Slack EmojiBot

Categories future_of_tech, sideprojects, software, technology, tools
Couldn't sleep last night, so I started futzing with an experiment I've been noodling on.  It's called Slack EmojiBot and I built it last night. It's a bot that adds custom emojis your slack team; inline in Slack. 🤔👌 No more putzing around in your web browser. Supports all of the below inline in slack. 👇 Searching google images. 📷 Uploading images to slack's (IMHO hard Read the article >>

Why Open Source a High Frequency Trader?

Categories community, data, sideprojects, software, technology, tools
I built a cryptocurrency trading framework in January, and open sourced it as 'pytrader' 2 weeks ago.  Among the wave of interest, there were a handful of cynics: npx writes, on HN: I can't imagine why anyone would actually want to release a profitable trader. Isn't this kind of a tautologically dumb thing to do? .. I just can't see any motivation to make it profitable and then issue a pull Read the article >>

Who’s going to build my MVP?

Categories software, startups
I'm often introduced to folks who have been doing consulting/tech/corporate/academic work for a while, and are looking to start a tech startup. They have an idea, and if they're good, a network of potential investors/mentors. Hopefully they have done their research on their market, finished up some initial customer development and have a paper prototype. The problem is: they don't know how to build Read the article >>

Google Glass App Ideas

Categories software, technology
Google Glass is the most exciting consumer technology project in years.  It is an opportunity to totally change the way humanity interacts with computing.   Here are some Google Glass app ideas I've collated or collected from around the internet: ( Disclaimer: This post is entirely speculation.  The post is a product of my own brainstorming, and is not endorsed by Google. ) Glass' Killer features The Read the article >>

Google Glass App Mockups

Categories software
I think the Google Glass project is so exciting.  For the uninitiated, Glass is a wearable computer, a pair of eyeglasses.  Think of it like a smartphone, on your face. How cool would it be to have a 'wearable computer'?  Think of all the things you could do: You could record every moment of your day.  You could be presented contextual information about everyone around you.  You could Read the article >>

Gumption

Categories software, startups
As an aspiring guitarist, I've noticed that music, like other forms of creative art, painting, drawing, or design, require high amounts of passion, enthusiasm, and resolve.   More and more, I've found the same about development -- developers do their best work when they are working on something that they are personally passionate about.  Software engineering is a fundamentally creative practice -- Read the article >>