Last week I attended a talk with local tech entrepreneur Daniel Pezely. Mr. Pezely was very energetic and delivered an engaging speech. He shared some great insights into the life of an entrepreneur. I will discuss some of the advice I found interesting and relevant. Read the rest of this entry »

Last week ACE held a joint workshop with the AMA and the University Sales Club. Jeff Lehman, author of The Frugal Millionaires, came and spoke about money management. He wanted to know how millionaires used (or didn’t use) their money. He did a lot of research and interviewing before he wrote the book, which he shared with us. Read the rest of this entry »

I had a lot of trouble sleeping last quarter. I would skip morning class sometimes because I was way too tired to get out of bed, then be unable to go to sleep until 2 or 3 AM. Now that I’m at home on winter break, my sleep schedule has returned to a more normal state. My increased energy and well-being during this time piqued my curiosity as to how sleep relates to performance. Here are some tips for optimizing your sleep habits to boost productivity and well-being in college. Read the rest of this entry »

Wow, it has been a long time since I’ve written in this blog. The last two months have been incredibly busy for me. Now that I have a little more free time, this blog should recieve more attention.

Anyways, the other day I was reading a blog entry from David Cole on the Britannica Blog called Why I Ban Laptops in My Classroom. This article illustrated a point that I comment on constantly. Anytime I have a discussion about studying and learning methods, I always say that students should NEVER bring their laptops to lectures. Read the rest of this entry »

I was doing some styling in CSS for a project recently and had an idea for changing the way I write CSS. I have been learning and using CSS for about 2 years. Up until now, I have written CSS in a very straightforward way, only indenting declarations, but never selectors. The end result looks something like this: Read the rest of this entry »

GetHundos is a startup that has recently gone into beta. GetHundos is a social networking site for college students. Right now it is open exclusively to University of Washington students and their friends. Today, I signed up for this fun service and tested it out. So far it has been pretty humorous and very engaging.

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In light of Microsoft’s $300 million dollar counterattack to Apple’s hilarious commercials, the Vista vs. OS X (vs. Linux) battle seems to be at an all time high. I have been thinking about this for a long time. And to tell the truth, I don’t think Vista is that bad. And I’m going to venture a guess that more than million college students nationwide agree with me. Read the rest of this entry »

Hello all! I finally decided to get a dedicated site to host my blog. It gives me greater flexibility and the ability to tinker with WordPress. It also looks more professional, I’d say. I moved some of my favorite old posts to this blog. Read the rest of this entry »

Howcast is a startup company founded by ex-Googlers Jason Liebman, Daniel Blackman and Sanjay Raman. All three worked on Google Video and YouTube before creating Howcast. The site launched on February 6th, 2008 along with an announcement of an $8 million series A funding led by Tudor Investment Group. Howcast provides instructional how-to videos on everything from How To Paint A Wall to How To Pretend You’re A Real New Yorker. Read the rest of this entry »

In the last couple of years, the idea of cloud computing has begun to show itself. Cloud computing is the idea of using the Internet as a hub to access applications and personal files instead of relying on local hard drives, etc. Advances in wireless network accessibility, “web technologies” like AJAX, and laptop performance (and popularity) all can be attributed to the rise in popularity of cloud computing. Read the rest of this entry »