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For the last couple years I have developed an interest for real...

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:00:04 -0500

For the last couple years I have developed an interest for real estate. My good friend James Hua has started a blog called the The Intelligent Investor that talks about real estate investing, while borrowing principals from Benjamin Graham’s book The Intelligent Investor. Its a fresh perspective to investing that is different from the many self serving real estate blogs out there. Also if you are in need of an Issaquah Real Estate Agent be sure to give James a call!

UW is going overkill with trying to get MBA recruits through...

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:24:00 -0500

UW is going overkill with trying to get MBA recruits through Techcrunch!

Review of the Magic Mouse I have been using the Magic Mouse for...

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:16:26 -0500

Review of the Magic Mouse

I have been using the Magic Mouse for several days now and so far I have been pretty impressed. Upon first impression the mouse looks super sexy, and feels sexy in your hand. The clicker is very responsive and all the multitouch gestures work great. My biggest fear was using the two finger swipe to go backwards and forward, the fear was that this motion would bring upon a case of the debilitating and painful carpel tunnel. Unlike the ads or videos you see online the motion to go back or forward can be very subtle and still works great. All in all the mouse if very solid and performs well. I would of liked to see more multitouch gestures - pinching for zooming, and a way to access your expose without moving the mouse. My hope is that as all Apple products that the functionality will come in the next software update.

For several weeks now I have been using Wireframsketcher to do...

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:26:00 -0500

For several weeks now I have been using Wireframsketcher to do the wire framing for the new Incolo website. Wireframsketcher has been a fast, easy, and fun way to create the initial looks of a new website. Granted that this is my first time doing any wireframing so this review is taken from the perspective of an individual that has no prior experience with other wireframing software.

The first thing that many new people would be interested to know is that Wireframsketcher is not a stand alone product. You need to download Eclipse which is a coding environment and Wireframsketcher is an addon that you run within Eclipse. The installation is pretty straight forward and the Wireframsketcher website provides easy to use instructions.

The thing I like about Wireframsketcher is that it has a very low learning curve. All the icons are clearly categorized into larger buckets and within several minutes I found myself creating the barebones of a website. Once I had all the elements laid out I was able to bulk pdf export all my images. They were even exported within the same folder structure in Eclipse, which made sharing with others easier.

Even though Wireframsketcher saved me a ton of time conceptualizing my website there are still a couple things I would like to have seen. Firstly, it would be nice to have some sort of global template that would permeate through all my images. This way if I change the wording in my navigation or add an additional link to my footer, I wouldn’t have to update all my pages individually. Secondly, I would like to see a community icon library. For the most part I found what I needed or I could easily substitute a placeholder for something specific, but having a community shared library of thousands of designer graphics would add a pop to Wireframsketcher. Lastly this might not even be Wireframsketcher thing rather an issue with Eclipse, but multiple times after working in Eclipse for several hours elements would get stuck and I wasn’t able to click out of it anywhere. I would have to close down Eclipse and restart it before it returned back to normal.

All in all for my first wireframe software I was able to do what I want and the learning curve was really low. What other wireframing software are you using?

Go Shy Ronnie!

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:35:00 -0500

Go Shy Ronnie!

Pizo snacking on some Asian Chips

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:20:14 -0500

Pizo snacking on some Asian Chips

Yes We Can! Lets go Dawgs!!

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:48:54 -0400

Yes We Can! Lets go Dawgs!!

Standing out in a digital world is tough. I can’t remember...

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:16:22 -0400

Standing out in a digital world is tough. I can’t remember the last time I recieved a hand written letter. I recently recieved this wonderful personal note and Starbucks gift card from Ticor Title company after pulling title on a couple of units. It’s a small price for them to pay to keep me as a raving fan for the excellent work that they do.

Street food in China is great! They have meat on a stick for...

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:14:42 -0400

Street food in China is great! They have meat on a stick for about 50c, you can get a bowl of noodles for $1. All the food is spicy too plus they have this numbing pepper that gives your mouth this odd feeling which helps eat the spicy peppers.

TechCrunch: TeachStreet Launches Payments Platform For Teachers

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:11:29 -0400

TechCrunch: TeachStreet Launches Payments Platform For Teachers:

daryn:

We rolled out the latest version of the site tonight, including payment services for teachers, phone tracking, and lots of underlying changes to support those and other features moving forward.

The TeachStreet blog has more details, but I’ll just say that I’m pretty excited about what we’ve built, and looking forward to what’s next (perhaps after a few hours of sleep).

Thanks to the entire TeachStreet team, especially our awesome devs: Scott and Phil, our new designer/unicorn Greg, and Julie, our summer intern who turned my little call tracker project into a real full blown feature.

When you arrive in China dudes in these space suits come take...

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:05:00 -0400

When you arrive in China dudes in these space suits come take your tempreture. Good thing I passed :)

Almost done packing for China and Singapore!

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:14:49 -0400

Almost done packing for China and Singapore!

Hmm a heart attack just waiting to happen!

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:58:18 -0400

Hmm a heart attack just waiting to happen!

Photo

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:26:39 -0400

Just added Tweetboard to my site!

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:30:07 -0400

Just added Tweetboard to my site!

Wow, things have come along way for Macintosh! I love the start...

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:56:06 -0500

Wow, things have come along way for Macintosh! I love the start when the crowd roars and the Macintosh name is scrolling across the screen. I wonder what my kids will say about my iPhone and how cool I think it is.

introducing seattle tumblr meetup #2 @ oddfellows!

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:27:35 -0500

randomintroductions:

introducing seattle tumblr meetup #2 @ oddfellows!
looking for to the event and meeting tumblr folk in the neighborhood. also, anxious to check out this oddfellows places where all the cool kids gravitate to. if your on tumblr, come by and join the conversations.

daryn:

Tuesday, January 13th 2009, 6:30pm
Oddfellows Cafe ( map )

Some of the folks I hope to see there:

Karion

SuiteP

SoulAndGrace

RandomIntroductions

AppleWagon

ZachHale

RemyZero7

David Lifson

Natala

There’s a big communal table in the back that we’ll try and score. Hope to see you there!

(photo from JoshC on flickr)

Great job Grace! Looking forward to seeing more awesome...

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:14:51 -0500

Great job Grace! Looking forward to seeing more awesome art!!

randomintroductions:

introducing gracie woo and her art!
checked out fellow teachstreeter, gracie woo, at her art show last night. good crowd and good people. i’ll be frequenting more of these cool looking art shows more and more. goal #127: get as cool as gracie so i can be featured as an art show.

website: http://soulandgrace.com
website #2: http://teachstreet.com/teacher/gracie

Awww, my team at TeachStreet is the best! They had day of fun in...

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:34:52 -0500

Awww, my team at TeachStreet is the best! They had day of fun in Seattle and I wasn’t able to make it out, but they made me this awesome video. Thanks soulandgrace, randomintroductions, Katie, and Salar!! You guys are the best!!

There is a very “feel good” feeling when watching...

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:22:31 -0500

There is a very “feel good” feeling when watching Matt dance. It originally started back in 2006 where you see Matt doing a dance for a couple seconds in front of famous locations around the world. Now it has evolved to Matt doing a dance with other people around the world. A couple reasons why I like Matt:

He lives in Seattle
Inspires other people to dance
An ordinary guy that rose to stardom by doing something he loves
Makes the world feel alittle smaller. We live in a very lonely world and even though we are surround by millions of people its still easy to feel like you are alone in your own little box. Matt is able brings together total strangers to dance and have a good time!

Make sure you watch the YouTube videos in HD. Its like the IMAX for the internet!