Causal strategies are useful when the future is predictable, goals are clear, and the environment is independent of our actions; effectual strategies are useful when the future is unpredictable, goals are unclear, and the environment is driven by human action.
Learn from Startups, Tips for Surviving a Recession
on October 9, 2008 with 2 Comments
We’re experiencing one of the worst economic downturns in history. It’s time to get your finances in order so you can survive it. Follow some of the tips startups are taking to weather the storm.
Looking Back on Coursevote, A Year Later
on August 12, 2008 with 0 comments
In May of 2007 I started Coursevote, a service to help students choose courses with the help of friends. I ultimately gave up on this project, but I learned a lot from this experience.
A blank site
on August 25, 2007 with 0 comments
I’m at BarCamp Houston today, and we’ll be announcing our newest web app – A blank site. http://www.ablanksite.com Basically, it is a multipage writeboard that exports clean html. It’s not ready yet, but should be in a few weeks. If you give us your email address on that page this weekend, you’ll get a free [...]
New design for Coursevote
on August 23, 2007 with 0 comments
I redesigned the marketing site for Coursevote, my facebook app. Check it out.
Coursevote Officially Released!
on July 17, 2007 with 0 comments
Today I’m officially releasing Coursevote. It went live Sunday and since then I’ve had about 20 of my friends test it out. I’ve made most of the major UI changes, but there’s still a few things left to do. Read the full launch post at the Coursevote Blog. I won’t talk too much about Coursevote [...]
Coursevote Updates
on June 6, 2007 with 0 comments
As some of you know, Facebook recently announced a major new development called Facebook Platforms – where 3rd party developers can build applications which run within Facebook itself. While I knew this was coming, after seeing it launched I realized I had to rebuild Coursevote to utilize this new functionality (we had about 3 developer [...]
1st Place in Business Ideas Challenge
on May 2, 2007 with 5 Comments
With my Coursevote.com idea, I won the Business Ideas Challenge. It was an amazing experience. The judges had some great questions and advice, and really saw the potential of this project. I wasn’t allowed to actually demo the site (not allowed to use computers), but I printed out a few key pages from it for [...]
