I had an interesting conversation with a colleague the other day about why the percentage of computer science graduates who pursue entrepreneurship after graduation is relatively low. We discussed various university initiatives designed to introduce students to startups. While these are important and do a lot of good, introducing the…
I’m late to the Instagram party (I define late as discovering my first name has already been claimed as a username; if you’re curious I’m grabbed Tylda instead) and I’m hooked. Its simplicity makes discovering images a joy and its community is overwhelmingly positive, lacking the anonymous trolls that usually…
I’m asked this question often and was reminded of it while reading Mark Copeman‘s post on lessons learned during the first 100+ days of his startup, one of which was: Every task seems to be writing oriented – writing the app, writing the site, writing the alert emails the system…
I finally saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows and was nicely surprised by how close to the book it was, in comparison to previous films. Harry, of course, experiences a number of close calls, but what struck me was how he escaped them. Despite his best efforts, he couldn’t…
I’m taking a course titled Designing Living Systems at NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program this semester. The course has little to do with journalism and startups, which is great because I believe stretching the mind in new directions can help propel it to find solutions in familiar fields. Sometimes it’s best…