Monthly Archives: July 2008

I’m Now Going to Be An A** on Facebook

Seriously, I need to draw the line somewhere — I’m no longer going to accept friend requests on Facebook from people I have not met in person or at least spoken with over the phone. Sorry to those I ignore in advance.

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Microbrews and Microfinance in Seattle – August 5th

I’m not sure how many readers of this blog are local to Seattle, but if you are, there is a happy hour event August 5th worth attending — at least IMO. SeaMo, short for Seattle Microfinance Organization, is putting on a “microbrews and microfinance” event next week at Pike Pub for those interested in learning more about microfinance. Where: Pike Pub, 1415 First Avenu, Seattle, WA 98101 When: August 5th @ 5:45 Lea Werbal from the Grameen Foundation Technology Center will be a guest presenter. There’s a short background over at SeaMo – A Program Officer at Grameen Foundation’s Technology Center, Lea Werbel oversees the Village Phone Assistance Center website, conducts outreach to microfinance institutions … Continue reading

Some Good Life Advice

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At Real Estate Connect in San Francisco

Wow, I haven’t been blogging much here. But, that’s not going to change this week (unfortunately) — I’m in San Francisco at Real Estate Connect for the rest of this week. Back to blogging next week (hopefully)!

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Startup Ideas

Trying to think of a business idea for your start up? If the answer is yes, but you’re drawing a blank on the actual idea — you’re in luck. Paul Graham from Y Combinator has put together a great list.

What I am Thinking About Right Now

Several things, but one of them is certainly the fact that Google makes a LOT of money — 1.25 billion in Q2 to be exact. But Microsoft still makes more

NPR Launches an API

The media landscape is sure changing, isn’t it? It should be interesting to see what type of adoption the NPR API gets with the web 2.0 community. [via TechCrunch]