thebarefootvc

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

At the Clinton Global Initiative last September, Pierre Omidyar, co-founder of eBay, announced a commitment from his philanthrocapitalist firm to invest millions of dollars in mobile applications and services, with a focus on developing markets globally. I have just started a new job with the Omidyar Network.

Silicon Valley 45

Silicon Valley India Africa Burma 45

sivers.org

JUNE 25, 2010

If you want the site to translate ancient Arabic poetry to Spanish to increase global tolerance, just say, “Translate paragraphs from Arabic to Spanish.” Weve built Sandcastle specifically for an entrepreneur with an idea, who is not a developer. Sandcastle is a software development service for entrepreneurs. Be succinct.

CTO Hire 84

CTO Hire Hiring Software Review Technical Review 84

blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Do a curl (or your.NET equivalent) on each domain, and see how many are running a Windows server: I think you’ll find the fraction very small. This literally the dumbest, most ignorant piece that I’ve ever read about software development and/or hiring programmers. Look what happened to Gawker. Sjoerd Franken.

Java 107

Java PHP Software Review Coder 107