Starting points to mastering the 4 basic functions of multitasking:Prioritization, TimeBoxing, Notifications and Flags, Scheduling. This is the 2nd of a multi-part post on multitasking?—?if you haven’t already, read Part 1: Multitasking is a necessity. Learn to be an executing machine. As mentioned in the previous post, the key to multitasking effectively, is to model … Read More
Multitasking is a necessity. Learn to be an executing machine. (This article is also on Medium) I’ve always been a proponent of “work hard, play hard”?—?sure, ultimately you have to get things done, but no matter what effort you’re putting your time into, you should do it well and with the utmost focus. When you’re … Read More
Today, I am happy to announce my next chapter — SnapMake. After of hours of Post Its, MVPs, pivots, scrum of scrums, and ‘feeling the customer’, we have secured our Series A round of funding from Gaelsofo Capital. We are excited about this opportunity to open offices in downtown San Francisco, recruit the most talented … Read More
Following are my notes from MWC 2014 Overall, it was pretty underwhelming as a conference. There were a few interesting standouts, but in general it was more of the same — fortunately, we were part of one of the most exciting events, Samsung’s Unpacked Event for the S5 – which technically was not part of … Read More
This past week I was feeling like I was going to die of cold… I’m in the Bay Area… don’t judge me, some places lack proper insulation, and we have crazy fog and, and…. fine, it’s not that cold here relatively speaking. Much in the same vein that Boston is not that cold if compared … Read More
So this dish follow on from the previous one on Cabbage Rolls I actually did these on the same day — I was trying to figure out what to do with the leftover water? After boiling the cabbage, it was such a great color, I figured there had to be a way to use … Read More
Well we had an interesting experience using Paypal and RedLaser at the congress today. We were given the option of saving 1 Euro and skipping the line up for lunch if we purchased via our mobile using Paypal and RedLaser – to give some context, the meal is normally about 18 Euros, so this would … Read More
I’m looking forward to MWC 2012 this year – the excitement has being growing insanely for the past couple years, and it feels like 2001 again when the last mobile wave swept the industry. This year, it is going to go from strength to strength from last year. Before going in, I thought it would … Read More
So I received a Kindle Fire as a gift, and so I’m going to give it out to one lucky donor of for #Movember. All you gotta do is follow, tweet, and donate. Donate a minimum of $5 to my #Movember page, follow @funkstop, and tweet: “Win a Kindle Fire. Follow & donate $5 to … Read More
Zero Gravity: Riding Venture Capital from High-Tech Start-up to Breakout IPO I read this book years ago when it first came out (in 2000). I sometimes like to read these types of books again, just to gain perspective. There is so much in this book that is just second nature to people now such as … Read More