time forces us to prioritize the endless list of things we intend and want to do. But we can’t get to everything. So the things with the greatest immediacy end up taking precedence. The problem is that our perceived immediacy does [...]
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