Entrepreneurs as Celebrities
Posted on | November 13, 2009 | No Comments
Srimana Mitra just wrote an article for Fortune about how entrepreneurial activity is increasing in India but it could grow faster if entrepreneurs were portrayed better by the media. I couldn’t have come up with a better description for what we’re trying to accomplish with GeekStack than the following quote:
“In Silicon Valley, Steve Jobs is one such household name. If he sneezes, the media reports on it. As a result, hundreds, possibly thousands, of entrepreneurs have looked up to him and found inspiration.
Many other entrepreneur heroes have emerged in Silicon Valley and across America, and their stories have traveled far and wide. The media has celebrated them, and to a very large extent, all these stories–not only billionaires like Jobs, Bill Gates, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Tom Siebel or Larry Ellison, but also numerous smaller successes–have helped create the culture that we enjoy here. This culture forgives failure, focusing not on the defeat, but celebrating the attempt.”
via India’s Next Celebrities – Forbes.com.
Cell Size and Scale
Posted on | November 10, 2009 | No Comments
Cell Size and Scale – A “Powers of Ten” type animation showing the size of different microbiological components next to each other.
Creatively Educated = The New Untouchables
Posted on | October 28, 2009 | No Comments
Great Op-Ed in the NYT about how we can’t fix our (American) economy until our children and workers are productive and valuable enough to be worth what it costs to live in a rich country. One of the driving goals behind GeekStack is to help more people want to make the world a better place and know how to accomplish that. This change won’t happen by force or mandate – it has to come from the fire within each person. Consider us the bellows to stoke that fire.
“That is the key to understanding our full education challenge today. Those who are waiting for this recession to end so someone can again hand them work could have a long wait. Those with the imagination to make themselves untouchables — to invent smarter ways to do old jobs, energy-saving ways to provide new services, new ways to attract old customers or new ways to combine existing technologies — will thrive. Therefore, we not only need a higher percentage of our kids graduating from high school and college — more education — but we need more of them with the right education.”
via Op-Ed Columnist – The New Untouchables – NYTimes.com.
Sign up now to playtest GeekStack!
Posted on | October 28, 2009 | No Comments
Playtesting is still a month or so away but now is the time to sign up to be a playtester. We need as many playtesters as we can get so it’s easier to find an opponent. Signing up also puts you on the mailing list for playtesters where we’ll give more details as it gets closer to the big day.
Sign up at http://geekstack.com/playtester-signup/
Please pass this along to anyone you think would be interested. We’re especially looking for experienced trading card players, particularly people who have played Magic: The Gathering, World of Warcraft TCG, and Chaotic.
DNA-Inspired Closet Is As Space-Efficient As It’s Twisted and Curvy – Double helix closet
Posted on | October 16, 2009 | No Comments
DNA-Inspired Closet Is As Space-Efficient As It’s Twisted and Curvy – Double helix closet – Gizmodo.
NoLinks Feed Now Contains No Links!
Posted on | October 15, 2009 | No Comments
Disclaimer: If you like the random geeky asides and commentary on education, this post does not apply to you and you can skip it
A long time ago I created an alternate RSS feed for people that wanted to keep up with GeekStack but didn’t care about the other things I sometimes blog about – geeky t-shirts, education stories, etc. When I set it up, I was just posting links to delicious. When I started putting things directly on this blog, the No Links feed didn’t do it’s job of conveying condensed GeekStack news anymore. But, it has been fixed, fear no more, and here you go!
Summary of 10/2 TWiST Call from This Week In Startups Recap
Posted on | October 14, 2009 | No Comments
Peter Christensen of GeekStack called in with a follow up from the episode 12 Ask Jason segment. As a reminder Peter is creating a Magic: The Gathering of Science Figures card and online game…
Read the rest at TWiST – Ask Jason, Will GeekStack Be Jason’s 3rd Angel Investment? | StartupRecap.
Thanks for the writeup, Scott!
It’s Like Wheelchairs At Disneyland
Posted on | October 12, 2009 | No Comments
When I called into This Week in Startups on October 2nd, Tyler have the most insightful “Insight From Tyler” ever. Enjoy and remember: Tyler is smarter than you, when I say you I really mean me, that’s why we need Insights From Tyler!”
GeekStack Calls to This Week In Startups on YouTube
Posted on | October 10, 2009 | 2 Comments
After some annoying work with substandard video editing tools, I’ve clipped the video from when I called into this week in startups. It’s about 28 min total, split across 2 calls, 2 videos each (stupid YouTube 10 min limit). Enjoy!
First call to TWiST episode 12, August 14, 2009
Part 1
Part 2
Second call to TWiST episode 20, October 2, 2009
Part 1
Part 2
What Should People Who GeekStack Be Called?
Posted on | October 7, 2009 | 1 Comment
Click Here to tell us what members of the GeekStack community should be called!
