The Grazr widget will stop functioning

July 28, 2010

Sadly, Grazr.com is currently in the process of shutting down. Grazr the company has no official blog anymore so I’ve decided to write about the news. The truth is Grazr and the Grazr Widget have not been a focus of the company for a long time and it appears that the company can no longer justify the expense of keeping it running.

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Boston Downtown

July 27, 2010

Took this picture the other day while we were driving around downtown. I love the light, the mixture of old and new architecture as well as the perspective. I’m not generally a good photographer but I thought this one turned out pretty cool. (Oh and it’s a pic with my new iPhone 4)

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Something about startup competitions just doesn’t feel right

July 11, 2010

the process for competing in business plan or startup competitions is only tangentially related to what really needs to be done to launch a real, viable startup. I have a feeling that excelling in the environment of these kinds of competitions is, at best, inefficient use of time and effort and at worst, teaching potential entrepreneurs the wrong things to focus on for launching a company.

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Startup Accelerator: Anything Goes Lab two week pilot

July 11, 2010

I’ve been trying to “hack the startup process” with a new kind of startup lab for a few months now. As part of the process of trying to launch TenZeroLab, I’ve been talking to a lot of people, pitching and describing the concepts behind it. Recently I started getting one particular piece of feedback: “Talk [...]

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Tilt to Live – favorite iPhone game so far

June 27, 2010

Overall it’s a very high-quality game. The graphics are simple but satisfying. The music is fun. There are little tongue-in-cheek “Awards” you unlock for various game events. When you get enough awards, you unlock new weapons. Even though it’s accelerometer-based, the control isn’t twitchy or annoying. The game has enough twists and strategy to keep me trying that just… one… more… time…

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Lackluster Startups Magazine

June 21, 2010

The magazine was pretty thin and didn’t really have much meat to it. If you’re just curious about startups (haven’t yet put any plans into action or done any research at all) this magazine might be somewhat interesting to you. The articles were OK, but not very informative or particularly inspiring. Part of the magazine was devoted to tips for getting started but these tips should be fairly well known to anyone who’s been even remotely interested in startups.

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We want to be interrupted

June 6, 2010

Recently I read an article in Wired, “The Web Shatters Focus, Rewires Brains” by Nicholas Carr in the June 2010 edition (adapted from his upcoming book The Shallows). I thought it was thought provoking because I’ve been dealing with some personal focus fragmentation issues. As someone who writes software, I often need long uninterrupted blocks [...]

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Android market share _is_ as impressive as it looks

May 11, 2010

Google wants people to get a free android handset with their cell plan. When all “feature phones” are running some version of Android, what platform will developers build for?

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Another tip for using Gmail IMAP with Apple Mail

April 20, 2010

gmail “Labs” now includes an Advanced IMAP settings feature that improve the experience of using Mail with gmail

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How much would you pay for the universe?

April 12, 2010

Nobody’s dreaming about tomorrow anymore. NASA knows how to dream about tomorrow. If the funding can accommodate it, the funding can empower it, the funding can enable it.

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