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Tag Archives: startups
pick.im and keyboard-less searching
My friend Andrew Hyde recently launched a really cool service for freelancers called pick.im (pronounced (pick ‘em). Here’s what it looks like in Mobile Safari on the iPad: It searches based on three things: location, type of service, and budget. … Continue reading
What I love about twitter
I’ve become a somewhat avid twitter user over the last several months. It’s helped me to stay in contact with existing friends and to get to know a few people from Refresh Phoenix, a local web design/development club. For those … Continue reading
TailRank Has Comments
One of my favorite web apps for finding news is TailRank. TailRank indexes thousands of blogs, and shows news that is that is being discussed by lots of legitimate bloggers. On their page, there are a bunch of stories, each … Continue reading
Dynamically Balancing Biped Robot
Valentine’s Day was fairly uneventful for me this year, but humankind made significant progress that day. Trevor Blackwell, a very smart man and a friend of Paul Graham, got his robot, Dexter, to walk with dynamic balancing. The video is … Continue reading
How Many Startup Employees Does It Take To Change A Light Bulb?
Dharmesh Shaw posted a humor piece to his excellent blog at OnStartups.com. I thought the part for strategy type was the funniest (particularly because I’ve had a strategy type for a supervisor before): Strategy Type: Forget the light bulb. We … Continue reading