http://www.aquinox.net/blog/ learning for the sake of learning en-us jingchen3@gmail.com 2007-11-09T22:41:11-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.aquinox.net/blog/2007/11/best_of_us.html I'm still alive though this blog will probably be quiet for quite some time...I've been dabbling around in various projects here and there.... Here's my hiatus card: Enjoy! technorati tags: best of us, olympics, motivation, dreams... 107@http://www.aquinox.net/blog/ 2007-11-09T22:41:11-05:00 http://www.aquinox.net/blog/2007/10/yoinkd_mediabox.html I've been idle for a while and actively pursuing a few projects of mine...one of which is Yoink'd. Yoink'd Mediabox is a fully AJAX / DHTML web media player (like Windows Media Player, iTunes, Winamp, etc..) for finding, organizing, and... 106@http://www.aquinox.net/blog/ 2007-10-09T04:19:47-05:00 http://www.aquinox.net/blog/2007/09/the_real_secrets_of_silicon_va.html First Chapter I Flip To Chapter 9 of The Valley of Heart's Delight by Michael Malone. First Quote I Read I think that maybe in every company today there is always at least one person who is going crazy slowly.... 105@http://www.aquinox.net/blog/ 2007-09-15T20:45:19-05:00 http://www.aquinox.net/blog/2007/08/twittering_your_thoughts.html I've been taking a closer look at the mobile space and found a number of very well-written blogs. One of favorites is Mobile Opportunity written by seasoned industry expert Michael Mace. One of his older posts back in April 2007... 104@http://www.aquinox.net/blog/ 2007-08-30T09:25:52-05:00 http://www.aquinox.net/blog/2007/08/analyzing_ones_past.html Ben Casnocha writes an interesting post titled "Absent Fathers, Supportive Mothers," citing "...there is evidence that many successful male leaders had strong, supportive mothers and rather remote, absent fathers..." I'm curious as to how much evidence there is on this... 103@http://www.aquinox.net/blog/ 2007-08-27T08:23:46-05:00 http://www.aquinox.net/blog/2007/08/to_our_loved_ones.html I just finished Swimming Across, a memoir of Andrew Grove, founder of Intel and Time Magazine's Man of the Year in 1997. This is a truly inspiring and motivational story, a must-read. After Andris nearly loses his life to scarlet... 102@http://www.aquinox.net/blog/ 2007-08-27T00:32:06-05:00 http://www.aquinox.net/blog/2007/08/on_motivation.html Steve Pavlina writes one of the best "motivation" posts I've seen yet. The most fascinating fact for me is that everything in life can be simplified to basic human emotions and desires. Being human, I feel that I'm a victim... 99@http://www.aquinox.net/blog/ 2007-08-20T10:12:09-05:00 http://www.aquinox.net/blog/2007/08/typical_tech_entrepreneur.html Here's an excerpt from my recent conversation with a friend online (re: web 2.0 site): xxx: there's no other site that does what we plan to do jingaling333: lol xxx: and our biggest fear is that we'd have to compete... 75@http://www.aquinox.net/blog/ 2007-08-08T17:27:20-05:00 http://www.aquinox.net/blog/2007/08/lessons_learned_from_janice_fr.html I'm truly impressed by Janice Fraser, one of the founding members of Adaptive Path. She is an entrepreneur, interaction designer, and editor -- all in one! She writes an inspirational blog (hah, she's "clevergirl") and has an excellent podcast here.... 74@http://www.aquinox.net/blog/ 2007-08-05T16:48:15-05:00 http://www.aquinox.net/blog/2007/08/strategy_in_design.html I came across a great Fast Company article titled "Strategy by Design" by Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO, written back in June 2005. Tim emphasizes the importance of design thinking as a catalyst for innovation productivity. "Where you innovate, how... 73@http://www.aquinox.net/blog/ 2007-08-05T13:12:21-05:00 http://www.aquinox.net/blog/2007/07/finding_the_influential_few.html My recent conversations with my friend Doug has got me thinking more about our information overloaded society and how people can best find what they want or "separate signal from noise" be it on the internet, in the real world,... 72@http://www.aquinox.net/blog/ 2007-07-08T07:38:08-05:00 http://www.aquinox.net/blog/2007/06/applying_buffettology_to_ventu.html Yesterday, I had the pleasure of meeting one of my favorite VC bloggers, Ho Nam, General Partner and co-founder of Altos Ventures on the famous Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, CA. Ho's posts are always very insightful, thoughtful, and... 71@http://www.aquinox.net/blog/ 2007-06-26T16:50:01-05:00 http://www.aquinox.net/blog/2007/06/encouraging_more_girls_to_purs.html During my trip last week to Boulder, CO, I had the pleasure of meeting Lucy Sanders, CEO and Co-Founder of the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), and Jill Ross, Director of Image of Computing at the University... 70@http://www.aquinox.net/blog/ 2007-06-18T19:51:58-05:00 http://www.aquinox.net/blog/2007/06/visiting_techstars_the_lessons.html Key Takeaways: Go-To-Market Strategy Session What is it? How do startups get ahead of customers? How and when do startups execute on strategy? What happens if your strategy fails? Know your customer; be a customer. Try to find a few... 68@http://www.aquinox.net/blog/ 2007-06-14T10:41:27-05:00 http://www.aquinox.net/blog/2007/06/visiting_techstars_in_boulder.html I’ve spent the past few days in beautiful Boulder, Colorado visiting TechStars, a three-month long summer program helping selected startup teams begin their company (much like Y Combinator featured in this Newsweek article). I met David Cohen, Executive Director of... 67@http://www.aquinox.net/blog/ 2007-06-12T21:06:29-05:00