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Why I Built Dossier, the Job Tracker My Spreadsheet Couldn’t Be
Throughout the periods of unemployment I’ve experienced during my professional career, a spreadsheet proved to be vital in managing the job search process. Yet, although setting it up was easy and fairly low-tech, keeping it updated was manual and tedious. Updating a listing for a job I applied for required modifying numerous cells in a […]
Washington’s Tech Ecosystem Still Traces Back to Microsoft and UW: WTIA
In 2015, the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) published a sprawling infographic that traced more than 600 homegrown companies back to the people who started them. The “Seattle Tech Universe” was cartography with a thesis: the region builds more than Amazon, Microsoft, Expedia, and Boeing. Eleven years later, the WTIA is redrawing it. At this […]
Introducing OnCue: A Live Newsroom for Your Own Site
One piece of entrepreneurial advice I picked up in Silicon Valley has stuck with me: Build something that solves a problem you have. It’s an idea that became my guiding principle as I set out on what I’ve been calling my “summer of building”—a run of months spent turning app concepts into working tools. It’s […]
Some Personal News…
Nearly two years ago, I joined VentureBeat to partake in an opportunity to write about interesting companies, and indeed I have. Working at this great publication has given me a chance to not only compete alongside the best, but cover fascinating tidbits of news and interview amazing folks, such as Vint Cerf, Y Combinator’s Sam […]
Introspective: Three Years Later, Back On Steady Ground, And I’m Still Here
As I started to write more blog posts this month, I looked at my calendar and realized that it’s nearly three years since I’ve moved to San Francisco. So as a blogger may typically do, I decided to continue on with my introspective as I had done when I marked my 1 year anniversary and […]
Creating Your Own Echo Chamber With The E2 Stream
We’ve all seen it. Companies are advertising on television or through their websites and when they say they have a Facebook page or Twitter account, they’re taking you to that service. You’re no longer centralizing that conversation. It’s going to be impossible for you to tie it all back together. Wouldn’t your community managers prefer […]
Groupon’s $3 Million Super Mistake That People Won’t Save Money On
The Super Bowl is one of the biggest commercial spotlights in all of advertising’s history. In the past couple of posts, I’ve written about commercial faux pas and interesting success stories in dealing with brands. However, who would have thought that on the heels of designer Kenneth Cole’s infamous tweet that there would be a […]
Tips For Building A Mobile App & Why You Want To Have One
Chances are that you have a smartphone. And I’m not just talking about an iPhone, but also an Android device, Blackberry or even a Windows Phone. And you’re probably using it for something way more important than simply making a phone call. Just this weekend, Apple announced that it sold it’s 10 billionth app from […]
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Is TIME’s Person of the Year & Why That’s Just Right
In 2006, TIME magazine announced that it was giving the coveted title of its “Person of the Year” to someone we all were very familiar with: You. In doing so, they were acknowledging that in 2006, the role social media played in shaping the news and affecting the way the world worked was quite legitimate. […]
Another Year With Another Moment of Reflection
I’m a bit behind on this, but nevertheless I thought I’d mark this occasion once again. If you’ve been keeping track of my adventures, you might be aware of the significance of this month…it marks my second year here in San Francisco living out what might be considered my dream…and there have certainly been some […]
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