• Day ~35. Stocks, and Sharing. While in line at Starbucks today a little old lady (~70?) talked to me about my iPhone. The conversation was sweet, although I couldn’t stop my inner nerd from saying things like “The OS is really intuitive.” and “The latest software patches really help with the battery life.” (they don’t.) She was cool with it […] 3 min read March 16, 2012
  • Day ~31. Love, Coffee and Magic. Decided to go to a coffee shop, just to break the monotony of working in my apartment. I overheard two extremes of love. 1. A lady behind me called her significant other, (on speaker phone) and spoke to him, extensively, about his recent trip to the dentist. She asked about the x-rays, about the co-pay, […] 1 min read March 14, 2012
  • Friction, as it pertains to startups. Day 30~ A lesson about ‘Friction’ for people that aren’t knee deep in startup theory. It’s pretty regular, in the world of startups, to talk about friction.  One of the core goals of any startup, any time you want a person to engage in new behavior really, is to minimize the amount of friction that […] 4 min read March 13, 2012