Archive for January, 2011
Killer Video App Coming Soon
We’ve been quietly working on a secret project at Justin.tv. It’s called Socialcam, and I’m pretty sure it’s the best mobile video app ever made. Seriously. Sign up here to get on the early invite list.
Profiting from Email Stock Spam
I’ll be the first to admit that I had a bit too much free time in college. Back in 2006, Grant Jordan and I theorized we could make a profit buying stocks that were being touted by email spammers. We developed a method to visually fingerprint individual spammers and track their market returns over time. The method [...]
Robotic Safe Cracker v2
Grant Jordan and I built this safe cracking robot in 2006. It’s designed to open any safe that uses a Sergent and Greenleaf 8500 series lock. These locks are classified as “manipulation proof” by the manufacturer. The robot attaches to the front of a safe using two magnets at the base of the aluminum support [...]
30 Founders Under 30
This Business Insider article includes a nice little blurb about Justin.tv. It’s great to be honored alongside founders of Groupon, Playdom, Foursqaure, and others! EDIT: Wow, it seems like this type of post is pretty popular right now. We just made a 10 CEO’s Under 30 List by Impact Lab.
Published.
The Social Media Bible, page 284.
My talk at Startup Bootcamp 2009
I shared a list of startup “productivity hacks” with several hundred aspiring entrepreneurs at MIT’s Startup Bootcamp conference. This was the largest conference I had been involved in at the time, so I think I seemed pretty nervous. Oh well. However, I did hear from several people that they found the content of my talk very useful, [...]