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07.29.07TechCrunch 9 at August Capital
Events, Startup (2)TechCrunch 9 at August Capital was a blast. I had a lot of fun talking to the people there. Here are some of the pictures I took. Sarah Meyers was also videoblogging at the event. More coverage at: TechCrunch Dean Takahashi Industry Girl CenterNetworks Epicenter...
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07.27.07TechCrunch August Capital Tonight!
EventsTechCrunch has posted up the list of everyone going. There are a lot of big names in there. This should be a sweet event. Just to name a few in no specific order: Robert Scoble of Podtech Jeff Clavier of SoftTech VC Justin Kan of Justin.tv Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook Dave Winer of Scripting.com Marc Andreessen of Ning Jay Adelson of Digg Kevin Rose of Digg James Hong of HOTorNOT Om Malik of GigaOm Paul Graham of YCombinator Fred Vogelstein of Wired Magazine Jack Dorsey of Twitter Gabe Riveria of Techmeme Jason Calacanis of Mahalo See you at the TechCrunch party!
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07.26.07Ajax Web Developer: $240k per year… with only one catch
ProgrammingAnyone looking for a job? Just read this on Ajaxian: We recently got pinged about a job request that we just had to post about :) If you like coding in Ajax, and know how to shoot a gun, this could be for you. Title: Web Developer Salary: $200K plus DOE Taxes: No Federal taxes taken out for the contractors that accept a 12 month. (6 month contractors will have taxes taken out) Location: Iraq Start date: ASAP with 2 weeks training (one in Washington DC and another in Ft. Bening GA) # of Openings: 1 Summary:A principal Department of Defense agency is looking for programmers, developers or ...
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07.26.07Humanities Help Engineers Become Entrepreneurs
College (2)Many engineering majors hate humanity classes with a passion. Like most other engineers, I growned and moaned at the ones that actually made you read, or even write (gasp). However, I have changed a bit since those freshman days; classes that used to seem useless are now more appealing. In fact, I believe that the creativity required in humanity classes will help engineers be better entrepreneurs. Humanity classes focus around methods that are mainly analytical, critical and speculative. It's not just about how, it's why. It's about those red pens bleeding all over my papers, screaming "so what? convince me!" It's ...
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07.22.07Importance of a Good User Interface
Apple, UII've always been big on UI. The video above easily demonstrates why. Competition on the internet is intense like always. There are so many website applications that do the same thing. If your user gets it within a few seconds; your app is a keeper. Any longer and the back button will the lose your user forever.If you need a long paragraph on your homepage describing the product, your app is toast. A smart website should show the user how to use the site by simply displaying content.
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07.19.07We Need Better Entrepreneurship Programs in College
CollegePlanning out my fall schedule soon. We need undergradaute classes about startups. Maybe I should drop out ... :) Update: FRIK, I missed my telebears appointment after working non-stop. Now I'm waitlisted in every class.
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07.19.07Stirrer Founder Hack
StartupI just got back from Stirr Founder Hack event tonight. I arrived when the presentations kicked off. We had a slight "difficulty" at the entrance, but Sanford Barr, Stirrer Co-Founder, was nice enough to come out and sort things out. Overall, I thought this event was a success. Practically everyone was either a startup Founder or CEO. Presentations were concise, nothing long and boring. The networking portion was of couse the most important. It's always interesting to talk with Silicon Valley startup founders. I was excited to meet some people from ...
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07.18.07New iMac details surface, Waiting to Buy a Mac?
AppleMany people always ask me if they should buy a Mac. Honestly, I don't think it matters that much. After a year about using my Macbook Pro, it's really all the same (I'm gonna get a lot of flame for that). However, I'm not here to answer the Apple vs. Microsoft question, but to answer WHEN you should buy a Mac if you have already decided to. According to Appletell, a new iMac is coming soon, but may be delayed a bit: You might have heard the recent rumors surrounding the new iMacs: they’ll be released on August 7th. Hold ...
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07.16.07iPhones disrupt Duke’s Wireless LAN
Apple, College (2)Update: As reported by Duke News, the problem was not the iPhone, but Cisco. As mentioned on Network World, iPhone's WiFi capability is flooding Duke networks. What caught my attention is that it's summer! No one is on campus during the summer. That is hilarious. "Because of the time of year for us, it’s not a severe problem," says Kevin Miller, assistant director, communications infrastructure, with Duke’s Office of Information Technology. "But from late August through May, our wireless net is critical. My concern is how many students will be coming back in August with iPhones? It’s a pretty big ...
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07.16.07Genius Bar does its Job!
AppleWow, I was actually impressed about Apple's Genius Bar this last week. I was expecting them to waste about 30 minutes going through things I have already done to try to fix my laptop. But, I walked in, told them my battery health stunk since the Battery Update 1.2, and voila; I got a new battery. That was easy :)
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Writer: Jeff Wang. I am currently a student at UC Berkeley, majoring in Computer Science. Most posts will be dedicated to young entreprenuers.
My previous work experience include Microsoft and TechCrunch. I am an aspiring entrepreneur.
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