April 2010
1 post
Vegetarian in Vancouver
Like I promised in my previous post, for the whole month of February I ate only vegetarian (meat-free) food every day. It was a very interesting 30 days trial for me, so I want to share my experience.
Why veggie?
I’ve wanted to try vegetarian food for quite some time, mainly out of curiosity. My girlfriend and a bunch of other people I know are vegetarian, so I always wondered what...
March 2010
1 post
Summify in private beta! →
We have great news to share with you: Summify is now officially in private beta, starting today, 23rd March 2010! Woohoo!
After weeks of hard work we finally have something that we can share with more people! It took us a full week of “intimate” beta to detect and squash all the major bugs…
Great news, we finally launched our private beta! Please send us feedback!
February 2010
1 post
A New Life
It has been 2 weeks since we arrived in Vancouver and I must say, these have been some really intense couple of weeks - in a good way!
This comes after the very nerve-wrecking period before departing to Canada when there was so much stuff to do:
Pass 4 exams in my Masters Degree in Distributed Systems at University of Bucharest
Get a Canada visa, plane ticket, medical insurance, etc.
Find...
January 2010
3 posts
WatchReadFu on Money Channel recording - first 5 minutes (in Romanian)
So, what happened in 2009?
It seems that at the end of every year people sit down and think about what they’ve accomplished that year. All this fuss got me thinking about my own personal accomplishments in 2009, so I’m going to kick-start 2010 with a blog post on this topic:
The Good
Exactly one year ago I was working as a Software Engineer for uberVU. I was really enjoying the job, mainly because of the...
December 2009
2 posts
ReadFu, our Romanian startup FTW!
cristianstrat:
Great news, everyone! The startup I’m working on with my friends has been selected for the Jan 2010 BootupLabs program, a startup incubator based in Vancouver, BC.
This is exciting news! We’re looking forward to 8 months of hard work and mentorship from world class CEOs and tech leaders. Can’t wait to fire up some questions to Guy Kawasaki, Tim Bray, and all the others!
You can...
“52.4% of Silicon Valley startups had one or more immigrants as a key founder.”
– Via BusinessWeek
November 2009
7 posts
Prospective client: $400 for a logo?! Why are you so expensive? My nephew has Photoshop—I can just get him to do it.
Me: Does your nephew have Microsoft Word?
Prospective client: Yes.
Me: Then have him write you a novel while he’s at it.
Fun Theory →
This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better. Be it for yourself, for the environment, or for something entirely different, the only thing that matters is that it’s change for the better.
October 2009
17 posts
“No successful web company (not eBay, Flickr, Amazon, Facebook…) succeeds...”
– By Seth Godin
Killing the Alpha and the Omega [COMIC] http://ff.im/-9FNao
Metropotam » La zi » Noaptea devoratorilor de publicitate 2009 sau Unde mi-e telecomanda?! http://ff.im/-9zkam
Broken SIM card, no phone for me until Monday :(
Hand Shaking Is So Medieval. Let’s End It. http://ff.im/-9sBv2
Back from lasertag, awesome!
The New Science of Causation (Aaron Swartz’s Raw Thought) http://ff.im/-9dnjz
A Short Course in Ethics (Aaron Swartz’s Raw Thought) http://ff.im/-9dkLO
Will California become America’s first failed state? | World news | The Observer http://ff.im/-9daEs
There Are More Slaves Today Than at Any Time in Human History | World | AlterNet http://ff.im/-9da5k
Tango show of maestros http://twitpic.com/k59az
September 2009
4 posts
RT @balaurro Am aparut in Adevarul de Seara: “Motor de cautare cu toate joburile”, pagina 13
Startup Metrics for Pirates →
“Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work.”
– Chuck Close
