Left Brain to Right Brain: Archive

Feb 13th

Dec 13th

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changetheratio: Here it is - the video for “Raise Your Cache” from last week’s incredible RaiseCache event for HackNY. Note the ratio. There now, that wasn’t hard, was it? Very proud of this, the product of many zany hours by myself and my co-producer Phil Di Giulio, co-founder of FrameSocket, the vid platform embedded above (shout-out also to our Mixmaster David Pakman, who took my raw vocals...

Nov 21st

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Artsicle is hiring! →

“Art changes people, people change the world.” Join us and help change the world. Artsicle is a company on a mission to make art accessible for everyone while also improving the lives of today’s artists. Are you ready to bring art out of the box and on to walls everywhere

Oct 10th

“People who cringe at the privacy and data-mining implications of the Facebook...”

– Fire - cdespinosa’s posterous (via jryu) They are as likely to do this as they are spying on EC2 and S3 data. In other words, never. (via caterpillarcowboy) What a brilliant move. Might facilitate a whole new way to search for content.

Sep 28th

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Life of Joe: NYC Tech Blood Drive →

joeyevoli: This is the NYC Tech Blood Drive’s official announcement (click to sign up). The first drive will be Sept. 24th, 11am-5pm. It’s something I’ve organized with the help of the Red Cross, and fellow Techstars alumni Crowdtwist and Redrover. My plan is to make this a regularly occurring event…

Aug 9th

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Myself and Alex talking about Artsicle with Brian Lehrer

Jun 30th

Jun 6th

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We Love The Whitney! (Giveaway)

artsicle: We’re really excited about the Whitney’s groundbreaking and want to celebrate! So we are giving away 25 Whitney memberships to the first new Artsicle subscribers to sign up by June 1st. Find yourself some great art to rent & we’ll make sure you see great exhibits at the Whitney all year! Go here to check it out: www.artsicle.com

May 25th

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The Daily Drip: Stop Panhandling your Ideas →

thenesvig: When most people see panhandlers on the side of the road, we condescendingly think “Why don’t they get a job? You’re not going to get anywhere begging for money. Get to work!” Yet, this is what so many people do with their ideas - they put their fate in the hands of passerby’s hoping someone…

Apr 5th

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Feb 25th

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Feb 24th

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The Artsicle Blog: What Your Startup Can Learn... →

artsicle: Founding a business means I’m always looking for good ideas - even while on vacation at the Magical Kingdom. Last week I saw how much we can all learn from Disney when it comes to customer service and exceeding expectations to delight users at every turn. Here are a few of my favorite lessons…

Feb 7th

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Nov 14th

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Speakertext Launches!

From Techcrunch: One of the big problems with video on the Web is that other than the title, description and some meta tags, it is mostly invisible to Google and other search engines. One way to make video more SEO-friendly is to add transcriptions, but that can get expensive. An angel-funded startup called SpeakerText is (re)launching today with a very clever way...

Sep 7th

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Breakout Developments

Breakout Developments was my first company. It’s first product was a failure, but my co-founder, Tyler Young, and I learned some very important lessons. Mainly, never rely on one sole company for your product to exist. It was an awesome experience however and sowed the seeds for my current life. We set out to digitalize and legalize a modern version of the music mix tape....

Aug 25th

“The tank is deeper than the conscious thought allows. There is always something...”

– amazing discourse by Mark Twight of @GymJones. i love it. go read the full post right now. (via reecepacheco)

Aug 21st

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The New Diary

I always wanted to keep a diary. I’m a voracious reader of history and it doesn’t take a genius to realize that a lot of what we know today is due to what people have written down years ago. The ones who write history are the ones who had the patience to take a moment and write down their thoughts. Diaries are important for another reason. They preserve memories. I for one...

Aug 5th

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Jul 23rd

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THE SPEAKERCAVE

Reblogged from Matt Mireles’ The Metamorphosis: On June 1, 2010, I moved into the SpeakerCave. This wasn’t the plan A, mind you––more like plan C––but at least it was something. And definitely better than plan D, which is to say: SpeakerTent. The plan, well, plan A was to raise a bunch of money from the top angel investors in Silicon Valley and New York and then move to San Francisco....

Jul 22nd

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Powerful Quote about Ayn Rand

I’m only 200 pages into Atlas Shrugged but loving every minute of it. Found this powerful quote on Wikipedia (Originally from New York Times). “Both conservatives and liberals were unstinting in disparaging the book [Atlas Shrugged]; the right saw promotion of godlessness, and the left saw a message of greed is good. Rand is said to have cried every day as the reviews came...

Jul 8th

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Words to live by on Hacker News

Great answer to an important question on Hacker News today. I agree with everything Daniel Markham says below. (Long read but worth it) Ask HN: What were your naivetés in your twenties? 165 points by noname123 7 hours ago | 168 comments | flag Oh the wise elders of Hack News, I’d like to cheat in life and instead of learning my life lessons the hard way, I’d like to skip ahead...

Jul 1st

“Money doesn’t buy you happiness, but it buys you a big enough yacht to sail...”

– Johnny Depp (via kirklove) (via gothamgalry)

Jun 17th

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Jun 14th

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Jun 9th

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I'm Joining SpeakerText

Funny the way the world works. I recently contacted the SpeakerText CEO/Founder and blogging virtuoso Matt Mireles about Chris Dixon’s controversial post on a possible new tax rate to be imposed on money managers. Next thing I know I’m in the #SpeakerCave getting amped up about SpeakerText 2.0 - set to be released later this summer. Here is my...

Jun 9th

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They're Made Out of Meat

A wonderful short Sci-Fi story that has made the rounds on the web. Found out recently it is by Terry Bisson. THEY’RE MADE OUT OF MEAT “They’re made out of meat.” “Meat?” “Meat. They’re made out of meat.” “Meat?” “There’s no doubt about it. We picked up several from different parts of the planet, took them...

Jun 8th

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Barefoot Running Update

Image via Wikipedia Two weeks ago I went barefoot. I bought Vibram Five Finger Shoes and have been using them off and on since. I have heard that it can be tough on a foot used to the cushy embrace of a sneaker to all of a sudden dive into running unshod. Since you’re arch and ankle have no support, muscles rarely used need to take up the slack. I’m certainly feeling it. And...

Jun 8th

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Momofuku Ssam Bar

Had a wonderful time Saturday night at Ssam Bar with AlexisFromTexas. Here are her thoughts. alexisfromtexas: I did it. I officially crossed the line from distant David Chang fanboy, with a mere late night stop at Milk Bar under my belt, to actual consumer. I joined the crowds Saturday night and waited my turn for a seat at Ssam Bar. I was pleasantly surprised when the hostess ushered Scott...

Jun 7th

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Jun 6th

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Welcome Newcomers From Atomic Insights!

Welcome one and all. I am quite familiar with the strength of the nuclear blogging community and understand that when Rod Adams posts a referral, it is sure to drive some traffic. Some of you may recognize me by my former handle ‘carletes.’ My first real ‘Hello World’ post can be found here. It explains a bit of who I am and what I intend to use this blog for. Although...

Jun 3rd

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I've Gone Barefoot

I’m trying out Vibram’s Five Finger shoes. Yes, they may make me look like a doofus but I’m loving them so far. The idea is that the shoes provide no heel or arch support and therefore your body is encouraged to strike the ground with the forefront of your foot and not your heel. Barefoot running really came into vogue with Daniel E. Lieberman’s recent paper. The...

Jun 2nd

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Deepwater Horizon Disaster and Nuclear Energy

Thought I’d reblog Albert Wenger’s post today and add my comments at the end. continuations: The Deepwater Horizon accident is a terrible lesson in not testing backup plans. Yes, it is probably impossible to test the various way of trying to stop a well under exact conditions (i.e. with a gushing well), but the constant refrain of “this has not been tried at this depth” is...

Jun 1st

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May 30th

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May 29th

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Alexis From Texas: Last Vegan Pizza for 773 Miles →

heading to Texas with the AlexisFromTexas. As a Yankee, I’ve never been, but from what I hear of the food, I’ll be just fine. I head home for Memorial Day weekend this evening. I’m excited to see family and friends, but almost as excited for the food. So far we have pulled pork tacos, steaks, and BBQ on the weekend menu, but a stop at Reata in Fort Worth for my favorite Chicken...

May 27th

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Exercising My Brain

If the brain is to be a muscle then it must be exercised. I am a very social person but feel that my actual social skills have not progressed a whole lot in the last six years or so. This is why I am excited about Meetups Anywhere, and more specifically Fred Wilson’s avc meetups. I think of my social side as an inductor, which is reticent to change at first but then flows freely. Another...

May 25th

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Breakout

I came out of college with a great mechanical engineering degree. I went into engineering mainly because I like to play with Legos’s and thought, huh, this could be a good basis for whatever I want to do in the future. Thankfully, I not only learned how to work hard, but also learned that there wasn’t much my left-brain couldn’t handle. I had an internship before my...

May 19th

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“This ability is expressed in the writer’s motto “Write drunk, revise...”

– Wine Drinking For Inspired Thinking by Michael J. Gelb Love this quote because it points out exactly what I am currently trying to do. I know that when I write purely from my left-brain, aka ‘sober’, it’s boring and stilted. When I can embrace a bit of my ‘drunk’...

May 19th

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May 16th

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May 15th

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Hello World (Redux)

I’m in the nuclear industry. I work in a group called Pipe Analysis and Fracture Mechanics (PAFM)…. which of course sounds wonderful and interesting.. don’t worry I will not….arghhhh (pause) This is how left-brain I am. I lock up talking to a voice recorder because I feel like I’m censoring myself in order to make it ‘perfect’. I lock up terribly in...

May 13th

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Watch

This is a must watch TED talk video of Dr. Jill Taylor, a neuroanatomist (aka brain scientist), who describes what her stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain was like. Very powerful video. Worth 18 minutes of my time.

May 13th

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Net Neutrality and Utility Regulation

Image via Wikipedia Fred Wilson over at avc.com had a high impact post today on net neutrality and the movement to regulate it. http://bit.ly/bzETiJ I highly recommend a read through of the comments. Fred has a very smart and friendly community going on over there. The web has been all a twitter - pardon the pun - about this. With strong criticism coming from free...

May 7th

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May 4th