Archive for January, 2008
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Until I figure out a way to sustain my rock and roll lifestyle with my own business I rely on HP for my funding. I do a good job at work, I'm fairly well-respected and I get results. In my opinion HP definitely gets their money's worth. I don't get ...
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
ReadWriteWeb has a list of Twitter feeds for some of the candidates posted this morning. The counts look like this:
Ron Paul, @RonPaul2008, with 822 followers
John Edwards, @johnedwards, with 4,282 followers
Barack Obama, @BarackObama, with 6,654 followers
Hillary Clinton, @hillaryclinton, with 197 followers
I'm not surprised at all that Obama is leading the pack. ...
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
There have been several times where I see an announcement about some new service or web app that is almost exactly what I have been thinking about doing at some point. I don't think that is very uncommon though. Lots of people have ideas. That's the easy part. Putting your ...
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
I was lucky enough to be able to spend the day at the Got Social Media conference in Houston today. It was really worth taking a day away from work to hear some excellent speakers and to network with some very intelligent, thought provoking people or new media douchebags for ...
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
I've mapped out what I want to do with my carstat.us idea. I believe I have identified a need, that I understand the workflow of information that I want to capture and share, that I even have an idea on how to make enough money for an extra six pack ...
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
After my post about Kiva and Prosper I was feeling very charitable and went out to DonorsChoose.org. I really believe this country does a terrible job at public education. Teachers are underpaid and not supported, the conditions in many schools are horrible and it doesn't get enough attention. Congress has ...
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
In a previous post I discussed social lending. I made a small loan on Kiva and have 4 loans now outstanding on Prosper. Each is current and I'm really glad I started doing this. I'd like to get more into Kiva. I feel a bit guilty that I found more ...
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
Everyone that knows me knows that I am a really big Yankees fan. I was born in upstate New York so I don't want any of you haters talking about me being a frontrunner. One of the Yankees best prospects, Phil Hughes, recently started blogging. Besides my love of the ...
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Monday, January 14th, 2008
I finally ran again today after a 6 day layoff. If I'm going to run this marathon in April I really need to get my ass in gear. I did the loop around my neighborhood x4 as it was getting dark. Though its not the most scenic of routes ...
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Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
I've been interested in taking a class and maybe even a whole program around entrepreneurship. I saw that the University of Texas has a Master of Science program with the emphasis being Science and Technology Commercialization. The curriculum looks fantastic. Though this isn't primarily a program for starting a business ...
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