The Silicon Valley Chess Tournament - Cerveza & Chess

April 18th, 2008 1 Comment Noah

Karen and I thought it would be fun to hold the Silicon Valley Chess Tournament to see which startup, venture capitalist and individual is the best in the Valley. The catch is that it’s on cinco de mayo so that means cerveza time.

what? The premier tournament for chess in Silicon Valley. Unlimited beer, prizes and [...]

Trendspotting: Chocolate + Bacon

April 17th, 2008 7 Comments Noah

The new Starbucks of chocolate has arrived, Voges Chocolate. The days of us being satisfied with $.50 Hersey bars are numbered. Global competition is forcing prices down to $0 on everything (except gas) and I was extremely pleased to find someone going the other way and charging $7.99 a bar! The one I tried was [...]

Book Report: Teaching as a Subversive Activity by Neil Postman

April 15th, 2008 6 Comments Noah

With so much discussion about my education post last week on education I thought many people would enjoy reading my summary of Teaching as a Subversive Activity by Neil Postman. I got this book from Jared and must say it’s one of my favorite books of all-time. I included a lot of details because there [...]

Are you aware? Amazing Marketing Video!

April 12th, 2008 4 Comments Noah

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Learning Viral: Viral Emails of Tagged.com

April 10th, 2008 29 Comments Noah

There is a crew from Harvard/Stanford that shall go nameless but they pwn viral marketing. For some reason viral marketing is thrown off like the word love at a frat party. The best way to learn viral is to look at the people who’ve done it well. What is viral? My definition is the act [...]

The Mis-Education

April 7th, 2008 18 Comments Noah

In Argentina I talked with Kareem about how jacked the education system is. My buddy Jared gave me a life-changing book called Teaching as a Subversive Activity that reflects the problem of schools and great ways to improve them.

My question for readers is what is the real education of what you wish you would have [...]