Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category



• Absentia

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

You may have noticed a lack of updates recently. Before today, my most recent post was from April 29th. Where the hell did I go? I'll tell the story like this: So there's this guy. We'll call him "me". And he spent five years of his life with this girl. Then ...

• Acquisition, Part One

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

So how did I go about deciding I wanted to make iPhone apps, getting acquired, and becoming an executive at an award-winning iPhone development company? I went out drinking with Brent Simmons. Everything after that is kind of a blur. About a year ago, I happened to be flying in to San ...

• KeyGrinder

Monday, February 15th, 2010

KeyGrinder ((iTunes link)) is now available on the App Store. Alex King once told us that he wished someone would make an iPhone app based on the PwdHash project at Stanford to make it easier to use secure passwords on the iPhone. Rather than just rush something out, we decided to ...

2009

Friday, January 1st, 2010

2009 was the year I: Traded my car for a bike Became a homeowner Founded a company Launched a social networking service for your pants Started writing code Shipped an iPhone app Quit smoking Looking at the roadmap, 2010 is going to be even awesomer. Happy new year, everyone.

• Larry

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Larry was the black sheep of the family, which may be why I liked him so much. I called him the crazy uncle, and even now it doesn't feel like an insult to say it. Growing up, my extended family was always engaged in some kind of internal battle. Someone ...