In general, I like to think that technically savvy people are reasonably smart. But I am always amazed at how blindly devotional many of us are. At the recent Startup Weekend, the dev team’s choice was Ruby on Rails. The…
Author: Nick
What can you do?
In previous posts I’ve talked about about what I’d like to see happen here. I strongly believe that RTP is a great area with a ton of potential The recent Startup Weekend in Chapel Hill confirmed my opinions about the…
A company is like a…
This one’s been brewing for a while, and Startup Weekend was a catalyst to get it written. I am generally not a fan of carefully constructed analogies that are a bit of a stretch, but I’ll make an exception this…
Chapel Hill Startup Weekend: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly…
It’s done. I’ve had some sleep. Now it’s time for a review… For those of you that weren’t following the weekend, we voted to build Workperch, a service that matches people or groups that need temporary space with businesses that…
The cathartic effect of swearing…
I don’t swear that much, but like many Brits, I’m genetically pre-disposed to do it creatively. However, my daughter is at the age where everything is recorded and repeated… Recent examples include: "Daddy, you’re making me cross", "That smells NAAAASTY"…