Thoughts on systems, engineering, AI, technology and life.
Me being a total air/spacecraft geek (and an ex-Space Shuttle avionics software engineer), it is very cool to see the Austin company called LIFT Aircraft. Founded by Matt Chasen, a well-known Austinite serial entrepreneur, and investor, the company is building a super cool personal transportation aircraft called HEXA which has the potential for revolutionizing personal … Read more
According to LinkedIn’s February Workforce report (via Rodrigo Brancatelli of LinkedIn), Austin is the top city gaining workers.
The Mobile Monday Austin (unofficial) SXSW party is back. Join us at Fogo de Chao on Monday, March 10 at 5:30pm for some free drinks and food, as well as demos from leading mobile startups from Austin and around the world. We packed Fogo de Chao last year with a room full of great conversation, … Read more
“With such convergence happening with technology and healthcare, especially right here in Austin, and especially with mobile technology, it is great to see a company like Filament Labs be recognized,” said C. Enrique Ortiz, organizer of Mobile Monday Austin. At the recently completed Texas Wireless Summit (TWS), eight Austin-area startups presented and competed in the … Read more
Last night (July 27, 2013) Black Sabbath came to Austin Texas (Erwin Center); my 1st time ever seeing Sabbath (and Ozzy for that matter). We enjoyed the show very much. In memory of my very good friend Alberto Rafóls; we used as kids to listen to Sabbath again and again, while Frisbee Jamming. R.I.P. my … Read more
Join us at our March 2013 Android Dev Austin Meet up with Apigee! Apigee, experts on all things “API”, is one of the coolest companies out there. Seating is limited! Please RSVP: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4577513466 Topic: Making the Backend as easy as the Frontend: a look at BaaS. Abstract: Sure, Android makes it super-easy to build the … Read more
It was a gorgeous, windy, cold day in Austin, Texas. With Todd Brodeur, John Titcomb, Johny Trevino, Mike Galloupe, Eric Gibbons, Glen Whitlock and others — at Zilker Park. Austin Jamming – Panorama #1 (Click on picture to enlarge) Austin Jamming – Panorama #2 (Click on picture to enlarge) It was great to meet and … Read more
Congrats to Lewis Weil of Austin Sea Veggies, who is October 2012 Awesome Austin Foundation grantee: “My goal is produce amazing, fresh, healthy local seafood anywhere in world. I want people to have good food and for us to be able to leave the wild environment alone at the same time.” See the Project’s page … Read more
This Friday October 26, 2012 is the Texas Wireless Summit. And as part of the event we are having the annual Mobile Monday Austin Startup Showcase. (Also, don’t forget that on Oct 22 we are having our regular Mobile Monday Austin event at Capital Factory — topic: Mobile & Cloud.) This year we are having … Read more
Join us for our October 2012 Mobile Monday Austin meeting, at the very cool Capital Factory offices in downtown Austin. We are having a number of cool companies come talk about “Mobile and Cloud“: * Cloudbees — CloudBees Platform as a Service (PaaS) architecture provides a powerful foundation for cloud development and deployment services. * … Read more