Archive for 'startup'

link dump from a conversation: entrepreneurs, social media, cool products, random awesomeness

Posted 22 July 2009 | By | Categories: startup | 1 Comment

Every once in a while I have wonderful conversations about life, technology and everything. Many times I end up talking about a myriad of topics. For example today I had lunch with Jonathan Greenwood (you should follow him on twitter here) and learned a great deal about many interesting things. I am always intrigued and [...]

testing out tuttivisti widgets

Posted 19 November 2008 | By | Categories: programming and startup | Comments Off

One of the first things I implemented for tuttivisti – to add just a hint of viral marketing to the project – was a widget that you can import on your own blog, maybe on the sidebar, to show the latest movies you either want to see or just watched. Let me test it here [...]

Tools for rapid prototyping: a webapp in 1 week

Posted 09 November 2008 | By | Categories: programming, python, startup and ycombinator | 28 Comments

First things first.  My new webapp tuttivisti is live! This post is about how it came to be. In just one week. One person team. Crazy working hours. So I was there immediately after receiving the news that YC did not select my team for this round. I thought I would feel depressed. I thought [...]

running for ycombinator 2009 and having a blast

Posted 17 October 2008 | By | Categories: startup and ycombinator | 2 Comments

It’s been a crazy ride these past few weeks. My partner in crime – nocivus – and I have been working very hard on our submission for the 2009 Winter round of Y Combinator. It has been a lot of fun. Creative energy is like a drug. When you’re under its effect you can’t stop [...]