So, I recently depoyed YouTube Direct for a viral campaign http://buythissatellite.org and ran into a couple problems which I thought I’d document for others (and myself for later). The campaign is for an amazing project which you should read about here: http://ahumanright.org, but this post is about coding… So for this post, Im just going to [...]

I have recently started using Django. I’ll save info on that for another post. For now, just a quick note about JSON encoding your Django models. I am building a web app where almost all of the action is happening via AJAX. In this case, Django is really just providing database abstraction and some minimal [...]

So I have been off the radar for a bit once again, mostly due to moving (yet again) and renovation of my new place. During the renovation and moving, I had also been meeting with the amazing guys over at YearOneLabs, a new startup accelerator and one of the centers of the very exciting startup energy [...]

So for a few weeks, I’ve been working on a very exciting project called BuyThisSatellite. It’s a fundraising campaign to kickstart the mission of AHumanRight.org;  to provide free information (read internet) access to the entire globe. The idea is huge, there’s no denying that, and when my friend Kosta told me about it, I knew [...]

This weekend I participated in the Startupifier bootcamp. Basically, a bunch of people come together, pitch some ideas, form teams, and try to build a startup product in a weekend. I pitched an idea that was selected for development and ended up developing the idea with one other person, Sofiane Hocine. We have similar backgrounds [...]

This is another delayed post but its definitely time to put the photos up here. These are from the 4th of July weekend down at Pat’s barn in Hopkinton, New Hampshire. Basically Matt Murphy (the guy I went to New Zealand with) is from a small town in New Hampshire. He and his buddies growing [...]

A while ago, some friends and I went for dinner to celebrate Harry Knazan’s 24th birthday. We went to La Khaima and had some excellent North African food. The atmosphere is great and the owner, Atigh, is a real character. Definitely worth checking out. Anyway, just wanted to post the photos and recommend the restaurant.