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How I Cured My Anxiety 19 May 2013 | 11:48 pm
For a long time, I thought I was going crazy. I’d convinced myself that something horribly wrong was about to happen. I thought I would be stabbed, shot, or arrested every time I left my apartment. I ...
How Jeff Waldman turned his $8 art project into a $1.5 Million Coca-Cola Commercial 13 Mar 2013 | 05:15 pm
A few years ago, my friend Jeff Waldman told me he was going to hang up a swing in Golden Gate Park, just for fun. He grabbed a handful of cheap supplies (some rope, string, a board, and a tennis … Co...
“Who should I work for?” 28 Feb 2013 | 02:42 am
I get this question a lot from people who have read Recession Proof Graduate. Most of them have no clue what type of person they want to work with, so they usually do one of two things: Send offers to...
The 8 Levels of Employment 24 Feb 2013 | 06:12 pm
It’s been five years since I graduated from college, and I still hear the same complaints: “The market is a nightmare. I’m competing against hundreds for jobs I don’t want.” “I keep sending out my rés...
15 Years of Apple’s Homepage 15 Jan 2013 | 07:32 am
I was looking at screenshots of Apple.com’s former homepages (using the Internet Archive Wayback Machine) and decided to compile them into a slideshow. With the exception of Apple’s homepage in 1997, ...
The Perils of Personal Progress 19 Dec 2012 | 12:16 am
There is a constant sense that you are missing something, that you are incomplete. That somehow, you are not enough. Many people will happily confirm this for you: “You are missing something. You are ...
The apocalypse begins tomorrow 25 Nov 2012 | 11:29 pm
Dear Doomsayers: Tomorrow, the Illuminati and Bilderberg group will announce the apocalypse. Hell on earth will commence for one week, and end in rapture. Oil fields will burn, crops will wither, and ...
Negotiate It: My first iPhone app (plus 32 ideas I’ve abandoned) 22 Oct 2012 | 07:14 pm
Today, I’m proud to announce an iPhone app I’ve been working on… Negotiate It is a personal finance/productivity app that helps you save money. It shows you exactly what to say to operators in order t...
My TEDx Talk on ‘The 4 Mistakes You’ll Make in College’ 6 Sep 2012 | 08:11 am
On June 3rd, I gave a talk at Mission San Jose’s TEDx event. Because I was speaking to juniors and seniors in high school, I decided to write my speech on some of the mistakes they should try to avoid...
What I learned from 12 years of baseball 19 Jun 2012 | 08:10 am
Up until 2004, baseball was my identity. I was never a great hitter, or a great fielder, or a great base runner, but I knew how to pitch. As I entered my senior year, I really hit my stride. I could h...
