charlieok's Comments

Feld Thoughts : Learning To Program

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:32:24 +0000

This is Charlie O'Keefe. Yes, I worked with everlater in the early stages. No, I did not write "all of their original code base". I give the whole everlater team a lot of credit for how much they learned and how far they've come.

one : Gnip's Head is in the Clouds

Wed, 5 Aug 2009 02:16:57 +0000

This is really cool! I had not heard of Terracotta before talking to you guys at Gnip

PeteSearch : Alien landscapes

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:52:31 +0000

Wow! Second that!

Union Station : Programming Contest! Win iPhone 3GS & $2,000 Cloud Credit

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:34:11 +0000

I'm wondering how else to attack this -- I mean, if you could easily reverse a hash like this, that would basically undermine anything out there that depends on SHA1 for security, yes?

iVolunteer : National Conference on Volunteering & Service - a recap

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:09:58 +0000

Can't wait to see it guys!

Feld Thoughts : Some Tech Articles for You on a Saturday Morning

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:52:47 +0000

I think "feedback loop" is a great way to sum it up. Looking at the trendy software development methodologies, or broadening even more to include "customer development" ( http://startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com/2008/11... ), the common thread is adding, or tightening, feedback loops. The waterfall method is the one software people dump on and the reason is simple: no feedback loop.

Feld Thoughts : Some Tech Articles for You on a Saturday Morning

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:46:13 +0000

If google calendar were designed to better suit the specific case of taking orders over the phone and scheduling deliveries, would that make it better software? The way to judge "better" is probably product-market fit ( http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/06/the-pmarca-gu-2.ht... ). This yardstick applies in both the consumer case and the enterprise case.

PeteSearch : You can't fail if you don't try! (Or why I left the UK)

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:56:39 +0000

Wow, no kidding -- I'm kinda curious about those bottles now. And someone is walking around now slowly unloading over 20,000 of them?

Colorado Startups : You name it

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:54:12 +0000

Skinet? #nameCO

The Devver Blog : Announcments! (via video)

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 04:44:15 +0000

Nice, congrats guys!

PeteSearch : Only Connect

Thu, 9 Jul 2009 04:39:53 +0000

Very cool. I'm curious about tools for doing these kinds of graph visualizations. I have a bit of a bias toward "open web" javascript/canvas as opposed to flash, but I haven't validated that opinion with actual implementation. Curious what your thoughts are on that.

Union Station : 5 Ways to Speed Up Your Rails App

Tue, 7 Jul 2009 05:41:18 +0000

I'm also curious about this built-in queuing in rails 3. Is this the type of thing where the notion of "put this message on a queue" will have a standard rails syntax, and you'll be able to easily switch out different queuing implementations (ala ActiveRecord and SQL databases)?

TechStars Blog : TechStars.tv is now on Boxee

Tue, 7 Jul 2009 05:29:35 +0000

That switch to "queue it and watch it later on your tv (or phone)" is key to how web video will get much bigger soon. Great stuff!

The Devver Blog : A dozen (or so) ways to start sub-processes in Ruby: Part 1

Mon, 6 Jul 2009 07:18:04 +0000

So by input you mean command line input (not standard input) right?

Feld Thoughts : Rick Dula â R.I.P. Rocky Mountain News Building

Sun, 5 Jul 2009 06:17:37 +0000

Nice. These are close to home for me. Besides living half a mile from there, I delivered the rocky mountain news throughout elementary school and now work with a techstars team.

Feld Thoughts : Watching People Come of Age

Sat, 4 Jul 2009 02:57:45 +0000

Wow, I'm sorry to have missed this most recent Ignite. Congrats Andrew!

PeteSearch : Sewers and startups

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 18:26:27 +0000

Hey Pete! Came across this post on O'Reilly Radar! This definitely touches on a lot of the same questions I've been wrestling with. I started off as an engineer that would balk at the idea of doing something halfway. Something that recently helped me advance my thinking on this was Eric Reis' excellent set of posts at http://startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com It is definitely tricky to strike the right balance here. I think it's worthwhile to focus on the differences between a startup and a sewer system rather than the similarities. Build things with flexibility in mind, and don't let them become quite so carved in stone.

Feld Thoughts : Kaguya Spacecraft Crashes into the Moon

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:54:32 +0000

That's awesome. Looks like it doesn't work for people over 50 though :)

VC Adventure : Denver to the top of Mt. Evans take II

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:00:35 +0000

Sounds like an awesome ride!

TechStars Blog : "Skills & Persistence" Episode 4 of The Founders

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:54:29 +0000

ah... TMI then?

charlieok's Comments

Feld Thoughts : Learning To Program

one : Gnip's Head is in the Clouds

PeteSearch : Alien landscapes

Union Station : Programming Contest! Win iPhone 3GS & $2,000 Cloud Credit

iVolunteer : National Conference on Volunteering & Service - a recap

Feld Thoughts : Some Tech Articles for You on a Saturday Morning

Feld Thoughts : Some Tech Articles for You on a Saturday Morning

PeteSearch : You can't fail if you don't try! (Or why I left the UK)

Colorado Startups : You name it

The Devver Blog : Announcments! (via video)

PeteSearch : Only Connect

Union Station : 5 Ways to Speed Up Your Rails App

TechStars Blog : TechStars.tv is now on Boxee

The Devver Blog : A dozen (or so) ways to start sub-processes in Ruby: Part 1

Feld Thoughts : Rick Dula â R.I.P. Rocky Mountain News Building

Feld Thoughts : Watching People Come of Age

PeteSearch : Sewers and startups

Feld Thoughts : Kaguya Spacecraft Crashes into the Moon

VC Adventure : Denver to the top of Mt. Evans take II

TechStars Blog : "Skills & Persistence" Episode 4 of The Founders

Feld Thoughts : Rick Dula â R.I.P. Rocky Mountain News Building