August 2011
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George Taylor McKnight: Lollapalooza's First... →
gtmcknight: Lollapalooza’s HackLolla was the first time a top tier festival took a chance to embrace the developer community and see what happened. The results are stunning. I created this chart to show the criteria I chose for evaluating the entries. There were 15 apps completed over the 50 day contest…
Aug 29th
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June 2011
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Jun 26th
How to put a VC in the hot seat
rajibedi: Investors should sit in the hot seat, too. Who you decide to take an investment from can have a huge impact on the future success, or failure, of your company. When the ball is in your court, dribble, don’t pass right away. Ask these 10 questions to a VC and some of them will feel the burn.  Read More
Jun 2nd
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May 2011
3 posts
Raw Syntax: Importance of Side Projects →
rawsyntax: Side projects are important for a few reasons. Programming is a creative process. Side projects allow programming without deadlines or restraints. Side projects allow programming in an exploratory way.
May 30th
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Up and to the right.
May 20th
Mark Birch. Strong Opinions.: Should You Join a... →
marksbirch: However, like any good entrepreneur, you should learn as much as you can, then use your gut judgment to determine whether an incubator is right for you and your startup. Gut instinct is a very important factor and one of the main reasons Keepstream went with Capital Factory. The comfort factor we reached with the mentors during the end of the interview let us know that the program...
May 12th
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April 2011
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Apr 11th
March 2011
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The vast majority of tweets, posts, and social media statuses are transient; they are seen and quickly discarded. This structure is intentional, as most statuses are frivolous in nature. But what about the 1% of tweets we enjoy and want to reference again? We need a system that allows for easy categorization of content, so that referencing a tweet from any point in time is quick and easy. I am...
Mar 29th
July 2008
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MLB Gametime Weather Forecast
As an entry into the Weatherbug API Contest, I have built a MLB Gametime Weather Forecast web page and widget. This small app displays the game information and start time weather forecast for all MLB games. I have also submitted a modified version on Widgetbox which includes a small widget for all the MLB teams, not just the user’s favorite team. Entering into an API contest is a great...
Jul 10th
June 2008
4 posts
Google's Android: Why cell phone companies must...
Revolutionary changes are coming to the phone market. The cracks started appearing last year with Apple’s iPhone and its ability to provide full web browsing and a UI that doesn’t frustrate the handset owner. The iPhone has started a movement, but Google’s Android platform, as profiled in an excellent article by Wired, is going to completely change the industry. Android works not by...
Jun 25th
MLB Standings: When RSS is not an option
In the past few weeks, my friend Mike started a sports blog about the Cleveland Indians called Tribe Opinion. In it, he writes about the team and speculates on possible trades and moves in the lineup. Cleveland sports fans should definitely read his posts; often times, Mike goes into greater detail than the Plain Dealer writers (see Mike’s post on Andy Marte for proof). For his blog, Mike...
Jun 16th
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MIMvista's iPhone Application
MIMvista, a biomedical imaging company from Cleveland Ohio, just demonstrated their iPhone Application at WWDC 2008. Their application is a touch screen-enabled version of their 3D modeling software, combining X-ray, MRI, and other medical images into a complete view of the patient. With an obscure company from Cleveland demonstrating a new technology at WWDC, MIMvista’s web page...
Jun 9th
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Columbus Startup Weekend
Startup Weekend is a high intensity conference where attendees design and implement an online web application in a two day event. Groups of developers, business managers, marketers, and designers collaborate to build their application and present their companies to the other groups. Columbus will be hosting the first Startup Weekend in Ohio in July. I will be in attendance as a Front End...
Jun 9th