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Good, fast, and cheap but never all three

The other day I found video in a series about coming up with business ideas. It’s called The 25 Days Of Ideas. For one month the series gives a strategy for coming up with a new business idea each day. After noticing that you could skip ahead I started watching the videos at 1.5x speed.…
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Pressure on the shadows

If you could go back and listen to your great great grandfather. If you had a video recording of his daily life. If you could view his inner thoughts in less than 140 characters would you?
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The 12th man is better than you

Yesterday I went to my first Oregon State Men’s Basketball. The Ducks crushed the Tigers. Something that would never happen in real life but mascots fight on a different realm. Final score was 128 to 59, which ended up being a school record. Something happened near the eight minute mark of the second half. The student…
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Taking the difficult path

My procrastination takes the form of research. I attempt to find the easiest solution. A comfortable path to follow before even taking the first step. That’s probably why what I found in a video by Evan Carmichael hit me so hard.
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This Generation Will Be Fine

It’s never been a better time to be 20 – 30 years old. It’s never been a better time to be a human.
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The Daily December Experiment 2016

For the next 30 days I’m going to try something new.
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The Algorithm For Success

Would it be crazy to say I’ve uncovered the algorithm for success? It was late at night, everyone had gone to sleep long ago. I was coding while trying my best to avoid burnout. I was unsuccessful.
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A Note For Myself As A Computer Science Undergraduate

Ever wish you could go back in time and give yourself some advice? Unfortunately that’s not possible yet. However I was recently asked if I would be open to give some advice to a Computer Science undergraduate. I rattled off a few things and agreed. To be honest I wasn’t sure exactly what I would…
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How To Avoid My Business Mistakes

The final text was sent. I lowered my head and let out a long sigh. Looked up at my wife and said, “It’s done…”. I had just shut down the business I had started almost 2 years ago called Samson. For those of you who don’t know, Samson was a service that allowed Barbers to manage their schedule…