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Monthly Archives: April 2008

Google’s Genius: User Experience

We’ve had a very busy week last week generating mockups and writing specs for our product. Lots of exciting stuff happening – I’ll blog about some of it and save the SUPER EXCITING stuff for later. I ran into Google’s User Experience Guidelines a couple days ago and thought it was really good. Here their [...]

Big BillG at UW

I just finished watching BillG talk to the UW gang in a Live webcast (you can watch the archive here) and have drawn a few conclusions: UW students are idiots. At least in terms of asking questions – they were SOO lame. Seriously. UWTV has awesome technology. It took me only a couple clicks to [...]

I got quotes!… now what?

Being a real estate agent, I’ve been around mortgages and know a little bit about how to work them.  Previously, I blogged about Zillow’s Mortgage Marketplace here.  Well, I have an update.  I recently got some quotes: So… it works.  Now what?  The monthly rates are substantially higher then what I’m paying now and so [...]

nPost: Startup Community

Been really busy the past two days, but didn’t want to leave my dedicated readers without a blog post. :) Yesterday was CRAZY busy. A house inspection, several calls with some startup guys, the awesome npost event, and then more startup work until late into the night. Tired? Yes. Excited? Definitely. There’s nothing more exciting [...]

What’s harder than launching a startup?

Losing weight. For those of you that have been following this blog, you know that I’ve been trying to lose some weight and get back in shape. Not going all crazy like those guys in Biggest Loser. (which for whatever reason always comes on when I turn on the TV. Must be a sign. Great [...]

Body Building?

No, not this type of body building. This type of body building. Click the link to see the blog pictures before you actually view the video – cause you’ll have no clue what they’re saying. Sometimes you just run into the weirdest things… and being a real estate junkie, I had to share. I’ll build [...]

How to name a company?

For those that been around me, you probably know that I’ve been struggling with finding a name for this startup. (And thanks to those who’ve tried to help) It’s sooo hard! Your name is the thing you’re going to be known for forever. It has to be easy to remember and spell, sound like music [...]

Best Iphone Apps: part 2

A while ago, I wrote about the Best Iphone Apps, which really… weren’t very practical even though I’d love to use that stock app. (Check it out if you haven’t) This week, I actually got to know my iphone a little bit better and started customizing apps onto the home screen. Here’s what I have [...]