Entries Tagged as 'Technology'

Overcoming fears via Twitter.

July 2nd, 2008 1 Comment

On Thursday, July 3, 2008 at 2:15PM, I will be donating blood for the first time in my life.
This is completely motivated by Michelle Greer’s poking and prodding (pun intended) over her idea of organizing a blood drive via Twitter, the social messaging network. Read her blog post about the entire thing and get […]

Tags: Austin Evolution · Technology

Innovating the design process.

June 19th, 2008 4 Comments

Take any communications class (or major in advertising like I did) and you will invariably research the importance of the Industrial Revolution in the history of the industry. Innovations like the printing press, the telephone and the personal computer have been catalysts for speeding up communication between multiple parties. The internet has […]

Tags: Business · Design · Technology · cesart

@garyvee back in Austin.

June 4th, 2008 10 Comments

This March, like so many others, I got the chance to meet the phenomenon that is Gary Vaynerchuk via his now famous Twitter flash-parties and as Kathy Sierra’s on-stage example during her keynote. His talks on personal brands and his involvement in the technology/startup sector as a marketer—and not a developer—are what initially […]

Tags: Branding · Business · SXSW2008 · Technology · cesart

Major changes afoot at Facebook.

May 23rd, 2008 3 Comments

If you don’t know much about my musical tastes, you should learn that the one thing I really love musically is remixes. I think it’s great to hear someone else’s interpretation of an original song and how they can mash it up with another song. Not to discredit original artists—I merely love the […]

Tags: CesarTorres · Design · Startups · Technology

Developing new skills.

April 23rd, 2008 5 Comments

Cullen’s blog post about learning Ruby on Rails yesterday inspired me to write about what’s going on and also to make it a point to document things more and more (and not just photo-wise on Radar).
I’ve been meaning to learn a new programming language and made the decision that it would be Rails a while […]

Tags: Startups · Technology