Today was my first day of work in the marketing division of online retail giant Overstock. For the curious, my official title is “Product Manager / Business Analyst”, not that it necessarily helps you (or me) understand what I do. :)
Although I have a hard time showing it, I’m really pretty excited –much more that […]
I’ve been attending the Wayne Brown Institute’s excellent How to Raise Money in Utah” seminars. It’s amazing that, even though each session basically covers the same topic, I manage to glean a little something new every time I go.
Besides an excellent introduction from Brad Bertoch and the obligatory legal discussion (this time from David […]
Local chef geek extraordinaire Joseph Hall spent several days making an awesome custom cake shaped as Tux the penguin (the Linux mascot). The killer cake, part of the PLUG’s 10th anniversary celebration, was not only attractive, but super yummy. Joseph also provided a full Tux Cake HOWTO for Linux-loving food-o-philes around the world.
Anyway, […]
We got an ad in the mail today for “Superman, the Musical”. I couldn’t figure out if it was trying to appeal to me or my wife… I think it was promoting some twisted compromise where we both lose. Segmentation, anyone?
Next up: Rambo, the Ballet. :)
I love wiki technology for its ability to allow collaboration on works in progress. I’ve used numerous wiki for work and on community projects, but nowhere did I find wiki colaboration more useful than on jointly-written college papers.
For my senior year capstone project I worked on a student team to crunch out a daunting […]
3DTRIS, a new online flash clone of Blockout is pretty fun. It’s actually remarkably easy to use, for a 3D game, but the game play is still quite difficult when it gets going fast. Takes me back.
In other nerdy news, I’ve created 0D Tetris for those of us who love Tetris in all dimensions.
Here it […]
I’ll be going to a BBQ meeting tonight (Thursday) to help lay out plans for the first annual Utah Open Source Conference. The event won’t take place until August of next year, but we wanted to get started early because we want it to be HUGE! :)
Anyway, if you want to come along and help, […]
Devin Thorpe (aka Mid Market Maven) from the Thorpe Capital Group just finished a great series of posts called 10 Ways to Get Money To Chase You. Devin is a smart guy who gives great, succinct advice. His blog is a definite must-read for business types.
OK, I’m not particularly evil, but I am officially looking for full-time work. What kind of work am I interested in? Well, I’m a business strategist and entrepreneur with strong technical skills and a penchant for Internet business, so anything along at least some of those lines. :)
In addition to any full-time employment that […]
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