Archive for April, 2008

That felt good

Monday, April 28th, 2008

I came home tonight and had a big envelope from DonorsChoose.org in the mail. I gave some money to an elementary school in my hometown to help pay for some math materials a few months ago through DonorsChoose. I figured it was some sort of promotional material or non-profit disclosure. ...

What Twitter has done for me

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

I was at a talk given by Guy Kawasaki tonight at the Houston Technology Center. He was great, it was free, and though there were no mind-altering revelations Guy did talk about things that I need to remember to do as I pursue my start-up dreams. One thing he talked ...

Launch Silicon Valley 2008

Monday, April 21st, 2008

I received an email from the Launch Silicon Valley 2008 team this evening. I'm not ready to present my projects yet as I won't be launch-ready by June 10th, but some of you out there may be. Peldi? The event has a solid set of sponsors including ...

Coinstar & Redbox

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

I've written about Redbox before and how I am a big fan. Last night I went by to pick up a movie and here was the scene. I had to be a little careful taking the picture. With 10 people in a picture taken at Wal-Mart there are very good odds ...

Pretty Exciting Times

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

  After talking to several developers and designers I'm close to finalizing the group of people that I'm going to work with to get at least one of my projects off the ground. I'm hoping to bring in at least one person as a partner and then the others will ...

Del Castillo last night

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

  Last night I went to see a Del Castillo play at Warehouse Live. Wow. I have to say that I was completely blown away. These guys put on a show, know how to play, know how to work an audience (ladies you will love these guys) and just ...

A personal wiki

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

I came across Andy Payne's website this morning from a reference on Hacker News. The item that took me to his site was about startup equity which I am researching as I work my way through trying to find a partner for my own startup plans. What caught my attention ...