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I coincidentally found out that the beautiful documentary “The Beckoning Silence” is freely available on YouTube. An amazing and touching story of a fatal attempt of ascending Eiger’s north-face in 1936. Highly Recommended.

The Figures of expected mobile Internet growth are simply astounding

Alec Brownstein was looking for a job, so he created a cool campaign: When top advertising creative directors Googled themselves, they got a message from him asking for a job. Total cost of campaign: $6. Lesson Learned: Think out of … Continue reading →

A quick update (although this news is over a month old): I recently joined Bessemer Venture Partners as an entrepreneur-in-residence. It’s an extremely exciting place to be in while searching for my next project, as I have the opportunity of working … Continue reading →

With Apple’s stock sky rocketing to its all-time high and Apple about to surpass Microsoft in valuation, it’s pretty interesting to compare its 5-year stock performance to its traditional arch-nemesis (well, at least until Apple decided that everyone is their … Continue reading →

Whatever the glitch was, it’s always exciting to see a $175B company lose ~$50B in valuation in a few minutes. Kind of puts your day-to-day software bugs in the right perspective. It reminded me of another famous software bug from … Continue reading →

Day 1: Warm Up There is nothing like an easy start. At 10am, the ski lifts at Cerro Cathedral open for summer visitors, and we quickly escalated to 1,700m for the beginning of the hike. I was going to miss … Continue reading →

This is a project I was keen on completing for many years. In my childhood days in California (late seventies and early eighties), my dad would document us with his 8mm camera. These films were categorized by my Historian mom … Continue reading →

1998 Destination: South East Asia Documenting: A pocket Panasonic camera (analog, 35mm-80mm zoom). Biggest worry: losing your negatives. Backup method: Develop film locally, send picture copies back home, keep negatives with you; have a minor heart attack every time your … Continue reading →

I watched this clip way too many times over the last 12 hours. It’s hilarious. What I love about this guy is how candid he is in front of the camera, and his great attitude to repetitive misfortunes.