May 2011
7 posts
RT @sharifkouddous: New post with @nicoleasalazar on the Muslim Brotherhood opening its new headquarters http://t.co/manOAE6
Startups: Just say NO to outsourcing, contracting,... →
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#leanstartup #mvp RT @newsycombinator: Jobs’ on the importance of saying “no” http://j.mp/lno5jM
Wow, Pinkberry promoting their Crowdtap influencer program right in the main section of their homepage!
Rails 3 Performance - Not Good Enough →
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.@vacanti @fraser and the inaugural lean startup meetup class! congrats @vacanti & @jdmoran!
Reading through guides.sproutcore.com. They’ve come a long way, simplest MVC JS framework I’ve seen. cc @joshuaclayton @ignu
April 2011
9 posts
RT @W_omar: Barricades in #tahrir are being reinforced, protesters are very charged, big cluster of people by egyptian museum #egypt #ja …
Just finished hosting another #ohours. Great meeting @nateberkopec and mathew farkash.
#disruption RT @sankim: Princeton Review stock went up 17% following the ShowMe iPad app announcement! http://t.co/hiFM2T4
RT @unclebobmartin: I find it odd that people expect that 100% coverage will cost them. Actually cost is inversely proportional to cove …
RT @ohours: Great news! Union Square Ventures just posted their next #Ohours. Sign up for them here: http://ohr.me/f4HZAe [New York, NY]
RT @themikehorn: Really excited that @craftcoffeeco is featured in Tasting Table today! http://bit.ly/g6xpUk. Tasting Boxes on sale thr …
RT @NevineZaki: Parents who veil their 7 year old daughter’s hair is beyond me, because they force people to see her as sexual a object …
Mentoring #lsmnyc (@ General Assembly w/ 10 others) http://4sq.com/evdIqh
Watching @jeremyscahill in the @DemocracyNow studio (@ Democracy Now! studios) [pic]: http://4sq.com/dQv5sM
March 2011
13 posts
Breakfast with my favorite VC in the city at my favorite breakfast place RT @phineasb: I’m at Egg w/ @kareemk http://4sq.com/grJpwl
Just finished hosting another @ohours with @bkudryavsky, @jphaas1 and @DavidRostan. Three great conversations, I’m getting hooked.
Do what you love. Many job opportunities @crowdtap. http://crowdtap.it/jobs/.
Watching my “brother from another mother” @jeremyscahill rock it on @billmaher
RT @jeremyscahill: Al Jazeera correspondent reporting live from a rally against al Jazeera in #Syria.
My third @ohours, this is turning into a habit. Sign up here - http://t.co/Hy0x0Nb
is that snow i see outside?
Explore on @foursqure is using time of day to filter recommendations. Breakfast places in the morning. Dinner places at night. Awesome.
Lean is not the opposite of fat. Lean is the opposite of wasteful. #leanstartupmisconceptions
Best day of the year. Post #SXSW goodness for @Crowdtap & dinner outside with a special person. #springishere
#wishiwasmybrotherforaday RT @sharifkouddous: In car with delegation that brought Aristide, incl Danny Glover http://plixi.com/p/84935173
RT @kevindewalt: #LeanStartup meetup organizers share best practices from around the world http://t.co/o9ZxUO0 http://t.co/5J2EGFW
From Project Austin to Austin cc @brandone (@ Terminal C w/ 4 others) http://4sq.com/ejR68Y
February 2011
11 posts
Engineers Recruit Engineers With Hackruiter →
Previously video-hiring service HireHive, the founders behind Y Combinator-backed Hackruiter have taken the next logical step in being solving the problem of hiring good people, and have…
RT @stevecheney: blogging is open sourcing your brain.
I’ve made plans for Coming of Age Social: Opportunity of Teens Online and The Crowdtap Launch Party at SXSW http://planca.st/Pkw
Protesters Use Google Moderator to Brainstorm... →
Wael Ghonim, the Google executive who had an important role in Egypt’s recent uprising, has used a product of his company to help sketch out the direction of the country’s future. Ghonim…
We’ve been using http://copycopter.com for months. Simple CMS for all the copy on your site. A must have for any Rails app.
RT @sharifkouddous: I’m having my first post-Mubarak beer #Egypt #Tahrir #Jan25
Drinks on me tonight in Astoria to celebrate the rebirth of #Egypt #Jan25 #110211
RT @AMFattouh: Perhaps we can sell him Sharm for $70Bn and kill 2 birds with one stone.
RT @AMFattouh: Activist leaders wisely advising crowds to remain peaceful and not give govt an excuse to attack
RT @Ghonim: Dear Egyptians, Failure is not an option #Jan25
RT @kylebragger: Go Jets!
December 2010
6 posts
Just setup office hours http://ohours.org/kareemk thanks to the hard work of @innonate. First session will be Wed 12/22 @ 4pm.
RT @IncMagazine: “A startup is an entity that is built to learn. That is its sole purpose.” @EricRies #leanstartup #inclive http://www.i …
“The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts” - William Lyon Phelps
Zebulon, Janka Nabay (and the Bubu Gang), Icarus Himself (12/04 at 8pm, live music) - I love the african beats. Liste… http://ha.pn/3DAy
Auto Scaling Suspend/Resume →
The development team likes to call this feature the “Big Red Button.”
You can use CloudWatch’s Auto Scaling feature to scale your EC2 capacity up and down according to conditions that you…
What Does The Internet Mean For Radio? →
I’m sitting here writing a blog post and listening to my radio station, fredwilson.fm. And I’m thinking about what the Internet means for radio. The reason is next Tuesday afternoon at 3:40pm I’m…
October 2010
4 posts
RT @danlfo: Great @Crowdtap presentation this morning by @brandone at #ingenuity2010
RT @innonate: Just subscribed to @kylebragger’s #Letterly http://letter.ly/kyle
Quirky sounds awesome. crowdsourcing creation of physical products = i love it. #ingenuity2010.
The Pyramid to Enlightenment is Upside-Down →
I’ve been thinking a great deal about Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the one we all learned about in our introduction to psychology class in college. It’s shaped like a pyramid (no, not the food…