I was amused by the traffic sources to my site sXcPets.com I don’t know whether it worries me more that there are people searching for “sexy gorela pics” or that they cannot spell gorilla.
Author Archives: chris
Is it possible to fund startups in a different way through city investment funds?
I’m excited and apprehensive about Portland Mayor Sam Adam’s proposals to get the city involved in funding more software startups in Portland. Excited because I love Portland, and feel limited that there are very few tech companies taking on big problems, and this means there are few seasoned executives and engineers, here in Portland, who …
Are Android customers left to rot the moment we walk out of the store?
I’ve been a T-Mobile customer for over ten years, back when it was Voicestream. I had used the G1 for a bit, but then needed to test things on the iPhone, and until late August of this year I was using a jailbroken iPhone. I have to admit, I liked the interface a lot, but …
stop complaining
One of the most interesting promises I made in my life was to stop complaining and make a request when I get upset at someone. I got this from doing a seminar where we were asked to consider making a request instead of complaining. This means you make a commitment to yourself to do something …
technology: is there a hidden benefit to zero privacy?
I’m perhaps one of the few people on the Internet that purposely keeps as much as possible public on the Internet. I figure if I put it there, it should be public, because it will be public even if I try to keep it private. The internet is a copy machine, as Kevin Kelly says, …
Ron Conway’s list
I love this list: http://www.readwriteweb.com/start/2010/09/ron-conways-7-tech-megatrends.php Social Real Time Location Based Services The Urban Entrepreneur Mobile Flash Sales Behavior & Transactions I looked at the current businesses I am working on and saw a lot of items that would fit. However, one interesting note was whether a startup that is focused on one space would be better …
peace: finding love
I met with my former business coach last week. When I worked with him in a business coach relationship, it was odd because the business coaching often required me diving into deeply personal things like feelings of self-worth, commitment and a bunch of other places I would never had assumed I would have to go. …
human potential: why I am a proponent of the Landmark Forum
I have been wanting to write my thoughts on the Landmark Forum for a long time. I think I wanted to write it because I have strong feelings about what doing that course did for my life, and also because there are very strong opinions all over the Internet about what others think about it. I …
automatic code reloading using node.js
There are two suggestions for reloading code using Node.js right now. One is DJs (http://github.com/lrbabe/node-DJs) and the other is supervisor (http://github.com/isaacs/node-supervisor). The difference between the two is that DJs automatically watches all files which have been required and reloads them when it sees a change *without* stopping your app, while supervisor reloads the entire app …
The “truth” about the Red and Black Cafe story
I walked into the Red and Black today and was surprised to hear that they have been featured on CNN and Gawker in the past few days. The story is: “Cops vs. Vegans” But, this, of course, has nothing to do with what really happened, it is just what the newspapers and corporate media websites have …