Category: Random

“If you got code problems, I feel sorry for you son. I got 99 problems, but a glitch ain’t one.” That’s my favorite Tweet I saw during the Start Up Weekend in October, it’s a shame I can’t recall who it was that tweeted it. I’m no professional developer, and I don’t claim to be […]

For whatever reason it may be, you’re reading this right now. Maybe you ended up here on accident. Maybe you were bored. Or just maybe, you like what I write. No matter what the case, you’re reading this now. Without getting caught on why, how, when, where, and with whom, isn’t it random and fun […]

The trailers for Electric Daisy Carnival are getting better and better every year! Electric Daisy Carnival 2011 Trailer Electric Daisy Carnival 2010 Trailer Electric Daisy Carnival 2009 Trailer Electric Daisy Carnival 2008 Trailer Electric Daisy Carnival 2007 Trailer Electric Daisy Carnival 2006 Trailer

The “Pale Blue Dot” is a photo of the Earth taken from 3.8 billion miles away by the Voyager 1, 13 years after its launch. The Earth is only one pixel in size, so scroll below to see where it is. I want to share with you Dr. Carl Sagan‘s reflection on this photo: Look […]

Those of you who don’t follow baseball may not know Shigetoshi Hasegawa, a retired relief pitcher who achieved the status of All Star in 2003 when he was playing for the Mariners. Even those of you who know him from baseball probably didn’t know that he is also a best-selling author, a Japanese television personality, […]

I once briefly mentioned the process of Design by Coding, inspired by an article on Quora, “Life Without Photoshop.” Apparently, every part of Quora was designed in code from day 1. The benefits mentioned in the article are as follows: – Consistency and re-usability. – Forces simplicity. – Code structure begets design structure. – Ability to […]

I’m currently reading Keith Ferrazzi’s book, “Never Eat Alone”, and decided to act upon his seemingly obvious tip to keep track of the people I know and want to know. I have no intention of becoming a serial “networker”, but I do love meeting people. I love studying the chemistry between people as their relationship […]

Between my work, some recent travels and the Founder Institute, it’s been a little hectic and I haven’t had a chance to update my progress. Hopefully, I’ll get back to recapping it later. Tonight, I finished my first functioning prototype! After receiving some feedback during last night’s session, I realized my next step was to […]

  Update (9/21/2011) – Unexpectedly,I’ve recently joined a group to work on this open data project. Read the next blog post here. A Mashable article from this past February titled How Open Data Initiatives Can Improve City Life discusses how some major city governments in America that have opened up public data as an API […]

I flew into Tokyo today, because my brother’s getting married on Sunday. It’s a 16 hour difference from Los Angeles, and a 12 hour flight, meaning I arrived at the place my parent’s are staying at 30 hours after I left Los Angeles. Even crazier, I’ll arrive in LA a few hours before I leave […]