I think all sites should be optimized for mobile.
Tumblr makes it easy. Add “/mobile” to any Tumblr powered url and you will see a mobile version of the site. Here’s the mobile version of my tumblelog.
Thanks to this tip from Mashable my site has now been iPhone-ized as well.
So if you visit bijansabet.com from an iPhone/iPod Touch browser you should automatically see an optimized version of the site.
It looks like this:
Pretty cool.
Your Nervous Heart – Rhett Miller
a mellow song for this sunday morning. hope you enjoy it.
Working with students is simply a great investment not to mention the greater good.
Since we started Spark, ’ve been talking to students ranging from high school, college and grad school about startups. (we have several entrepreneurs that are running great companies in our portfolio that never even went to college but I’ll leave that for another post :)
Scott Kirsner has a recurring theme on his blog that we need to do more for students. He starts with this line on a recent post:
“Let me be clear: I really hate students.
They don’t really add anything to our local economy, except for sometimes when they start companies upon graduation (like Microsoft, Akamai, Facebook, iRobot, MicroCHIPs, Harmonix Music Systems, Brontes Technologies, etc. etc.)”
Scott’s sacrasm is obvious and makes a good point. He wants to see more says we can all help & support students. Scott suggests that industry trade groups offer student discounts or make them free.
That is a good idea.
OpenCoffee Cambridge and WebInnovatorsGroup are great (and free). If you are a student I would highly recommend attending those.
I also did a quick search on MeetUp and found this list of local meetups that look good too.
But I think we need to find other ideas & ways to get students in front of entrepreneurs, angel investors and VCs.
And I’m all ears.
My daughter Sophia is in love with ballet.
She’s been doing it since she was 3 years old. She’s now 9.
(photo from 2007)
She recently auditioned and was accepted into the upcoming Nutcracker production by the Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre.
If you are looking to see the Nutcracker this holiday season and want something a bit more intimate than the Boston Ballet’s version then you might want to check out this show.
(And if you are a personal friend let me know by email and I’ll let you know which shows my daughter is in. She’s in about half of the performances).
Thanks.
I would expect that next year, people will share twice as much information as they share this year, and [the] next year, they will be sharing twice as much as they did the year before
My Body Is a Cage – Sara Lov
I really haven’t heard any Arcade Fire covers that do the originals justice.
This one has grown on me a lot.
I’ve been a critic about employee non-compete clauses.
They are not enforceable in California and as result they generally don’t come up in that state. Entrepreneurs and companies are free to innovate as long as they respect confidentiality agreement and non-solicitation agreements.
I think that is the exact right model. You never hear tech leaders in California moan about this. Instead they worry about more important things like innovation, h1b visa issues, building a great environment to work, etc.
On the hand, non-competes are standard practice in the state of MA. And according to an independent study by UCLA, MA enforces these agreements more heavily compared to other states.
Just last week IBM sued a former employee over this issue. The employee is joining Apple.
Jay Parkhill wrote a great post about the IBM lawsuit and compares it with how Apple is keeping one its stars from going to the competition. Jay’s key point:
“If Fadell worked in Massachusetts, New York or most other US states, Apple could simply tell him he could not go to work for a competitor. Fadell’s expertise is in developing portable audio/video players, so this might make him choose between not working at all for a period of time and trying to break into an entirely new area. Since Fadell is in California, Apple can’t do that. Instead, Apple had to figure out how much it was worth to keep Fadell on the sidelines. VB reports that value is $300,000 per year through March, 2010 plus stock worth $7.6M at today’s prices.
The point here is that the burden fell on Apple as the employer to protect its competitive advantage without cutting off Fadell’s ability to make a living. Fadell could probably have survived even without the extra compensation, but others might not be so fortunate and this is why I believe California has the rule right. If a person is that valuable, the employer should pay to keep him/her on the bench.”
That’s exactly right.
They say that zoom lenses have made photographers lazy. I don’t know about that, but if you move around, get closer, bend, twist (it’s only your body, come on) you often find you get a better shot. Personally I shoot with an 85 mm f/1.8 prime lens. That is, no zoom. If I want more of something in the frame, I have to move closer. And in moving, sometimes I notice something else that makes the picture better.
How to Photograph a Conference – 10 Tips
A good reminder for all of us aspiring photographers.
A Shot In The Arm – Jeff Tweedy
I made a Jeff Tweedy/Wilco playlist last night. I’ll add it to 8tracks soon.