Category: General

General information posts, not about anything in particular.

2013 – A year in preview

Published by Joshua on January 1, 2013

When I was in middle school, I was voted most likely to be a millionaire by 25. Well guess what? I have just a few days left to make that actually happen, and am more than a few dollars short.…

2012 – A year in review

Published by Joshua on December 31, 2012

Wow, what a fantastic year 2012 has been! So much has happened and so much has changed in just the last 365 days that I can barely believe it, and all for the better. A quick recap is in order,…

Good Links: Social Economics Edition

Published by Joshua on July 6, 2011

In a new segment, “Good Links,” I’m providing two great reads that I’ve come across recently, along with commentary. The first is about how social networks are now (or should be) reshaping how we view purchasing decisions. The second is about social unrest and how entrepeneurs should (or should not) capitalize on them.

Thoughts from Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen

Published by Joshua on July 3, 2011

As an intern at Adobe this summer, I was able to fly out to San Jose and listen to and meet CEO Shantanu Narayen. He had some great tips and thoughts during a Q&A session, and I thought I’d share them with you here.

Migrating from private IMAP to Google Apps Email

Published by Joshua on May 6, 2011

Recently I have been moving several clients off of private IMAP servers onto Google Apps, and played with a lot of different migration techniques including POP sucking, email program drag and drop, and the command line. Using the Perl script imapsync, I was able to transfer several years worth of emails to Google Apps in just a few hours and with very little manual intervention. Great solution, read on for code and links.