Today I was interviewed by Zynga, the social gaming company. Some of the details of the interviews are covered by an NDA, so to be safe I’ll just talk about my feelings at a high level. To keep people’s identities under wraps, I’ll refer to them using the first one or two letters of their…Continue Reading…
I met so many interesting people today that I’m not even sure where to begin. There are the four panelists, plus a few other folks I met as well. James Anthony, Inedible Software: I really resonate with his story. In many ways, sounds just like my own– including the success we’re both experiencing. Ben, Fluther:…Continue Reading…
The iPhone 3GS wasn’t Apple’s first “GS” computer. Back in 1986, Apple released the Apple IIGS, where the GS stood for Graphics and Sound. The iPhone 3GS’s S stands for Speed, and the G comes from “Generation”, as in “3rd generation wireless data”. I found two sites that compared the IIGS with the 3GS: Learning…Continue Reading…
Answer: our own government’s foreign policy of military interventionism. This question — what motivates terrorists? — is the key question that we must understand in order to reduce and, ideally, eliminate terrorism. Increased airport security and full-body scanners are not the solution. They do not address the root cause. And they are not, and will…Continue Reading…
It can be done. My first iPhone app, Brain Tuner, took about a week. 8 developers, 2 designers, and 1 team lead created a social networking, event planning app called Wikimeety, in just 7 days. Here’s the marketing blurb they sent me: The I-Phone Reality Show live from Venice, Italy Command Guru is a newborn…Continue Reading…
Even though my blog has been installed for many years, today I was treated to the “Welcome to WordPress” installation page, asking me to enter a Blog Title and my E-mail address. I logged into the FTP server to find an 11.3 MB error_log file in my blog directory. I downloaded it to find interesting errors…Continue Reading…