Skmmr got picked to be part of TechCocktail!

Just got some great news. Skmmr has been selected among a handful of companies to present tomorrow night at TechCocktail in Boulder.

Eric, Andy and I have worked very hard on Skmmr and we’re excited to show it off.

We’d love your feedback as we roll out the beta very, very soon. Sign up to be a part of it here.

I found a secret spot in Boulder: The Monsters Inc. House!

(This photo has not been doctored in any way, shape or form. Those are actual, giant Monsters Inc. characters in the window)

I got into TechStars (as an intern)!

I am fortunate enough to be a part of the TechStars Boulder summer class of 2011! Starting in about a week, I’ll be one of three associates selected to help the program run smoothly in the Bunker this summer.

Getting to go through TechStars at any capacity is an honor, I think. I applied for this position last summer and didn’t get in; I wasn’t ready.

It’s hard to classify the progress someone makes in year. In the last year I’ve gotten to be a part of a more traditional company, a part of a former TechStars team, and now I get to part of TechStars itself. I’ve learned a lot.

I’m very eager to get into the Bunker help the teams who have been selected to participate in the program this summer and learn all that I can. Can’t wait for everything to kick off.

I’m planning a food fight in Boulder this Spring

That’s all.

Anyone who has participated in, or planned a food fight in the past, please contact me with all of your food fighting tips and tricks. The last thing we want is to put out an eye with a graham cracker.

The Startup Student: Throw out those textbook terms. Entrepreneurship is exciting!

I’m in a class right now called Entrepreneurial Adventures in Journalism. We’re covering business models and why entrepreneurs choose to take part in a business venture. A question that keeps coming up in the discussion is, “What is the entrepreneurial motivation?”

Source: thestartupstudent

Jokes with Alfred App

Last weekend I blogged about how much I love Alfred, an application launcher for OS X. Give it a try if you haven’t. At least for today. It’s free.

I’m going to do a few more posts on Alfred and all of the cool little things it can do. For example

Typing “maps Boulder, CO” will open a new tab in your browsers, searching Google Maps for Boulder. Or typing “wolfram October 25” will open a tab in your browser that searches Wolfram|Alpha for my birthday.

I’ve made a few custom searches too. Typing “tumblr” brings me to my Dashboard, typing “zs” brings me to my website.

I fucking love Alfred. You should too.

Please vote for me to speak at Ignite Denver 7

Ignite Denver 7 is coming up later this month and I’d love to be on that stage in Denver! My talk is called “Everything I know I learned from ‘The Wire.’” It’s about me growing up in Baltimore, watching The Wire and the somewhat unorthodox lessons the characters of The Wire had to teach.

A YouTube video will be posted after the event so you can see how your vote turned out.

A big thanks to everyone who voted for me to speak at Ignite Boulder 11! It was a blast speaking in front of 1400+ people. That video should be coming online this week (Hopefully. One of the organizers puts them up.)

Please vote for me to speak at Ignite Boulder 11

This will only take 1 minute of your time, tops.

Hey there, awesome readers. We’ve got Ignite Boulder 11 coming up in just three weeks and I need your votes to get on stage in front of 1,300 people. Please, give my talk on “Accelerated Learning by pairing yourself with intimidatingly smart people” a vote.

For the unfamiliar, an Ignite talk is 5 minutes, 20 slides and is intended to teach something of social value that others may be largely unfamiliar with. You can watch some great videos here. Warning: These talks are addicting.

Please vote for me and reblog this. I want to get on that stage in 3 weeks. Help a brother out.

Startup Weekend Boulder - Feel Awesome

Hey everybody. Hope your weekend is going well.

I’m currently knee deep in Startup Weekend Boulder, starting a company called Feel Awesome. It’s an iPhone app and/or an SMS-based service that’s accessible to anyone who owns a cell phone.

Feel Awesome is all about personal tracking for personal growth. We want to help you keep track of your short term and long term goals, your activity habits (we hate the word exercise), what you put in your body (we hate the word diet), and the little victories that get you through the days.

We’re aiming to have a usable piece of our application at some point tonight or early tomorrow. We’d love any and all testers.

Please follow us on Twitter. I’m really excited about this project. I hope you are too!

(Side note: I’d love it if you’d reblog this to your followers. Every person we can have test Feel Awesome between now and whenever testing is over is an immense help!)

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