Last year, I switched my blogging (both here and on sowedu [http://blog.sowedu.com/] to Ghost [https://ghost.org/] from Wordpress. Here's why I continue to use it and think it's fantastic. Amazon EC2 It forced me to learn Amazon EC2. I wanted an excuse to learn how to…
I know this is late to the conversation by nearly two months, but I feel the need to respond to Dave Winer's "Government develops software differently [http://scripting.com/2013/11/19/govtDevelopsSoftwareDifferently]" post regarding the federal health care site rollout. Having managed federal software development efforts as a project…
Interesting article about one of the major proponents of MOOCs pivoting [http://www.slate.com/articles/life/education/2013/11/sebastian_thrun_and_udacity_distance_learning_is_unsuccessful_for_most_students.html] . I didn't dig too deep, but it's worth reading. Will have to do more thinking about this.…
Some questions I have going through my head today: * How should an organization reward innovation? * Should there be a direct compensation for implementing innovative ideas, or should any rewards be indirect? * Should an organization reward innovation, or just make it part of normal work expectations? Here are some ideas I…
Just found out about the Tech Coast Angels Open Forum [http://www.spreecast.com/channels/tca-open-forum], not sure why I didn't know about it before. Interesting interviews with the Angels of TCA. Worth checking out if you are interested in that sort of thing.…
As part of finishing the Founder Institute [http://fi.co], I posted my thoughts on the program on the sowedu Blog here [http://http://blog.sowedu.com/2013/09/02/founderInstituteWrapUp].…
I finally made it to an Ohio State game today in The Horseshoe. It is my first game in the stadium since I graduated after the 2003 season. Here is a double Script Ohio as proof: It was great to go back. Hopefully they will come out to visit me…
The Founder Institute assignment this week included, among other things, blogging on our startup's industry. This is something I imagine most of us were doing in one way or another already. However, I find blogging as a corporate entity has a slightly different feel. Since I first started blogging in…