I love commercials, especially ones about the future. Some are inspiring, others are trite, and maybe plain stupid. But the fact that we can dream like this, and then see this stuff come true, is cool. 1939 World’s Fair – a Vision of 1960 “The freedom to think and the Continue Reading
I form first impressions very fast, and since I make a lot of friends through Twitter I’ve figured out some different ways of evaluating their profile to make some generalizations about who they talk to, how engaged they are with people, and what they’re interested in. It’s much faster to Continue Reading
Last night I stopped by the Valleywag mixer, which was geared towards PR and Media types, at Apartment 24. I was curious to meet Owen Thomas, and understand what he was trying to accomplish by bringing together flaks for a no-host bar (heh). If you don’t know, Valleywag is the Continue Reading
I was screwing around on Compete.com tonight, looking at the traffic of some of my favorite websites, and thought “oh yeah – I should look at Twitter”. As those of you familiar with Twitter know, there are TONS of ways to update the 140 character communication service without actually visiting Continue Reading
I started out at Startup Weekend feeling very non-committal about everything. Would I be in town on Sunday for the presentations? Did I have the energy or motivation to get something done over the weekend? On Friday night, I didn’t know. After the ideas were pitched I talked to a Continue Reading
I’m so proud of my husband, he’s finally quit his job at Microsoft and is already looking for new opportunities from Beijing. He’ll be back in the U.S. in late April and then the job search will become full blown. I can’t relate to what it is like to leave Continue Reading
Goodbye Whrrl and Pelago – thank you for all the memories, fun times, incredible product vision, introduction to Linux, mySQL, Mac everything, Jimmy John’s, call centers, and nerf guns as office supplies. My time at Pelago, captured in pictures… Whrrl v2.0 Alpha Launch Party Pelago Christmas Party 2008 – Karaoke! Continue Reading
Although I see out-dated phone booths along the road every 250 feet or so here in Beijing, I’ve yet to see someone use one this week. The world here is mobile. Even on the subway and elevators, the cellular signal never dies. Even without 3G, Chinese take advantage of text Continue Reading
I’m working on my New Years resolutions – and yes, this is my favorite holiday. For now, I’ll leave you with a poem I like to read when reflecting on the kind of person I’d like to be. IF by Rudyard Kipling If you can keep your head when all Continue Reading
We are all inventors each sailing out on a voyage of discovery guided each by a private chart of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates all opportunities. Ralph Waldo Emerson