GeekStack as Trading Card Game?
From the beginning, I liked the idea of making GeekStack not just trading cards but a collectible trading card game like Magic: The Gathering or Pokemon. After all, those games are fun (addictive?) and using a rare card to help you win is more motivation than just getting the rare card to complete your set. [...]
Design Issue: Judging the Relative Value of CompSci Figures
One of the big pieces of work ahead of me is obviously to make the cards: write the test, design the border, do the graphics for each card, etc. But once that’s all done, there’s another question: how many of each do I make?
I don’t mean how many cards to print; I’ll obviously print millions [...]
A Well-Curated Geek News Source
When I’m researching CS and other fields to make GeekStack cards for, I find a LOT of geeky news. For instance, yesterday I found a discussion of whether genes are the base unit of a species rather than of an individual, and that a guy named Danny Hillis built a computer out of Tinker Toys. [...]
The 3 Minute Pitch For GeekStack
This afteroon was the Chicagoland Fast Pitch Competition, and alas, GeekStack didn’t win. Not a big surprise since a big part of the judging was “How credible is your team?” and “How big is your market?”. It’s a stretch to call us 3 guys since it’s more like me at one-fourth time plus the option [...]
The Passion To Overcome Adversity
What is the vision behind GeekStack? I’m sure some of it has come through in through what I’ve written on the site, but I thought I’d put down some more explicit thoughts. Forgive the personal nature of this entry – it’s as much for my own benefit as it is for yours.
There’s a big problem [...]
Join GeekStack at Rebooting Computing Conference Jan 12-14
Anyone who reads this blog would probably be interested in the Rebooting Computing Conference. It’s a three day workshop to bring back the “Magic and Beauty of Computer Science.” Here’s an excerpt from the main page:
It is a time of challenges for the computing field. We are tired of hearing that a computing professional is [...]
GeekStack At Chicagoland Fast Pitch Competition on 11/18
Good news! I’ve just been accepted to pitch GeekStack at the Chicagoland Fast Pitch Competition, part of the Entrepreneurship Week Chicago. Next Tuesday, November 18, I get three minutes to pitch to a panel of experienced entrepreneurs, investors and industry experts and a chance to win a $4,000 prize! I’m way excited about to get [...]
Quick and Easy Do-It-Yourself Business Cards
Now that I have my logo, I wanted to get business cards. Tech entrepreneurs often sneer at business cards as a crutch for people whose product doesn’t sell itself, but since I’m making a physical, consumer product, there’s more to do and more people that will need to be on board. If I want them [...]
How I Made the GeekStack Logo With No Design Skills Whatsoever
I hope you like the GeekStack logo I made. I like the idea but at this point, I didn’t want to pay a designer to give a full fledged design. Even though I’d like to have a vector graphic Photoshop file, I’d rather keep money to pay for things like lawyers and printing. So here’s [...]
Indian Math Online Helps You Study Like Its Bangalore!
I’ve already mentioned 2 Million Minutes, and today I found out that Bob Compton, father of 2MM, has a startup called Indian Math Online. He had mentioned earlier that he found a tutor in India to work with his daughters but I had not idea it turned into a startup. Here’s the official blurb:
Indian Math [...]
