I mentioned a few weeks back in my essay on Ben Franklin his concept of ‘virtues’ For the past month I’ve taken Franklin’s ideology and have seen success in my habit building like never before. Humans are constantly slaves to their habits while also trying to establish news and break Read more…
Reading the book ‘Digital Gold’ about bitcoin was kind of the culmination of my research into alternatives for the dollar. This quote about sums up my sentiment. “It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and money system, for if they did, Read more…
Things I learned building an app company in a year Our beta of Kneadit launched today! For those that don’t know, Kneadit is a Chicago-centric iOS app connecting users with licensed Massage Therapists. As a customer you can view profiles, shop around for different kinds of massages/prices and book a Read more…
The higher education bubble is real friends, if you’re in high school right now you definitely need to be aware of it and prepare yourself for the world in a few years. Why a bubble? The short of it is this, when things are easy to borrow money to Read more…
In America we love our start ups. The new dream isn’t the house in the suburbs for most millennials, but of having that ONE GREAT IDEA that can blow up in popularity and get sold to Facebook for a billion damn dollars. Just one simple idea! As a Read more…
My Guide to Buying/Selling on Craigslist I absolutely love Craigslist, and have been buying and selling on there since I was in high school. I’ve bought and sold cars, electronics, boats, motorcycles furniture you name it. For anyone who has limited experience here are my biggest tips to getting good Read more…
We’ve taken good idea and made it into college again because that’s prevailing profitable model. “Spend money and take this course, and we can guarantee you success in your career” this is the overall mantra that sells people on big ticket items like college or boot camps. What it’s Read more…
How Ben Franklin Invented Blogging (and other lessons) I read through Ben Franklin’s autobiography recently, and had to take a few weeks to digest all the lessons that could be learned from him. Instead of a review on the autobiography (which has very unique perspectives on historical events by the Read more…
If you text a friend or post a question online before trying to google your own solution for at least 5 minutes, you’re just being lazy. Today’s musing is on self reliance in the age of information. Let’s paint the picture of our modern world. Thanks to Read more…
An Open Letter to Future Computer Science Majors As the sun sets on my lengthy college career, I was reflecting on how much I’ve learned since I started playing with computers in middle school. I thought back to why I even chose computer science as a field, and laughed Read more…
