November, 2008

General — No Comments
27
Nov 08

Headlines != News

Firstly, my sincere condolences to all those who were affected by the tragedy. It was a horrible day and I am sure a lot of family members got affected. I hope all the brave people of Mumbai are standing strong against these horrific act. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

So over at TechCrunch there is this thread about how Twitter provided faster news source about the horrible Mumbai terrorist attacks. To me Twitter only provided me with information with no context. When I turn on the tv news channel or read the newspaper (via web or actual paper) I not only get news, but I get news with context. 

Personally, I found out about attacks via my RSS feed from variety of news channels. When I saw the headline, I clicked on the link, read the news story, went to other networks to see if they had better (different) coverage and viola; got my news. 

Sorry but to me Twitter is just another noise making tool, nothing special.

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25
Nov 08

LAMP Meetup: Owen Byrne speaks about his experiences with LAMP at Digg

For those of you here in Ottawa, I highly encourage you to attend this meetup. More details about the event below:

What: LAMP Meetup @ TravelPod HQ

Topic: “What I learned about LAMP Development at Digg”

Speaker: Owen Byrne ( Digg.com Co-founder )

 

When: Tuesday December 2nd at 7:00pm

Where: TravelPod office (377 Dalhousie Ave., 3rd floor)

Cost: Free

Please RSVP

 

Come hear Owen speak, mingle with other LAMP (PHP and Perl) developers and check out our new TravelPod offices on the ByWard market.

Owen Byrne is currently Senior Manager of TravelPod Labs, where he is leading a team of developers building a large travel-related application for launch in early 2009. He is probably best known as the co-founder and original developer of digg.com, which at one point was the 55th largest website in the world according to alexa.com.

He was the primary technical decision maker there for most of its period of explosive growth, from inception to the Series A financing. He holds 3 degrees from Saint Mary’s University and Dalhousie University, as well as an ABD from the University of Manitoba. He has over 20 years experience in software development and managerial roles, including a brief stint as a university professor. He has presented at several conferences, including O’Reilly’s Web 2.0 Expo, Digital Hollywood: Building Blocks, Webmasterworld PubCon, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada and most recently University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Reflections/Projection.

Hope to see you there!

General / Pakistan — 1 Comment
24
Nov 08

Will This Ever Be True For Pakistan?

India did not export brains; it invested them. It sent millions away. In the freedom of new soil, they flowered. They seeded a new generation that, having blossomed, did what humans have always done: chase the frontier of the future. — India Calling, by Anand

Can we say the same for Pakistan? Is it ever possible that the “investment” that we have made outside of Pakistan would return same yields?

Read the rest of the article here. It is an excellent read.

General / Startups — No Comments
24
Nov 08

Love-Growth-Cash Triangle

 

I stumbled upon this post by Jack Cheng. A very interesting way to look at a critical relationship in every entrepreneur’s life. A nice monday afternoon read.

General / Inspirational / Startups — No Comments
24
Nov 08

Monday Inspiration

Its Monday, so I decided that we should start this week with a bit of motivational stuff… 

My generation is the one that’s gonna make it right
We do it everyday, we do it every night 

 

And we don’t wanna be the same as everybody was
We ain’t about the lies, we ain’t about the fuzz

 

I know that we can do it, anything you wanna have
We ain’t afraid to come together, ain’t afraid to laugh

So do it up your way, you wanna take the ride
You never to run, you’ll never need to hide

I know you get it man, I know you understand
I got a feeling that you’re already in on the plan

 

Im everybody that you’ve ever met up until now
I wanna know the who, the why, the what, the where, the how

 

My generation is the one that’s gonna find a way
We do it every night, we do it every day

 

We’ll come together and we’ll make it a people decision
And then we’ll learn to make a difference in the world we live in

 

Is greed the only way? I think that’s not the case
It’s really simple it comes down to a matter of taste

 

Only when you take the time to understand the human race
Then we’ll have a moment to reflect, amazing grace

 

Crazed by history laced, challenges people have faced
Once you really know your self then that’s when you’ll find your place 

 

When you’re standing at the cross roads remember my verse
I know you’ll make it through the worst

 

My generation is the one that’s gonna find the love
We’re looking down below, we’re looking up above

 

And everything you’ve ever wanted its all up to you
As long you know how to dream then your dream’ll come true

 

All the potential that you’ve ever needed is around
Don’t be afraid of anybody that’s bringing you down

 

Do the things you wanna, do the things that keep you feeling great
I know you know its not too late!

 

Its a song by Evren — Do I Go. I have left out some of the verses but above is the essential content of the song.

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