the michael galpert weblog

i wish more people understood how important it is ...

2008-03-30T03:35:00.000-04:00

i wish more people understood how important it is to practice a power point presentation in front of an audience that is not part of the statup team. trying it out on the family is a great solution!
I coach startups on their investor presentations and I constantly BEG the presenters to keep practicing after our sessions and to please not read from their slide show.

Seriously awesome idea. And I look seriously sick ...

2008-03-27T18:07:00.000-04:00

Seriously awesome idea. And I look seriously sick from not sleeping.

Looking forward to more WTF is Twitter spots.

Hope the presentation went well this evening!!!

2008-02-05T22:51:00.000-05:00

Hope the presentation went well this evening!!!

to tell you the truth, i have no idea. my car gets...

2008-01-24T23:56:00.000-05:00

to tell you the truth, i have no idea. my car gets banged up a lot in the city, that I stopped caring. I'm sure Ill care when my lease is up and I'll have to pay the damages

that's hilarious. so did they treat your car ok? s...

2008-01-24T23:42:00.000-05:00

that's hilarious. so did they treat your car ok? some friends who have had their cars towed reported new dents and scratches ...

Yea you wish lol!

2007-12-12T19:54:00.000-05:00

Yea you wish lol!

Great recap- looks like we agree on the preparatio...

2007-12-05T12:09:00.000-05:00

Great recap- looks like we agree on the preparation. It almost pains me to do all this work when they don't even do any themselves!

-- allen

@rob i think if you go to google video you can dow...

2007-09-25T17:54:00.000-04:00

@rob i think if you go to google video you can download it to your ipod thats what i how watched it

Inbox Zero is always my goal but it's oh so rarely...

2007-09-24T15:54:00.000-04:00

Inbox Zero is always my goal but it's oh so rarely achieved!

Thanks for the link to the .ppt and video - wish it was on iTunes to grab and watch on the go :)

r.

inbox at zero. i don't think it had even occurred ...

2007-09-07T09:41:00.000-04:00

inbox at zero. i don't think it had even occurred to me that this was a possibility. :-)

thanks, now i have to do the same to my company em...

2007-07-31T16:51:00.000-04:00

thanks, now i have to do the same to my company email :-)

Congrats, that's a major accomplishment...

2007-07-31T16:05:00.000-04:00

Congrats, that's a major accomplishment...

@nate: i agree that myspace can spark interest in ...

2007-06-08T14:43:00.000-04:00

@nate: i agree that myspace can spark interest in the internets and creative design. No matter how heinous looking a myspace page is it still qualifies as creative design.

facebook on the other hand allows you to get your hands REALLY dirty with FQL and F8. (http://developers.facebook.com/)

@charlie: thanks for the reminder, i will make appropriate changes to the post

B, A, SELECT, START, unless you were playing with ...

2007-06-08T14:11:00.000-04:00

B, A, SELECT, START, unless you were playing with one player, which wasn't nearly as fun.

My argument was that many can manipulate small sma...

2007-06-08T14:05:00.000-04:00

My argument was that many can manipulate small small things in their skins. I asked my little sister where she gets all her bling and she said, "I just grab the code and put it where I want it in my MySpace skin." Does she know she's editing CSS? Not really. But she gets a peek under the hood and this can stimulate interest in going beyond that and getting her hands dirty.

Facebook doesnt get anyone's hands dirty.

i'm not looking for cheap i'm looking for many loc...

2007-04-13T10:09:00.000-04:00

i'm not looking for cheap i'm looking for many locations since I move around a lot. NYSC seems the best bet I'm going to try it out on a month to month basis and see if its really worth the $80/month

$400/year at Ludlow fitness on Ludlow and Delancey...

2007-04-13T10:06:00.000-04:00

$400/year at Ludlow fitness on Ludlow and Delancey

It's the cheapest I've found in the City.

my favorite was the pandora scene.

2007-04-11T00:41:00.000-04:00

my favorite was the pandora scene.

Pretty funny and creative references to myspace, w...

2007-04-11T00:28:00.000-04:00

Pretty funny and creative references to myspace, wiki, P2P file sharing, Craigs list, web stalkers and more..

i think i still might have it in my office send me...

2007-03-26T18:28:00.000-04:00

i think i still might have it in my office send me an email and when i get back to the office on friday I will check

Did you ever give that T-Shirt away? I just came ...

2007-03-26T18:21:00.000-04:00

Did you ever give that T-Shirt away? I just came across your blog and I want the shirt...I RSVP'ed but work obligations in NJ kept me away....I am unabashedly just asking for the shirt.

Sooooooooo?

Did you ever find out why her session was canceled...

2007-03-26T12:15:00.000-04:00

Did you ever find out why her session was canceled? There was nothing on her blog... I found your blog by searching Google for "kathy sierra canceled etech". :-)

Glad you made it to ETech for the first time. I think you'll be pleased. This is my third year at ETech. If you've never seen Kathy Sierra before, you should try again in the future. It's mind-blowing. I saw her for the first time 3 years ago, and I just saw her again a couple of weeks ago at SXSW. She's fantastic.

Scott Markle
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smarkle@yahoo.com

i mean i wasnt wearing a bow tie but my hat did th...

2007-03-12T14:09:00.000-04:00

i mean i wasnt wearing a bow tie but my hat did the trick

That rocks man. Wow -- she picked you out of a cro...

2007-03-12T13:58:00.000-04:00

That rocks man. Wow -- she picked you out of a crowd.

Yeah, it was his first take.He made me count down ...

2007-03-05T13:07:00.000-05:00

Yeah, it was his first take.
He made me count down for him while he was prepping ( a whole 5 seconds of prep)

I've got a lot to learn.