Jul 25
Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor whose final lecture inspired millions, has died of pancreatic cancer. Dr. Pausch, 47, who turned the lecture into a book, said that no one would have been interested in his words of wisdom were he not a man in his 40s with a terminal illness.
For any of you that missed Dr. Pausch’s Last Lecture, here it is:
More about Dr. Pausch.
Well, WordPress for the iPhone is finally out and this is my first post using it. Very simple interface and simple configuration. It will be great to be mobile and able to blog. Stay tuned…
You can get it at WordPress.org
Where to begin? Do I begin with the 4 hours waiting in lines at two Apple stores, the lack of pre-sale information from Apple, the friendly and well meaning, but essentially non-helpful Apple store employees, the unfriendly, unhelpful and annoying AT&T retail employees, the constantly changing information about iPhone 3G inventories, the useless Apple retail website?
I can’t think of many ways Apple and AT&T could have bungled the iPhone 3G launch more than they did. And in doing so, they are alienating the very loyal customers they need to be successful. I am certainly not alone, the WSJ blogged about the launch calling it “chaos”. I couldn’t agree more. Let me explain… Read more
Congratulations to ImageKind and to Kelly Smith of Curious Office on this announcement today!
Imagekind, an online art and poster site that also offers customized framing services, has agreed to be sold to CafePress for $15 million to $20 million in cash and stock, according to a person familiar with the deal.
The Seattle startup had raised $2.6 million from Curious Office Partners, German book publisher Holtzbrinck, Silicon Valley venture capital firm Crosslink Capital and angel investors.
The company is led by Kevin Saliba, a former Expedia executive. It was originally incubated by Curious Office Partners, a Seattle angel investment firm founded by Adrian Hanauer and Kelly Smith.
Jul 3
There are few things more enjoyable on a hot summer’s day than an epic water gun battle with some friends. In the end, everybody wins, because everybody gets soaked and cools down. But you don’t want to be caught with a crappy gun; then you’ll just be the guy that everyone else gangs up on. We don’t want that to happen to you; we’re here to help. read more
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