August 2009
6 posts
Fundamentals of Transportation online wikibook →
In another life I would’ve studied civil engineering.
New Yelp iPhone App has augmented reality view! →
Using augmented reality is the first time in a while I’ve felt like I’m living in the future.
Vacations and Neuroscience →
Turns out vacations work on rats, too. Witty pun about rat races goes here.
Combinatorial Innovation
“We’re in the middle of a period that I refer to as a period of “combinatorial innovation.” So if you look historically, you’ll find periods in history where there would be the availability of a different component parts that innovators could combine or recombine to create new inventions.”- Hal Varian, in the link I just posted.
My senior year of college, some of my fellow students...
Hal Varian is a smart guy →
Starting to tumble again
I’ve now been on leave from Google for one month, and need to start processing. I’ve been having a difficult time maintaining focus on one area, so hopefully posting publicly will serve as an accountability mechanism. The goal this week is to post twice daily to my Tumblr account (no, this one doesnt count) with semi-coherent posts. We’ll see how it goes.