Author: kevin

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Sep 05, 2013

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Lately, I've been on a pretty gnarly SharkTank and Dragon's Den kick, where hopeful entrepreneurs get an opportunity to pitch their business to a panel of potential investors. The panels are sharp, direct, and, at times, incredibly insulting, but it's the price these entrepreneurs pay for pitching on live television. Sounds like a pretty sweet...

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Aug 29, 2013

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How often are you on your phone? The average smartphone user spends an hour a day, with iPhone users spending a bit more and Android users spending a bit less. Now, consider the fact that this is just an average and we all know how misleading averages can be. I'm absolutely convinced that users, especially...

Humbled, On Beauty, Uncategorized

Aug 22, 2013

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Hank bought a bus. As an architecture student at the University of Minnesota and preparing for his final thesis project, he impulsively purchased a $3,000 bus and converted it into one epic mobile home pictured below. Completely retrofitted and re-designed to accommodate up to six people, it includes tables, couches, beds, a sink, a skylight,...

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Aug 15, 2013

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In 2008 I experienced my very first drive-in movie in good ol' San Luis Obispo on a road trip back home from Berkeley. I was obviously aware that they had existed (just like aliens do), but never got the chance to experience it so I was pretty amp'd up when I finally did. I can't...

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Aug 08, 2013

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Two of the biggest innovators and brilliant minds of our generation, Elon Musk (my idol) and Richard Branson, sat down for an hour this morning with the public via Google Hangout to share some insight into entrepreneurship and their journey into the limelight. We are in the most creative and innovative period EVER. Startups and...

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Aug 01, 2013

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Let me introduce to you the hands down best iPhone camera app out on the market today: SnappyCam. There are several other camera apps out there built specifically for speed but none come even remotely close to touching SnappyCam. It is five times faster than the iPhone 5 camera and twice as fast as the...

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Jul 25, 2013

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There's been this recent boom in wearable health gadgets that I literally see some article on them at least a couple of times a week. I've seen headbands, bracelets, watches, and some weird contraptions that require a combination of those. So, imagine my surprise when I came across this gem from MIT Phd candidate, Ming-Zher...

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Jul 18, 2013

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In March of 2011, patient, Craig Lewis, was dying from a severe heart condition and had met his final match in life. He was set to die and there was absolutely nothing that could be done to save him from this inevitable fate. ...

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Jun 27, 2013

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Allegedly, NSA whistle blower, Edward Snowden, recently ordered a few Chinese lawyers to place their cellphones inside of a refrigerator before sitting down for dinner. The purpose of this was to create a sort of homemade faraday cage that would block any incoming/outgoing service from the cellphones. So, Michael Colombo over at MAKE magazine was...

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Jun 20, 2013

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Talk about some heavy competition! Although Vine has been out for several months, Instagram has already gained the upper hand with their built-in heavy user base of over 130 million strong. Only time will tell, however, whether or not Instagram users will actually pick up on the new video feature, but if even a fraction...