December 2010
eleven thirty →
It’s not just the right time twice a day, it’s my wife Michelle’s birthday. She’s 29 years old at 7 am this morning. That’s really 29 as opposed to fictional 29 for the next decade. It’s…
November 2010
reecepacheco:
Not Not Nervous by Get Him Eat...
Failing faster, Life waits for no founder’s... →
Alas poor Yorick!, I knew him Horatio
You put everything you have into building a prototype. You put everything you have into marketing that symbol. You put everything into finding kindred spirits…
I’m Sparticus! Quasi-Resilient Startup Interfaces... →
APIs are a Contract which Startups Constantly Renegotiate
One of the key value propositions of web startups is an application programming interface (API) or a read/write interface. If you’re a…
After Thanksgiving, Turkey’s a Four Letter Word →
There was a bit of a mixup this holiday where both my pop, and my wife both purchased turkeys. The plan was for us to cook and transport the turkey to my folks place Thursday. Three days…
Where do you get your best work done? →
Mind in Motion
For me, there’s no better place for thinking than a long walk. When I write a post from my desktop it’s a struggle in comparison. What takes 45 minutes while walking, most of that…
How many of your favorite influencers make you... →
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I tune into a few dozen bloggers/authors regularly. The topics range from inspiration, to investors, to tech, to entrepreneurs. I enjoy and respect all the…
Safe Guarding Future Web Evolution →
The web and the underlying connected internet are two of the most socially revolutionary technologies in existence today. While reading Tim Berners-Lee long form article this morning Long Live the Web
CouchOne – Blog: Data in the Cloud: Don’t Forget... →
couchio:
I recently attended the QConSF panel discussion entitled “Data in the Cloud.” Buzzwordiness aside, it was a good chance to get a wide cross section of the new breed of data companies in one room. Damien Katz spoke for CouchOne/CouchDB and panel members included folks from Cloudera, MongoDB,…
I’ll have the unusual →
We are undeniably creatures of habit, who find comfort in familiar faces and places. Yet in an ocean of what is ordinary, we tirelessly seek the unusual. What is extraordinary is also remarkable….
The Wonder of Traveling is Awesome, the Comfort of... →
Why not have both?
There’s nothing quite like a night of rest in your own bed after several days of travel. It could be a quirk peculiar to my own instincts, but the depth and length of…
Wrapping up the Silicon Valley Tour →
My wife finished up her AMP conference last night and I finished my quest for juicy wifi and exploring the lower part of the valley. After walking, taking buses, hopping on TSA trams, and the…
Samurai and Ronin, Founders and First Employees →
This post is the result of introspection related to a couple of positions I’ve come across. The most recent is an employee number one position in a YC company lead by two founders called …
What’s Happening in Silicon Valley →
My wife and I are vacating our vacation hub of San Jose for the evening and heading up north and west, presumably to the Palo Alto area. After asking around and a quick search here’s the…
Net Fluctuations in San Jose: 64kbps to 23mbps →
Howdy eager readers and net junkies. I’ve traveled across the continent to hitch a cheap room with my wife, who’s busy at the AMP conference in mid town San Jose.
Upon arriving in SFO…
It’s never finished until you are →
How far you take a project is unknown until the moment you yield
Projects are slippery propositions. They start as little more than light notions, yet develop into obsessions before you realize…
The Web Modeled as an Elaborate Ponzi Scheme →
This hypothesis of this post is merely food for thought, but is worth keeping an eye on as the web grows. Thanks to my friend Ben for planting this conspiracy theory in my head a while back. I’ll…
Long commutes beg for Telepresence →
I was tight on time this AM, because of a 5 hour commute to a meeting a few hundred miles from home.* I haven’t travelled for my job in a little over 5 years, but opportunity knocks.
Sharp…
Permission and Open Subscription Protocols →
Network growth is founded on valuable information exchange and social interaction. The less tax per exchange, the more rapid the network can grow once adopted by sufficient users. Once two nodes…
Data-Driven Startups by David Cancel →
The breadcrumb trail to a slide deck
Lost in the haze between 3-4am this morning I read Maximizing Iterations a post by Michael Montano, co-founder of BackType. I was guided there via Nathan…
Rocking Chair, Portable Realtime Feeds ala CouchDB →
Imagine subscribing to your favorite real time feeds on the go, and having them automagically cached to your favorite local database. I like to think of portable feeds as a variant of…
The Fount of Energy, Enthusiasm, and Motivation... →
Youth
The stampede of two one and half year old dogs up and down the hallway at 5am is all the evidence I need of the boundless vitality of physical youth. But what I refer to isn’t…
Hunting the Miracle of Motivation →
Each day I awaken with an uneasy feeling deep in the pit of my gut. I can’t shake the sensation that I’m stalking the ghost of a force man was never meant to hold onto.
What I’m after is the…
