Oct 7
Amidst the financial crisis and impending fire and brimstone of the economic apocalypse (isn’t the media great), I’ve started a new chapter in my journey towards a Top Startup. Thrive.
Avi Karnani, our tenacious CEO convinced me to forgo dreams of the west coast and join the team in New York. I started in the beginning of September as the Product Manager.
What are we doing?
…we’re building the first on-line, 24/7 financial advisory for young adults. We help people in their twenties and thirties gain control over their financial lives by helping them figure out what to do with their money-aside from spending it!
The Loudwater Labs team had been hard at work with Thrive before I joined, and I’m honored to be working with such a talented group of people. The website is ready for you to use it, so try it for free and tell me what you think in the comments below.
p.s. We’re also looking for talented software engineers to join the team.
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Apr 24
Where are you tweeting? Where are you blogging? Where was that picture taken? Where are your friends?
It’s a big world out there and location is an axis on which everyone is dying to slice you up.
You don’t have to be on the terrorist watch list to get value putting your location online. I’ve picked my horse and it’s Fire Eagle.
There are a bunch of other horses for storing your location. They are irrelevant. Everyone else wants to trap “where” in a walled garden. Fire Eagle allows developers to create applications around providing your location. I’m using Navizon on my iPhone to update Fire Eagle. Fire Eagle also allows developers to create applications that utilize your location. Dan Choi helped me build the map to the right using Fire Eagle ->.
Why should I tell Twitter where I am and Google Maps where I am. I want to tell Fire Eagle where I am and let Fire Eagle tell everyone else – at the level of granularity I choose.
Developers take notice: Support fire eagle for location based services or you are a second tier web 2.0 app.
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Jan 31
If you missed the opportunity to watch good2gether launch live (we’re still not public though), don’t worry. Watch this video to see Greg McHale rock the auditorium in Palm Desert. Everyone on the dev team (Jon P, BDV, Bill) and the design team (Jon R., Tim) made miracles happen to get the platform as polished as it is for DEMO. Check it out after the jump: Read the rest of this entry »
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Jan 28
Did I mention that good2gether is launching live at DEMO ‘08? You can watch Greg and Brian’s 6 minute presentation live.
Make sure you register at the DEMO website. Mark your calendars! Greg and Brian will be on stage on Wednesday, January 30th 10:45am PST (1:45pm EST). We’ll probably have it projected on the wall at BetaHouse. Let me know if you’d like to come. This is a big deal for us, and we’re really excited to get a sneak peak out to the world.
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Jan 6
Did you know, I’m addicted to Yelp? Yelp is an online social networking and review site. In 2007, it completely replaced Citysearch (shitty-search) as the way to find good restaurants in Boston, New York, Houston, wherever (in the US)! Here’s why: Read the rest of this entry »
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Dec 13
About a month ago, I decided to use Picasa Web Albums. After arriving back from Argentina, I realized if I were to upload my pictures to Picasa Web Albums, I would very quickly run out of space.
Michelle who was on my trip had her photos on flickr and my friend Brian in Betahouse used flickr. So, I decided to give it a shot. I love it and wouldnt switch back. Read the rest of this entry »
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Dec 13
Back in September, when I was moving in to my place. I remember seeing a funny looking car with something strapped to the roof. Apparently that funny looking car saw me too. Read the rest of this entry »
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Dec 12
WebInno is hosting a super secret special event on January 8th at 6:30pm about developing for Facebook, Bebo, Opensocial. Local companies are going to share their experience with those platforms. It should be a great networking opportunity to meet people in the space. Registration is free (password protected) and space is limited.
Here’s the link to register, drop me a comment with your email for the password.
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Dec 12
Do you hear that?
It’s the sound of silence. It’s the sound of my inbox no longer receiving email from applications my “friends” use. Ninjas vs. Pirates, do I really care. Here’s one I received recently: Read the rest of this entry »
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Dec 8
I added a new review to Yelp! and understood Facebook’s Beacon all at the same time. It’s powerful, and a very good idea. Im slightly impressed Read the rest of this entry »
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