I'm a curious individual living in Seattle, who is passionate about new technologies, and startup.
Since my folks are out of the country and only returning on Thanksgiving, I have been promoted (by default) to head chef. For Thanksgiving I’ll be preparing Boudin-Stuffed Turkey Breast.
If you need some help with cooking this Thanksgiving check out Saveur’s Turkey Cooking Guide or consider taking some cooking classes.
Talk to any tech person and you’ll hear that cable tv is dead and the content on the internet is the way of the future. While I agree with this statement I think the current options are more smoke and mirrors than meat and potatoes.
Google TV appears to be more of a web browser on the flat screen and watching Youtube on my tv doesn’t seem very revolutionary or exciting. Roku, Apple, and Boxee tout the ability to stream Netflix, listen to Pandora, rent movies, and watch Hulu; yet these things are not anything I couldn’t do on my computer.
So if these companies want to know how to make a killer TV app that I would happily pay for here is what I would like to see:
I’m sure the big networks and cable companies have a vested interest in sticking to their money gouging ways. But hopefully with enough people turning to alternative means of consuming content they will pay attention and start listening to what the little guys want.
Do you currently own one of these systems? What do you feel is lacking? What would you like to see in a killer TV app?
Taking your time at a food eating competition. Photo via flickr
The guy’s expression is priceless at a Justin Beiber concert. Maybe he needs a new hobby, like sewing classes?
- Source (BuzzFeed)
Lots of people have big dreams of being financially independent and not having to work for the “man”. Inspired by Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad Poor Dad about creating passive forms of income I thought it would be fun to start my own Creative Income Stream (CIS) Challenge. The challenge is simple, earn $100 in a month through a creative/alternative means. The rules are:
The possibilities are endless, think about some of the skills you can provide or “things” you can put to work to help you generate an alternative form of income. Let me know if you are interested in joining this challenge and what your ideas are to achieving $100 in a month. Be sure to check back often or subscribe as I’ll be updating my journey to $100!
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The last several weeks I have been in China with a team of 8 other individuals teaching elementary and middle school teachers computer skills. This has been an awesome experience and I enjoyed every moment of it. While I was there I noticed several things that American’s could learn from the Chinese. 1. The Desire to learn The weeks leading up to the computer training camp we were expecting 20 teachers, but on the first day we had an overwhelming 57 teachers registered in a 45 person classroom! Some of these teachers came from remote villages hours away just to attend our computer camp. With a pen and paper in hand many teachers were doubling up on computers and excited to learn. All of our lessons were translated from English to Chinese, yet the teachers were still eager to listen and participate. Also keep in mind that this was their summer vacation and class started at 8:30am. For some, this was their first time using a computer and tackling basic drag and drop mouse functionality was a stretch. Yet though our very limited Chinese and an awesome translator many of the teachers were able to manipulate images in Photoshop and produce animations using Flash at the end of the camp. The desire to lean and continue to better oneself is strong in China. Learning doesn’t stop when we leave school. Learning is a life long journey. We are fortunate to live in a society where we can download books in 60 seconds, instantly Google answers to pressing questions, or attended world class universities. Continue to learn something new. 2. Don’t need to live in excess Witnessing the daily lives of many Chinese I was able to see people living within their means and hardly ever wasting. Even though food is relatively cheap, we found many people usually eating in, meat is considered a treat, and portions are considerably smaller yet I found myself feeling full and satisfied. Even something as simple as napkins are not freely given out. Coming back to hardwood floors, granite counter-tops, flat screen TV’s, and Big Gulps I feel somewhat guilty. We live in a society were we pride ourselves on bigger, faster, louder, brighter. Yet how many of these things do we really “need”? 3. Importance of Community In China there is a great sense of community. Every night the city comes alive and there are community events for all ages. Kids are free to run around and gather across the river to play carnival games, teenagers catchup with one another while window shopping around town, old men sit and play music by the river, while in the town squares women gather in uniform lines for dance aerobics. These are not one-off occurances, people are gathering together daily to meetup and be part of a community. We live in a hyper connected society with the ability to tweet, keep up with news feeds, share our plans, and check-into locations. Supposedly we are more “connected”. Yet strangely the several weeks without these mediums and an iPhone holstered to my hip I felt as though I was forming deeper more genuine relationships with the locals. We should take the time to evaluate and see if the tools we are using are a catalyst or an excuse from forming genuine community. 4. Hospitality As we got to know our class better, we were receiving invites to visit their hometown villages. Due to our time constraint we were unable to visit their homes, so some of the teachers took us around the local village and paid for our meals and made sure we had a good time. Even though we had known some of them for a couple days they already felt like life-long friends. The organization that we worked with also provides scholarship services to the local orphans. I had the opportunity to see the living conditions and visit the foster families looking after these kids. Most of these families are living in conditions that we would deem unlivable by US standards but they are doing everything they can to make ends meet. Simply put they do not have much, yet when we came to visit they lavished us with their very best foods and drinks. Nothing was held back. 5. Three Hour Long Lunch Breaks This one requires no explanation :)
— Blog post that I wrote on TeachStreet about my recent China trip. You can read more about the trip at the China Teaching Technology Blog.
It all began while sitting at the 2010 Seattle 2.0 Awards, and listening to Jonathan Sposato, CEO of Picnik (recently acquired by Google), speak about his experiences as an entrepreneur. Then it was the next week, where I heard Ben Huh, CEO of Cheezburger Network, speak at the 2010 UW…
Love this idea and looking forward to some good interviews! Just started to read Tony Hsieh’s book and it is fun to hear it from an Asian American perspective.
