If I had known they were going to do this, I would have become a shoemaker.
The West coast money and the East coast money, in an ever-increasing manner, is finding its way to Chicago.
To me, no one has fully cracked the code on social recruiting yet.
Studying doesn't have to happen in a silo. It can be a social experience. You can engage with your friends and family to find out the answer to a tough question or have someone explain it to you. You can also study anywhere you happen to be and on any device.
Any business that is looking for new customers needs to understand the Internet and how to market their goods or services through it.
I think there are four or five interesting pockets where a lot of cool technology companies are getting started. Chicago is one of them. New York is certainly another. Silicon Valley really dominates. And you're seeing some stuff out of Boston and Seattle and down South.
Think about the way most companies currently hire. You post a job and then get blind resumes in response. This should be a social experience.
Once you get to naming your laptop, you know that you're really having a deep relationship with it.
I got ready for bed and crawled in. The covers were comfortable and warm, but the pillow was just too weird. It gave me neck cramps, so I put it on the floor and went to sleep without it. My first big mistake.
You don't think about it that often, but you don't realize how many of your friends have come and gone. It makes you feel very fortunate.
It's not fun facing a ball going 97 mph, trust me.