SoCal CTO

MAY 7, 2010

I view the point of this blog to provide my thoughts and perspectives as an Acting CTO mostly concerned with Startup Development to entrepreneurs and other CTOs. The conversation around Flash is an important one for startups and CTOs. I'm working on defining the technical approach for several startups right now. That's my bet.

HTML 150

HTML JavaScript Blogging Design 150

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

The dynamism of web design ascertains that trends should keep varying to the better with changing times. The changes are usually due to improvements in previous designs to suit current tastes and preferences. The introduction of live photos on latest mobile phones has lead to cinemagraphs coming into the forefront of designers minds.

Web Design 40

Web Design Design Web Technical Review 40

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

We thought we'd talk with Chris about what Jetpack is up to. We also have a managed serviecs business, where we have campaign managers and designers working on RFPs and mocks, and when a campaign is sold, will design the ad units all the way through to ad approval. What is Jetpack, and what do you do?

Buzznet 100

Buzznet Outsource Development Design HTML 100

InfoChachkie

JANUARY 18, 2012

Mark is a Partner at GRP Partners and authors one of the most widely read startup blogs, BothSidesOfTheTable. Start – It’s The Only Way You Will Know. Mark reinforced this message by telling the students, “I didn’t start young enough. I started at 31. The reality is, most startups do not work.

Entrepreneur 272

Entrepreneur Startup Conference Santa Barbara 272

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Things got so bad on one project that we ended up doing split shifts with teams of people programming from 8pm-6am and the next team arriving at 8am. Then the unintended consequences started cropping up. We started to realize that that most expensive part of computing was actually manpower. Sound familiar? For 5 minutes.

Web 355

Web HTML Mobile Social Network 355

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 21, 2011

Welcome to the accelerated version of Startup Weekend. Brought back fond memories of my weekend at Startup Weekend. Some used Java, Ruby, jQuery while others used PHP, HTML, and CSS. Some experience developers, project managers, and even some designers. Product Design. All coming to join in on the fun.

Santa Monica 90

Santa Monica Startup PHP HTML 90

TechEmpower

MARCH 28, 2013

Application performance can be directly mapped to hosting dollars, and for a start-up company in its infancy, hosting costs can be a pain point. First up is plain JSON serialization on Amazon EC2 large instances. Starting again with EC2. How we designed the tests. We ran each test on EC2 and our i7 hardware.

Framework 560

Framework EC2 PHP Java 560