Still Hungry, Still Foolish: Archive

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May 31st

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“You know for me, there’s nothing better than sharing the music I love with...”

– John Digweed

Apr 25th

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It's (not so) great to be a Florida Gator

I’m embarrassed. By now, you’ve probably read the Forbes article which chastises the University of Florida (my alma mater) for cutting their Computer Science department. “Let’s get this straight: in the midst of a technology revolution, with a shortage of engineers and computer scientists, UF decides to cut computer science completely? ” I agree one hundred percent....

Apr 24th

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“Maybe it’s a bad idea to have really big ambitions initially, because the...”

– Paul Graham, on Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas

Apr 23rd

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Apr 4th

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Feb 23rd

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Lost & found doesn’t have to suck.

Feb 9th

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On Social Experiments

“Have an idea for a startup? Don’t launch a company, launch an experiment.” - @vacanti Vin, from Yipit, wrote a great post suggesting entrepreneurs launch an experiment to prove their assumptions, before spending the cash and time building a product, a la the lean startup movement. He had an idea, spent one day coding it (instead of six months), to realize consumers maybe...

Jan 23rd

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Jan 10th

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Our Take: Building Products From Improvised User...

Sometimes, you just have to pay attention. Chris Dixon wrote an interesting blog post, regarding products build from improvised user behavior. We highly recommend you read it for yourself, but to summarize, some of today’s most popular technology startups were born from current behavior already present in niche culture. A good example mentioned by Chris: “For a long time, there...

Jan 3rd

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An Open Response to Time's 2011 Person of The...

We are living amidst a global revolution. We have access. We are being heard. We are making a difference. And it’s sparking new behaviors. It’s not only inspiring – it’s empowering. As I read Time’s piece, it reminded me of a common misconception around social media – that it in of itself is the revolution. Technology is a facilitator of human behavior, not a creator. Time’s Kurt Anderson...

Dec 19th

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Inspiration Is For Amateurs

Dec 19th

Learnings: Social Storytelling Experiment →

phoundit: At Phoundit, we love to experiment. So last month, we dropped several yellow notebooks throughout Manhattan asking people, “What makes you happy?” Our purpose was two-fold: 1. How can we better understand the behavior of sharing online what we find offline? (We asked finders to…

Dec 16th

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Redesigning Lost & Found

Back in March, I was fortunate to experience the epitome of human kindness. My journey began as I was heading to the bank to cash a check, where upon I panicked after realizing I’d lost it (womp womp). About a week later, I was blown away to find a check in my mailbox, returned by a good samaritan who found it along the way. It moved me. Someone took time out of their day to do the right...

Dec 14th

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Rethinking Airplane Mode

New York Times columnist Nick Bilton wrote an interesting piece questioning why passengers need to power down their electronic devices during takeoff and landing. Bilton writes: New technologies are often greeted with fear and that is certainly true of a disruptive technology like cellphones. Yet rules that are decades old persist without evidence to support the idea that someone reading an...

Dec 7th

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Dec 6th

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Defining My Purpose

Moved by Simon Sinek’s TED talk, How Great Leaders Inspire Action, I decided it was time to take an introspective look to articulate my “Why”. In my experience as an entrepreneur, it’s imperative to remember why you’re in the game - why you risk over ounce of stability to make your idea happen. Especially in this climate, it’s easy to be...

Dec 5th

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Nov 28th

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Nov 27th

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Carousel - Urban Hacking

Nov 22nd

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Nov 21st

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Design Tension: Skinny Jeans v. iPhone

(Photo credit: Joe Bertino @jjbert) Whether walking down Bedford or Bleecker, I’ve been observing an extreme number of people with their iPhones in-hand versus hidden inside their jean pockets. Originally, Steve Jobs and the Apple team designed the iPod (both the Mini and Nano) to rest within the inside pocket. Smart, I agree. But lately, I can’t help but to think the iPhone is deliberately...

Jul 11th

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