When software developers say “early adopter,” they don’t mean me. I am by nature suspicious of new technologies, and won’t invest my time in learning anything unless I’m convinced it’s going to be of value. It may surprise you, then, to learn that I have installed my very first 3rd-party Facebook application. It’s called Foursquare, [...]
UCSD has been in the news quite a bit lately. Some undergraduates planned a party with a “black history month” theme, and sent out an invite on facebook which contained several pretty innocuous stereotypes, but also quite a few unfortunate ones. If you’re curious, I’m sure you can read the actual invite by doing some sleuthing [...]
I’ve been facing a pile of midterms and cases for the past week. I’ve also been a little under the weather, so instead of leaving the apartment, I’ve been spending my study breaks going crazy on yelp – I even clocked in on the top 1,000 this week. My crowning achievement was the following review of Pokez Mexican [...]
One of my classmates gave a presentation this week on the financial crisis from the perspective of a former hedge fund associate. As part of the presentation, he discussed the meaning of “hedge” as it relates to hedge funds. He also mentioned that he believed our current financial troubles to be temporary, and getting his [...]
Yesterday evening, I got a chance to hear Corey Rosen give a talk at Rady. Rosen is the director of the National Center for Employee Ownership, which is an organization that goes around promoting “Employee Stock Ownership Plans,” or ESOPs. Basically, an ESOP company is one where the employees are the major (or sometimes the [...]
My friend Kelly makes cards and started her own craft supply business! Support entrepreneurship in action.