It has been a great and busy week for myself and Rentything, as we got our first bit of PR courtesy of TechVibes. That post resulted in hundreds of likes, tweets, and shares. My own social network really went with it and spread the love. I was floored by all the positive love and responses and words of encouragements I got from not only my friends and family, but also complete strangers. It was a great feeling and affirmation that I am on to something. I couldn’t be more thrilled. Check out the article here.
Backbone vs Ember vs Angular vs Knockout Review
In the summer of 2012 I wanted to learn javascript. I had played with all of these web services for years that were doing some magic in the browser I just didn’t understand, but wanted to learn. Javascript was the secret sauce. Somewhere along my travels, I came across some lightweight Javascript MVC frameworks that…
I guess I should let you know what I’ve been up to. Introducing Rentything, a peer to peer rental marketplace
I woke up this morning and did my usual morning routine. I got some coffee, read the news, and checked my email. Today I got a special email saying something along the lines of “Congratulations, you’ve been featured on Beta List”. Sweet, I got featured. For those of you who don’t know, Beta List is…
Consistently Consistent
The single biggest bang for your buck in terms of results is consistency. It is boring and unsexy compared to magic bullets and one shots of awesomeness, but consistency works, plain and simple. I don’t think you’d find a successful person in the world who encourages people to be wildly inconsistent, except perhaps to spark…
The Law of Impermanence
In Buddhism, it is said that Buddha taught 3 facts of existence… they are suffering, non-self, and impermanence. Impermanence is the one that I take to heart the most (but the others are worth reflection as well), perhaps because it is the easiest to understand and the easiest to see unfold in the real world….
Focus on Process, Not Outcome
I forget this one all the time, so I am writing it down here so I can come back and read it from time to time, then bitchslap myself for forgetting again. Too often we focus far too much of our desires on the shiny object at the end of the road, running past everything…
Criticism is easy…. Introspection is hard
I tweeted this earlier in the week: Criticism is easy, introspection is hard. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/20/opinion/sunday/secret-ingredient-for-success.html?_r=0 It links to a nytimes article talking about the secret ingredient to success: self-awareness. It is one of those “well duh” ideas that doesn’t get enough attention and is often overlooked in favour of life hacks, short cuts,…
