The Atlassian 10 commandments for startups.

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An excellent, must see presentation by Scott Farquhar, Co-Founder and CEO of Atlassian. I’ve been using different Atlassian tools over the years now, and it is great to see their story, their success, and their 10 commandments for startups. Start with Two (founders who support each other) Need a business model Use your own product … Read more

What were you doing on Sept 11, 2001?

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As we all remember that horrific day on September 11, 2001, I look back at what I was doing at those exact moments. And I remember, crystal clear, that I was on my car, around 7 am, driving to work, to AGEA, a startup I helped start. AGEA was a startup in Austin and we … Read more

App Developers Conference and Hackathon 2011

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The App Developers Conference and Hackathon is taking place Oct 26-27, 2011 in Santa Clara, CA. ADC addresses key components of App development, marketing and revenue on mobile devices and tablets. Walmart and Pandora will deliver the keynotes. Additionally we have more than 50 speakers, including leading developers participating. Speakers include: Bump, Netflix, Smule, Flurry, … Read more

Evernote in Austin

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I just blogged at the Austin Startup blog, about Evernote in Austin; the popular Evernote is opening a development Studio in Austin. The company is growing fast — they started the year with 45 people and are looking to grow to 130 by the year end. And they have about 11 million users, and growing. … Read more

6th Mobile 2.0 Event | September 1, 2011 | San Francisco

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On September 1st, 2011 is the 6th edition of the Mobile 2.0 in San Francisco: Our one-day event, presented by the Mobile 2.0 Organizing Committee, focuses on understanding and leveraging Mobile Ecosystems, building and successfully monetizing new Mobile Applications and Services, and exploring Disruptive Mobile Innovation and Business Models. This is a very unique event, … Read more

On Google’s Moto Mobility Group Acquisition

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The latest big news on Android is Google’s acquisition of Motorola’s Mobility group. And I have to say, I wasn’t expecting that one. The main arguments floating around on the acquisition are: Patent play, driven by the patent war including the recent Nortel patent acquisition by Google’ competitors Hardware play, which better positions Google against … Read more

Are we still talking about WORA?

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A friend of mine who works at Phunware recently pointed me to their blog to read about a recent acquisition they have made; very cool, congrats. Then a recent blog post of theirs caught my eye (as it is a topic close to my heart): The Delusion of “Write Once Run Anywhere” Mobile App, where … Read more

Launch of STS-135 Atlantis (final mission of the Space Shuttle)

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Video of the last Space Shuttle launch (Atlantis, STS-135) as I saw it on July 8th, 2011… (thanks to James Daniels for the video editing/rotation effects) This is from 7 miles away. If you listen carefully, you can hear the double-boom as the vehicle breaks the sound barrier. This is the last time my code … Read more