Thoughts from Silicon Valley
Another event report - this time I went to a talk on ‘Startup Decision Making‘ by Konstantin Guericke (LinkedIn founder and now Jaxtr CEO).
The event was hosted by BASES - if you want to hear about other events like this, sign up for the BASES digest (and also check the event listing […]
I attended a panel tonight at Stanford hosted by the MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (VLAB). It was titled “Consumer Products Innovation 2007″ and featured the following speakers:
Martin Eberhard, CEO & Founder, Tesla Motors
Robert Acker, SVP of Marketing, Dash Navigation
Dave Blakely, Director of Technology Strategy, IDEO
Dave Mathews, Director of Product Innovation, Sling Media
Robert Scoble, Blogger […]
For a bit of fun I decided to post some footage I took recently (October 7) of the airshows during San Francisco Fleet Week. As a pilot I can only marvel at the skill these pilots are demonstrating.
This last week I’ve been geeking out - getting back to my roots as an engineer. Now that I work in business development/marketing, its been so long since I coded something (other than an excel macro) that not only are my skills getting rusty, but I really miss the fun of architecting an elegantly designed […]
It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted to my blog, sorry to anyone who has been loyally visiting my site each day or patiently staring at an unchanging RSS feed (does anyone actually do that? :)
Anyway, the reason is that I decided to ‘buckle down’ and get my pilots license. I read books […]
After having been up only once in the last 5 months, it felt really good to get airborne again. I drove to Livermore and met Andy, did some pattern work, then flew out towards tracy and did some steep turns, stalls and hood work. Basically I did everything I will do for my test, and […]
When I first volunteered for this job I thought it would be a bit of fun, and a good chance to meet INXS and hopefully make some connections in the music biz. It did end up being all that, but it was also a *lot* of hard work. I have a lot more respect now […]
I took the plane up for some solo pattern work today. This was very exciting because it was actually my first unsupervised solo. Even though I have done solo pattern work twice before, I would always start out the day with some pattern work with my instructor before he got out of the […]
I completed my first solo flight on Sunday. This is a significant step in the path to earning my private pilot license - the first time I have flown the plane completely alone, without my instructor on board! I’m sure almost every pilot out there remembers his or her first solo :)
My instructor didn’t want […]
Most people know that one of the best things about living in Northern California is exploring the outdoors. Yet strangely, during the two years I’ve been living here, I hadn’t made a real effort to do so. So last weekend I went on a hiking and camping trip to Castle Rock (in the Santa Cruz […]
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Mixwit :: media playground Startup from Ground Zero (Riya) Essays by Paul Graham MS&E 472 - Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar Startup Review 
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More
Founders at Work: Stories of Startups’ Early DaysFascinating stories of start-ups from ground zero - RJ
iWoz: From Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing ItProof that the some of the worlds best innovations are designed by one person, with a love of technology. - RJ
Atlas ShruggedA life changing study of philosophy, politics, business sex and power. The capitalists’ bible. - RJ
Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of FlyingMust read if you want to grok how to control your airplane -RJ
Yahoo! HacksSome useful tidbits if you want to create mashups using Yahoo! services -RJ
The Monk and the Riddle: The Art of Creating a Life While Making a LivingEntertaining and insghtful study of the reasons for starting a business -RJ
The Art of Innovation: Lessons in Creativity from IDEO, America’s Leading Design FirmInsider’s view of a creative and fun organization - ideas you can replicate -RJ
The FountainheadThought-provoking character study of selfishness vs selflessness, and the power of the individual -RJ
