I’m 99% serious about this. Get a bunch of smart hackers with open source experience together, with the sole goal of keeping Firefox’s memory consumption under control. I can guarantee you will get funded be richer than your wildest dreams within a matter of hours. Personally, I almost never pay for software (I stick with open source, older versions I have, or software given out by...
I’ve made significant progress, to the point I can say that I have a working alpha of Metro Times. To Check DC Metro Times on Your Cell Phone Send a text message to metro [AT] skeevisarts [DOT] com (replace AT and DOT with the appropriate symbols). In the message, include the first few characters of the Metro station. Type enough of the station’s name so that it can’t be...
I was reading an article by Paul Graham, and he mentioned this… “…dating sites currently suck far worse than search did before Google. They all use the same simple-minded model. They seem to have approached the problem by thinking about how to do database matches instead of how dating works in the real world. An undergrad could build something better as a class project. And yet...
Is done*. I am so 1337. *OK, fine, it’s not totally done yet. It still is missing the SMS interface. But I am waiting for emails from vendors, and my second alternative (sending SMS through e-mail) can’t be done yet because Sun’s dev website is down for maintenance. The command line interface is awesome. You can just type the first few letters of a metro station, and it’ll...
I just came up with an awesome idea. I was at a bar for a close friend’s birthday last night. I am a morning person, so I tend to go to sleep pretty early at night (usually), and thus didn’t want to be out late. And for sure, I didn’t want to leave the bar early, walk to the Metro, and find out that the next train is 18 minutes away. So I was thinking… why can’t I...
While I believe the setup (and the limited range of Bluetooth) makes this particular implementation of questionable value, I believe that the idea of locating users by immediate area is awesome. I wouldn’t use this for finding new people who are in my area. Instead, I would prefer an application that would pop-up when a friend of mine (Facebook or whatever other social network) happened to...
Facebook Platform is awesome. Late one night, a couple months ago, my girlfriend and her best friend called me up with an idea for a Facebook application (this was just after the Facebook platform, a way for people to make mini-sites that live within Facebook and are used/shared by people with Facebook accounts). I initially ignored it, as I was busy on my own projects. But then, undeterred, they...
The only thing worse than a paranoid entrepreneur is a paranoid entrepreneur who talks to his dog. I fully admit it. I am paranoid as hell. I am someone who (I guess?) is lucky enough to have a very active and creative mind, and is always coming up with new “things.” A lot of it is crap. A lot of it is whack. But I believe the best thing I can do for the community is share my ideas. I...