Monday, June 16, 2008
Summer in the San Juans
Here's a quick pic from the ferry terminal in Friday Harbor -- snapped this right before Zach the Dog and I got back on, to head back to Anacortes.
Labels: friday harbor, san juan islands, seattle
Monday, April 21, 2008
We launched TeachStreet at 1:18am today (April 21, 2008)!
More on the TeachStreet blog (including some photos from launch celebration!).
Also some great coverage today from John Cook at the Seattle P-I, Mike Arrington at TechCrunch, ParentMap, and more -- really really awesome.
Thanks to friends and family -- I love you!
Dave
Labels: teachstreet
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Hard day -- Awesome day -- Team rose to the challenge!
The last several weeks (months, really) have been a really hard push for myself, and the TeachStreet team. We've seriously been pushed to the extreme. But, the beginning (the launch) is near, and with that we'll move to our next stage as a company, and as a team.
These are the great days -- the hard days -- the days that we remember later on. These are the days that most people aren't willing to rise to. We did. I'm so proud of the team.
Now, we're off to sleep, to prepare for another day of battle :-)
Labels: bugs, launch, startups, teachstreet
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Enjoy the music... smell the roses... and all that...
Friday, March 21, 2008
Dying with Dignity
http://web.mac.com/claudiaglassman/Going_Forward/Claudia_Blog/Entries/2008/3/21_Saying_Goodbye.html
Labels: claudia glassman
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
My Friends launched Hulu -- go check it out
Now, on to Eugene -- he and I were roommates during my travels to Santa Monica, while I was working with JibJab last year. He's truly insprirational -- at the time, he was taking two years off to attend film school at UCLA, but when Jason called to ask help Hulu, he couldn't miss out on the opportunity. And without knowing his individual contributions, Eugene's fingerprints are visible all over the site. His essay last night tells it all -- how much he, Christina and the rest of the team care about what they're doing and how much they love the product, and one another.
So, this is a huge shout out for what they've accomplished -- I stand in awe of their creation, which is probably a best single view into the future of online video and media.
Besides, where else can you find legal Superfly Jimmy Snuka?
Labels: eugene wei, hulu, jason kilar
Saturday, February 09, 2008
Yes We Can - Barack Obama Music Video
Just saw this video today for the first time -- I think it may do the best job of summing up the difference between Obama and 'The Rest of our Same Options' -- he's presenting a vision of what we can achieve. That's something I can get excited about, and involved in.
Today's Caucus day in Seattle -- I'll be attending.
Thursday, February 07, 2008
I voted for Obama -- how about you?
If you live in Washington, you need to attend a caucus to make your vote really count. Our caucus location was at the Madrona Elementary school here.
In case finding the nearest caucus site is confusing or you haven't checked it out yet, here are the Republican and Democratic links. The caucus in Washington State is this coming Saturday at 1pm (February 9).
For Democrats, it's the caucus vote where your vote will be counted, the ballot primary election won't be counted toward electoral votes.
For Republicans, half of the electoral votes will come from caucus votes, and half from the primary ballot.
I plan on making my vote count by attending my first caucus. The web sites are listed as attachments as well as below.
Republican site:
http://www.wsrp.org/News/Read.aspx?ID=6885
Democratic site:
http://www.wa-democrats.org/index.php
Here's a video summarizing some Democratic excitement!
Labels: barack obama, caucus, hillary clinton, vote, washington
Top 3 laughing babies
This is a great reminder to keep humor in mind -- when things get stressful, a little laugh helps :-)
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Lessons from the startup road
To our TeachStreet investors, trust me when I say that that's a good thing. What it means is that we're pushing extremely hard to meet our self-set goals. And, we've made incredible progress, and are still on pace for our launch aspirations (with regard to quality, coverage and timing).
To friends and family, I'm doing my best! If you haven't heard from me, it's not because I haven't thought of you. Nor is it because I'd prefer to not be with you. Rather, it's because this creation is a lot of work. I probably told you that I expected it to be hard, but I've always been one to learn by doing, as you know.
Which leads me to a post from Seth Godin that I thought was apt -- he talks about how with new/important creations (in his post, he's referring to the iPhone... in our case, we're talking about our much more humble undertaking, TeachStreet) there are always many times where it would be much easier to just say "forget it", and everyone would breathe huge sighs of relief, and move on.
However, we don't do that -- we can't do that. We know the risks, and the odds of failure. But we also know how great it would be to make our dreams a reality. And how much hard work, stress, and yes... fun... it is, to give it a herculean effort.
So, that's why my posting's been more sporadic. See you in a few years ;-)
Labels: forget it, seth godin, teachstreet

