Thoughts and dreams for a better world… one smile, beat, code at a time
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I just bought while the stock market is 7% down, was I wrong?
I got some dividends lately (though not a lot) which went to a cash account. Today I logged in to my account and the Philippine Stock Market/Index was down 7%. Hmmm, but I went ahead anyway and bought a stock selling only about half of what I believe is fair value (according to COLFinancial –…
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one possible path towards financial freedom
I ran into a question earlier about how to invest if you have limited income, where do you start. I am not a professional financial advisor so please do your own due diligence. To answer the question, I figured a picture could be worth a thousand words. The shorter version would be “get a financial…
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What to put on a Software Engineer Intern or Junior-Level Resume
This is a rant from reviewing hundreds of resumes on a Sunday so forgive the occasional sarcasm. I am not a professional resume writer either; merely trying to help make the world a little better, one resume at a time. Sure, some companies filter resumes using tools and keyword search so everyone just throws in…
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Of course, a nerd future dad will post his baby’s registry on his site
And that would be me. Yes, Lauren and I are expecting a baby boy! So that friends and family would get easier directions if they want to share in our registry, I am posting it here, now. Click the link below to access the registry http://babyli.st/lauren-and-ryan
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this application failed to start because side-by-side-configuration is incorrect
it could be other things but in my case (which is common apparently) is was just caused by having an ampersand (&) within one of the values in the web.config/app.config appsettings key-value pairs the fix is to simply change & to & this is because the xml reader is not able to parse the *.config…
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WordPress 3.8 is a welcome upgrade – nice admin fonts
Just upgraded (went out Dec 12 but just saw it) to WordPress 3.8. Love the new admin interface (way better fonts). And as always, it’s great having to upgrade something and not have to worry about things being broken. Good job WordPress!
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Something is up – my Alexa Rank dropped by 4 Million+ in past 3 months
Happy New Year everyone! Nothing much I just wanted to share: * I ended up in alexa for various reasons and figured hey might as well check my rank and guess what I found – dropped from ranking around 4M to 8M in the world in the past 3 months. Don’t get me wrong, I…
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My Quest to be a Better Leader
Engineering Leadership (or management – some engineers are not fans of the term “manager”) is not easy as some people think. Leadership is hard enough, the complexity of people then add to that the complexity of engineers. There’s not a lot of books on the specific subject so it’s not surprisingly that I still hear…
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Hack Cafe Idea
I believe in startup communities. Idealistic, some may say but I like to think that I never stopped believing in doing small (or big) things to make the world a better place and startups contribute a lot. And one way to help build those communities is having a space to encourage it. Sharing one idea…
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Venture Capital 101 – Google Hangout with Dr. Clint Korver
Had a great opportunity to talk to and discuss about Venture Capital investing with Dr. Clint Korver – Co-founder and Partner of Ulu Ventures, serial entrepreneur earlier today. Venture Capital is not everybody’s game and there’s not a lot of information about there and even more know, the number of VC firms struggle to stay…
Got any book recommendations?