The Madness of Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer is an interesting guy. He was the CEO of Microsoft for 14 years and now owns the LA Clippers. On the one hand he’s an intelligent, shrewd, and hard-nosed businessman. He scored a perfect 800 on the math section of the SATs. He even out performed Bill…

Renting An Apartment In NYC Sucks

By far the worst part of living in NYC is finding a place to rent. I’ve been through the leasing process twice, lived on airbnb and temporary places for about a year, and got so fed up with finding an apartment last year that I moved onto a boat…

Geographic Sadness

I have a fascination with geography. Growing up I loved looking at maps - and luckily had plenty to pore over in my house. In recent years I’ve gone digital, and often find myself just staring at Google Maps for hours on end. A big part of geography is…

Just Start Building

“The best thing you can do is the right thing; the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing; the worst thing you can do is nothing.” -Theodore Roosevelt I’m a thinker. In just the last week I thought of a handful of new ideas, spent hours…

Dreaming in APIs

APIs are in the midst of fundamentally remaking the way software works. Not too long ago each software program stood alone running on a computer without the ability to connect to the internet. Then the web came along and we were able to deliver rich applications right in the browser…

It's OKAY to get LOST

The TV Series LOST is about the survivors of a plane crash who are ‘lost’ on a mysterious island. After a few months (and a few seasons), Jack eventually leads 6 survivors back home to safety. He think’s he’s finally ‘found’, but this is when he truly get…