Silicon Alley Insider Chart of the Day
These photos were all taken during my trip to Costa Rica in Spring 2009 as part of my Globalization and the Environment Class. If you happen to have been to Costa Rica before or just enjoyed the photos and music, lets hear it in the comments.
This slideshow was made using the simple slideshow creator at http://www.photopeach.com.
I met with isshu rakusai, founder of Nota, Inc. in Santa Monica today and he mentioned tethering to the iPhone to get a connection for our laptops (At&t WiFi at the Santa Monica Starbucks is garbage by the way).
After hitting a few quick google searches I found an article for iPhone tethering that revealed a very interesting detail (and the reason I was initially unsuccessful at tethering my iPhone to my windows computer).
“…AT&T was strangely absent from Apple’s list of carriers that will support tethering in iPhone OS 3.0. AT&T has since explained that it will support tethering later this summer…” Cnet iPhone tethering
My immediate reaction was: “Why is that?” and the answer has to be that there are just too damn many iPhone users and they cant (or won’t) roll out infrastructure fast enough to support the bandwidth needs.
Its so easy to imagine At&t engineers screaming when they see that begin to come across their network en masse… “user benfoden has the balls to surf like he is at home on his tethered laptop and watch youtube on his 3g S at the same time.”
Didnt catch that?
Did you know that you can tether your iPhone to your computer and surf the internet over the phone’s wireless 3G connection? There are several iPhone tethering shortcuts out there to accomplish this but no official support from Apple or At&t
Investing in oneself is the most worthwhile activity imaginable, no matter how it is done.
- You Stand to See Exponentially Greater Returns.
Time and money spent to better yourself, to learn new things, or to have new experiences will pay dividends in the future. We have all heard that it takes money to make money, and don’t you want to be the money maker?
- It is Highly Satisfying
Knowing that you have taken an action to better yourself, it is suddenly easier to rest at night. We can take comfort in the fact that we are progressing towards our goals.
- Intelligent Treats can Help Motivate
Thinking intelligently about the ways in which we reward ourself can have a tremendous impact on our productivity. It is clear that the difficulty of focusing on a particular task corresponds to our interest in the pursuit and outcome.
Hence, prepare an interesting reward for tasks that are not rewarding in themselves. See that you develop intelligent rewards for paying off those parking tickets, that cable bill, to maintaining that workout routine and diet.
Up and out.
I have officially decided to relocate from Southern California to Silicon Valley. This is for a number of reasons ranging from work opportunities to quality of life and beyond. I am excited to reconnect with my network in the bay area and catch up. At the same time I will be pursuing new opportunities wholeheartedly. That’s all for now but stay tuned for a detailed write up later today.
It seems that the spontaneity of a major breakthrough is so great, that it can not be made through our own direct efforts.
Rather, we must know clearly our own goal, work as we must, and allow the goal to fulfill itself. This becomes more acute the more ostentatious the goal is.
I am a happy camper because today in the shower my mind was wandering… (i usually dont do work in the shower) … and i had a Breakthrough!
Check back and ill give you the details as I can share them with the public.
Allen Taylor 10:15 pm on August 22, 2009 Permalink
Nice writing. You are on my RSS reader now so I can read more from you down the road.
Allen Taylor