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Write this email and get an interview at a startup the next day

From: XXX Subject: Passionate, highly technical XXX student for Peek software engineering position To: Peek CTO Dear Dan and the Peek team, My name is XXX, and I am a XXX at XXX University with a very strong background in

Write this email and get an interview at a startup the next day

From: XXX Subject: Passionate, highly technical XXX student for Peek software engineering position To: Peek CTO Dear Dan and the Peek team, My name is XXX, and I am a XXX at XXX University with a very strong background in

“Email is broken” –> what isn’t?

For the email is broken crowd, I offer you my LinkedIn. A mess. My Twitter @mentions are also super annoying. And don’t get me started on the retarded game invitations and friend requests queue in my Facebook. I hate the

“Email is broken” –> what isn’t?

For the email is broken crowd, I offer you my LinkedIn. A mess. My Twitter @mentions are also super annoying. And don’t get me started on the retarded game invitations and friend requests queue in my Facebook. I hate the

Geography lesson

Look how far south all this stuff is. And Korea is an hour time zone east. Of Singapore.

Geography lesson

Look how far south all this stuff is. And Korea is an hour time zone east. Of Singapore.

“What is Email”, circa 1999 (from the trolling NTP patent filing that zapped Blackberry)

Background Art The use of computers to send and receive electronic mail messages is becoming very popular globally Numerous companies both network and software related offer electronic mail packages E Mail and services Currently electronic mail services provide a convenient

“What is Email”, circa 1999 (from the trolling NTP patent filing that zapped Blackberry)

Background Art The use of computers to send and receive electronic mail messages is becoming very popular globally Numerous companies both network and software related offer electronic mail packages E Mail and services Currently electronic mail services provide a convenient

The patent trolls are at it again

Imitating non-trolls using dolls.

The patent trolls are at it again

Imitating non-trolls using dolls.

Wow, PG was right. Gmail is super slow! And full of crap.

Believe it or not I never use Gmail as in gmail.com typed into my browser. I use a mail client (!!! –> thunderbird on PC, Mail on iPhone, Peek on Android, etc. etc.) But people complain about Gmail sometimes and

Wow, PG was right. Gmail is super slow! And full of crap.

Believe it or not I never use Gmail as in gmail.com typed into my browser. I use a mail client (!!! –> thunderbird on PC, Mail on iPhone, Peek on Android, etc. etc.) But people complain about Gmail sometimes and

“Moving you to bcc”

When did that become the etiquette when following up an introduction? Last 1 year? Feels recent. I like it of course. Reply-all = fail

“Moving you to bcc”

When did that become the etiquette when following up an introduction? Last 1 year? Feels recent. I like it of course. Reply-all = fail

Two startup ideas about data/users/accounts

1. A website or browser extension that actually works to log you in/out/everything of the zillions of accounts. In particular, multiple ‘application’ accounts like the many google/google apps accounts I have but also dropbox, trading, banking, social sites, etc. I

Two startup ideas about data/users/accounts

1. A website or browser extension that actually works to log you in/out/everything of the zillions of accounts. In particular, multiple ‘application’ accounts like the many google/google apps accounts I have but also dropbox, trading, banking, social sites, etc. I

Management secrets from the 1990s Web

More CEOs should do this. Bezos has never stopped. I still remember the first time they tookover the Amazon.com (that I saw) to make some huge announcement… Netscape.com was a place for this kind of stuff in the heart of

Management secrets from the 1990s Web

More CEOs should do this. Bezos has never stopped. I still remember the first time they tookover the Amazon.com (that I saw) to make some huge announcement… Netscape.com was a place for this kind of stuff in the heart of