Starting Up

More excitement…. the t=0 kickoff video. The concept of...

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:11:05 -0400

More excitement…. the t=0 kickoff video. The concept of the festival is to encourage MIT students to start innovating (startups, art, and everything besides) EARLY…. in other words, as soon as they get to MIT.

It’s coming! Less than a week until an incredibly...

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:53:00 -0400

It’s coming! Less than a week until an incredibly exciting startup weekend at MIT. Masterminded by my friends Eliot Cohen and Shambhavi Kadam, you can also read more press coverage if you’re interested.

Today was the kickoff for the Lean Startup Challenge. Amazing...

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 14:57:00 -0400

Today was the kickoff for the Lean Startup Challenge. Amazing to see months of work culminating into something as tangible as this. Above we have Brant Cooper, author of Marketing by the Numbers and a “lean zen master” workshopping the business model of Localocracy, with founder Conor White-Sullivan.

Make way for these Bruins fans!

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:23:57 -0400

Make way for these Bruins fans!

A little rain is not enough to stop myself and the cute BF from...

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 17:39:29 -0400

A little rain is not enough to stop myself and the cute BF from hitting a wine tasting in Truro on the Cape.

Large “Tell Someone” box placed by the MBTA in the...

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:46:52 -0400

Large “Tell Someone” box placed by the MBTA in the Harvard Square T station. The era of constant vigilance is frankly, a little exhausting, but I have a soft spot for brilliant public awareness campaigns.

Another interesting university-based initiative is Founder...

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:00:06 -0400

Another interesting university-based initiative is Founder School across the country at Berkeley. Lovely to see an incubator within an academic setting, and can’t wait to see the results of the first class.

One of the startup organizations I most admire is women 2.0. ...

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:27:06 -0400

One of the startup organizations I most admire is women 2.0. And a shout-out to someone else I admire, Caterina Fake.

I am completely blown away by the findings of The Startup Genome...

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:08:00 -0400

I am completely blown away by the findings of The Startup Genome Project. Brilliant. How come no one has done this before? I can’t wait to take the startup personality test; if you know me well, you know I love personality tests. This also helps with my frustration with the idea that being in the Valley is the only way to make it (which I believe is outdated), and in a brilliant, data-backed and practical way. Did I say brilliant yet?

My sister treated me to an amazing sushi tasting last night in...

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 09:27:17 -0400

My sister treated me to an amazing sushi tasting last night in DC. Here is the sea turtle soup, a beautifully presented delicacy.

Beginner's mind

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 22:17:00 -0400

I’ve been “passively” blogging for a while now, meaning that I’d set up a tumblr to pick up links and other detritus from my social media feeds. In fact, I did this so long ago that I had forgotten it was still active. I had the intention this week of “starting a blog again,” only to discover that I already had a live one.

Nevertheless, I’m disabling the feed stalking and manning this tumblog again. I’ve also deleted a whole slew of auto-posts from 2009-2010, which has left me with an odd empty feeling in my stomach. I’ll try to make this more useful this time around.

Pitching without PowerPoint: 8 Tips for a First Meeting | KartMe

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:32:36 -0500

Pitching without PowerPoint: 8 Tips for a First Meeting | KartMe

CSS Techniques I Wish I Knew When I Started Designing Websites - Noupe

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:32:35 -0500

CSS Techniques I Wish I Knew When I Started Designing Websites - Noupe

A Walk in Calcutta - NYTimes.com

Sat, 02 May 2009 22:52:24 -0400

A Walk in Calcutta - NYTimes.com:

Somini has always been one of my favorite Times writers, and here she writes with love and nostalgia about her birth city.

Earnings: Viacom Profit Down 34 Percent; ‘Rock Band’ Sales Strike Sour Chord | paidContent.org

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:49:54 -0400

Earnings: Viacom Profit Down 34 Percent; ‘Rock Band’ Sales Strike Sour Chord | paidContent.org:

On the earnings call, CEO Pilippe Dauman and CFO Tom Dooley provided some more detail about on how the two pieces of the business would try to boost performance as the economy recovered. They…

RT @jamesIII: Susan Boyle update: 170M views, 470k comments, 1k placements. slowing down to 8M...

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:18:56 -0400

RT @jamesIII: Susan Boyle update: 170M views, 470k comments, 1k placements. slowing down to 8M growth in views per day! http://cli.gs/dESHgA

ExpressionEngine - Publish Your Universe!

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:49:53 -0400

ExpressionEngine - Publish Your Universe!:

I’ve heard of ExpressionEngine. Reminder to myself to come back and look at this.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Web tool 'as important as Google'

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:49:53 -0400

BBC NEWS | Technology | Web tool 'as important as Google':

Super-cool advancements in natural language processing + search. I haven’t used Twine yet, but I’m on their mailing list… I should log in and check out where they are.

Definitive List of CSS Frameworks - Pick Your Style | W3Avenue

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:49:52 -0400

Definitive List of CSS Frameworks - Pick Your Style | W3Avenue:

Useful tools for rapid site development (when you want the site to actually look clean and stylish. So to speak :)

10 lessons from a failed startup » VentureBeat

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:49:51 -0400

10 lessons from a failed startup » VentureBeat:

This is an immensely valuable read. Fellows in the program have been asking about this recently…. what have entrepreneurs learned from failures.