teaBUZZED - Part 2

Posted by Fred in Fred on Technology on 10 13th, 2009 | No Comments

12 Reasons why you should found a startup in Boston

I’ve admittedly spent more time in Boston than San Fran but have visited and talked to enough friends to get a feel for the major differences between these two cities. Here are my reasons for staying or moving to Boston to found a startup : 1. Harvard-MIT and a host of other top universities...

Posted by Fred in Fred on Technology on 09 24th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Hosts you use for your projects answered

Just wanted to say thanks to the community over at HN for answering my question about what kind of hosts coders are using for their projects. I thought I’d list the most popular hosts from the posting here for everyone’s benefit: Linode Rackspacecloud Slicehost Prgmr Softlayer Webfaction VPS...

Posted by Fred in Fred on Technology on 10 1st, 2009 | No Comments

Your Life: Now a 24 hour drive-through

“Wesley Crusher returns to the Enterprise on vacation from the Academy only to discover a mysterious alien game infiltrating and controlling the crew. He discovers it stimulates the pleasure center of the mind but affects the higher brain functions as well. Data wasn’t incapacitated by accident...

Posted by Fred in Fred on Technology on 10 1st, 2009 | 1 Comment

Code snippet for startup success!

According to the prevailing wisdom here is a code snippet that ultimately predicts startup success, or failure: *success = anything greater than 10s of millions in valuation within 2-4 years Definitions: ———————————————————————————————————– startup...

Posted by Fred in Fred on Technology on 09 18th, 2009 | 1 Comment

The Case for a Browser Based IDE from Google in 7 Parts

1. Good technology should be recursive! From Python to Ruby, PHP and more, web apps are the future and we all know it. So I pose this question: Why aren’t we using the technology we spend so much time creating, to develop with? Why am I using thick clients to develop thin ones? Is it really a...

Posted by Fred in Featured Articles, On My Startup on 08 29th, 2009 | 10 Comments

On Speech Recognition: Web App Integration, Pointers for Newbies, & Lessons Learned from a failed startup

Piece of advice For all of those thinking of integrating speech recognition into their apps I have a word of advice for you: Don’t. But you’re implementing the Star Trek computer you say..? Well in that case it’s absolutely necessary to the core functionality of your solution! Starship...

Posted by Fred in Fred on Technology on 09 6th, 2009 | 19 Comments

5 Reasons I’m addicted to Chrome

1. Ludicrous Speed for fast fingers and in general Using the following key strokes makes me a search GOD..! Double-click/highlight any word or phrase on a website ^C ^T ^V Enter This also feels like the fastest browser I’ve ever used. Update: Yes you may do this in Firefox by right click->”Search...

Posted by Fred in Featured Articles on 09 8th, 2009 | No Comments

Love that dirty water – A look at Tiverias’ GPush

GPush, a subtle game changer..? Every once in a while a piece of software comes along that very subtly changes the lives of millions in the course of a few short months. While Cambridge based Tiverias might not be that far along yet, one can safely say they are within reach. Close to a thousand reviews...

Posted by Fred in Featured Articles on 09 14th, 2009 | No Comments

3 Basic Human Needs Startups Meet

What’s its value to mankind? I’ve seen a lot of discussion on Hacker News recently about the differences between startups like the recently acquired Mint (just sold for $170 million) and startups like Facebook or Twitter, both now valued in the billions. So it’s clear what problem...

Posted by Fred in Fred on Technology on 09 16th, 2009 | No Comments

The only issue I have with my Kindle

Background I have spent a few months now with this device. I’ve taken it on long plane rides and cross country.. I even wrote a previous article about how much I love this thing after the first few weeks of ownership. Why it isn’t perfect? Well now it’s been a few months and here is...