http://www.adambossy.com/blog Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:12:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Please visit my new blog for recent posts, hosted by the lovely Posterous. http://www.adambossy.com/blog/2010/02/10/this-blog-has-moved/ Apple works hard to hide the fact that you can buy cheap MacBook RAM at the fraction of their $150/2GB price and install it yourself. All it takes is these few simple steps: Download the Crucial System Scanner. Mount the drive and run the scanner. Order the memory from Crucial. The scanner will ... http://www.adambossy.com/blog/2009/08/28/macbook-ram-for-cheap/ I cringe every time I read a blog post purporting starting a company outside of Silicon Valley because "rent is cheaper." I would eat my hat if I ever heard a failed entrepreneur lamenting "the expensive rent" in his quest for glory. The general intuition is simple: you gotta spend ... http://www.adambossy.com/blog/2009/08/22/settling-the-cost-of-living-debate/ I spelled out my goals at the beginning of this year. They are horribly outdated. Revised Goals for 2009 Blog an average of once a week. Read one book every two weeks. Lift weights two times a week. Become well-versed in machine learning. Volunteer with students in science-related activities. Ramen profitability for WatchUWant! Long-Term Speak four languages by the ... http://www.adambossy.com/blog/2009/08/02/goals-revised-for-2009/ From Schott's Vocab on the NY Times: Funemployed Those enjoying unemployment. Kimi Yoshino reported for The L.A. Times: While millions of Americans struggle to find work as they face foreclosures and bankruptcy, others have found a silver lining in the economic meltdown. [The] happily jobless tend to be single and in their 20s and 30s. ... http://www.adambossy.com/blog/2009/07/28/the-funemployment-phenomenon/ I am leaving my job at IBM (on good terms). Overall, my experience was positive and my team has been very encouraging of my decision. My excitement is physically palpable, though, and I eagerly anticipate future endeavors. Excuse me for romanticizing, but I can't help thinking, "today is the first ... http://www.adambossy.com/blog/2009/07/24/i-quit-my-job-today/ Last week, Charlie Hoehn released a free e-book entitled, Recession-Proof Graduate: Charlie Hoehn's Guide To Getting Any Job Within A Year Of Finishing College. The premise is that today's generation of college graduates are entering a job market that functions unlike that of any previous generation. By defying conventional wisdom ... http://www.adambossy.com/blog/2009/07/23/re-evaluating-the-job-search/ I was chatting to a successful entrepreneur in a coffee shop the other day when he ran into a entreprenuer friend. Apparently, his business was seeking to solve problem X for Y by doing Z. "That's really interesting," I casually remarked. "I know somebody who can use this." There was a ... http://www.adambossy.com/blog/2009/05/25/what-rocks-about-silicon-valley/     I will be leading a discussion at Bootstrapper's Breakfast this Friday in Palo Alto to discuss the Paradox of Self-Education.  Bootstrapper's Breakfast is an event I have found to be very valuable to attend.  They are small, personal discussions on the topic of bootstrapping startups, and the various subjects associated ... http://www.adambossy.com/blog/2009/03/31/calling-all-silicon-valley-residents/ A topic that has been weighing heavily on my mind for the last several months was brought up in a thread yesterday on Hacker News: where is the innovation in software? Innovation should get easier over time. New giants continue to provide more shoulders for us on which to stand. Yet, it ... http://www.adambossy.com/blog/2009/03/20/where-is-the-innovation-in-software/