Archive for August, 2007

Above is a test  using the tools provided by animoto.com. Looks like it has possibilities! Hank

Innovation Comes In Many Forms

A grad student in Houston, Texas car a/c went out, so he improvised as shown in the two pictures above. Raises lots of questions: drag, how getting 115 vac to run window a/c, how empty condensate coffee can, how well does it work, etc. Whatever your thoughts, he is innovative! Hank 

GREAT Illegal Immigrant Story!

The Remarkable Journey of Doctor QHe grew up poor, south of the border. Now he’s a neurosurgeon, bent on finding a cure for brain cancer.
Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, with Aztec calendars, reminders of his native Mexico, in the background.
When he arrived in the United States as an illegal migrant farm worker in 1987, Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa was [...]

Web 2.0 Insights

This is a rather long article from the most recent issue of @Wharton that has lots of insights for web-based startups. Hank
It has never been easier to start an Internet company. Create a web site, begin a “viral” marketing campaign to grow word-of-mouth and acquire an audience, garner some ad revenues, generate venture capital funding [...]

I am experimenting with a relatively new Web2.0 company called SplashCast. They support all kinds of stuff, including having your own “channels.” One of the channels I set up is a PowerPoint presentation authored by a local entrepreneur that has gobs of insights into what entrepreneurship entails. His bio is below the embedded presentation.

David A. [...]

Back From Corpus Christi

No, we did not put an offer in on a home in Corpus Christi. I found several that I would have been more than satisfied with. However, marriage has two voters either with veto rights, and my selection, a 1984 two Bdrm, two full bath, two car garage was vetoed for too many reasons. Too [...]

Technology On The Road

As I blogged yesterday, I am on the road to Corpus Christi, Texas, to look at potential winter homes for my family. Yesterday I drove 760.6 miles, and when I stopped, looked for a motel with wireless internet available. The first did not; the second does, and it is from this that the following relates.
The [...]

  A couple of years ago, I used to watch TechTV religiously. Leo LaPorte and company produced a zany, informative, and real time program. One of the participants was Morgan Webb. In late 2005, I started watching Amanda Congdon’s Rocketboom which was very entertaining. See link for Amanda Congdon in 2006 and here for info on Rocketboom. [...]

Yesterday I made a presentation to junior and senior high school students attending the first ever, PRF-sponsored Entrepreneurship Academy. Below is a link to the custom web page I used for the presentation. If you click on the first Porsche graphic at the top, it is a link to a page about Road America and a great [...]