I have been corresponding with Bremley W. B. Lyngdoh, PhD of Worldview Impact over the last several weeks as part of my coursework at UCLA Anderson as well as my general interest in Social Entrepreneurship. Bremley recently sent me something that I’d like to share with his blessings. Please read and enjoy.
My coworker Ashley and I have been working hard on Momtastic.com, a new mom website. It’s taken a fair amount of work to piece it together, but it’s slowly on its way to being an uplifting and inspirational website for mothers. I hope you enjoy it!
Another stirring example of business as a tool for social progress – commercial mobile phone service in Bangladesh fights poverty. Today, GrameenPhone employs 5,000 people, provides service to 20 million, and is the largest tax payer in Bangladesh on revenues of nearly US$1B.
Veni, Vomitavi, Partivi Literally,I came, I puked, I left. A latin transliteration of Google Analytics “Bounce Rate” metric.
If you’re local to Los Angeles and interested in learning more about Scrum and Agile, come to a LA Agile & Scrum User Group meetup! Tony Wong and Vladimir Drndarski will be giving a program on communicating product requirements in a Scrum environment. It’s free and there’s only 13 spots left (as of now), so [...]
I figured I’d try something a bit different tonight… Sauteed shishito peppers are getting pretty popular in LA as an appetizer at Japanese restaurants. Here’s my shot at it: Drop some shishito peppers in a skillet. Nonstick = bad, the reason for which is obvious in second. Drizzle them a bit with olive or sesame seed [...]
I met Ben Katz of Etchstar.com–home to engraved iPods, engraved MacBooks, and other awesome custom electronics–at a recent LA tech meetup. He handed me an awesome all-metal business card, and we struck up a quick conversation. Ben offered me a nice deal on an etching for my MacBook Pro. I thought about for a few days [...]
I can’t tell if they loath it or love it, but one thing is sure; they’re not indifferent.
select * from views where referrer like ‘%phoenix%’ order by time desc (Interpreting “*” as “all”, ignoring pronunciation of “%”, and pronouncing “desc” as one syllable.)
Oh instant message SPAM… I’ve kinda got a bit of a crush on you XXXX.. If you wanna know who I am though you’re gonna have to Click Here and play along with my game! Hey there! – You have been selected for a free vacation to the Bahamas! Click Here to confirm your prize before [...]