2 weeks ago, the #occupywallst protestors were been kicked out of zuccotti park in Manhattan. It's time to move the protest to the web. It's time to #occupytheweb I am announcing today the relaunch of TOSAmend with Law Professor, Zev Eigen. We've ironed out the kinks and now we think TOSAmend will hold up in court - at least for some contracts . What is TOSAmend? TOSAmend is a free & easy Read the article >>

Have you ever read any of the terms of service documents you agree to when you sign up to your favorite web apps? Of course you don't.  Those documents are tens, sometimes hundreds, of pages long. You sign away even your most basic of rights.  They're in legalise.  Even if you could read them, it would take you all day! And you'd have to spend countless more hours just trying to understand the Read the article >>

I've written before about how, as Ignighter's CTO, I log everything I can measure.  This allows me to delve deep and gain insights about how folks are using our fledgling site. Since discovering a love of data in my professional life, I've cultivated a similar affinity for data around my personal habits.  These 6 tools have helped me track financial, fitness, and health trends in my personal Read the article >>

One thing that hasn't changed during the span of my time at Ignighter is the importance of our in-house analytics.  Ever since our first lecture at Techstars 2008, when we were prodded to "obsess over core metrics", we've been obsessed with our usage data.  Having the right information on-demand is essential to being nimble in your decision making as a management team "If you aren't measuring it, Read the article >>

I've been thinking how much things have changed lately at Ignighter.  We're starting to get some press, a bunch of daily registrations, and a bunch more messages piping through our once-rinky dating website.  It's beginning to feel like we're not such a small startup anymore. When milestones like those pass, it really changes the way your team builds software.  These days, I'm obsessed with building Read the article >>

You can only be as efficient as the tools around you allow you to be. The most recent change to my workstation is a standing desk. Standing 8+ hours / day is a big change. Aside from some exhaustion the first day, most of the changes have been positive so far. Here are some of the benefits: I'm strength training while I'm at work. You know that feeling when you're exhausted at the end of the Read the article >>