Author Archives: cheez80
Portfolio: Battle Version
Alex Pfeiffer is a pretty well known racer and suspension tuner here in SoCal — he needed a quick WordPress install with an e-commerce element. I threw together a blog and store using WordPress and WP E-Commerce for him. Look … Continue reading
Portfolio: Remembra
http://www.strapdev.com/remembra This website was a concept that ultimately isn’t going to see the light of day. Remembra, an #SDFI startup, needed a homepage that conveyed a sense of professionalism, while also highlighting the benefits of signing up for and using … Continue reading
Portfolio: Ether Studios
I’m going to start showcasing some of the work I’ve done — here’s a site I did for a friend in #LAFI: http://www.etherstudios.com. Ether Studios needed a site that showcased the HTML5 capabilities of their video/CMS platform, so the homepage … Continue reading
Graphic design service
So I’ve been doing design work for a few guys in the Founder Institute sessions — it’s been great fun working on other peoples’ projects and getting paid for it. Awesome! It’s really different working for other people. That part’s … Continue reading
FI graduation and the aftermath
we’re done with Founder Institute — we graduated! the program was really awesome. there are still some kinks to be worked out, but i’d say it was extremely helpful, especially to first-time founders like richard and myself. we’re planning on … Continue reading
rebrand!
We’ve made the decision — we’re changing Receet’s name to MelonStand. While it’s quirky, it’s easier to spell and gives people a happy feeling, which is always a good thing. It also gives us great branding opportunities; don’t be surprised … Continue reading
founder institute bay area + founder showcase
awesome. that’s how i’d describe two weeks ago — both the fi session on wednesday and the showcase the night after. we got back from fi daygo at 3am wednesday morning. i ended up doing laundry until 5am. we left … Continue reading
ack! new year!
i have an investor session pitch (thanks @founderinstitute) on tuesday — hopefully i don’t cock it up. i think the pitch format is 1 minute long, without the use of visual aids (powerpoint/keynote), so i’m going to be working on … Continue reading
WHATT?
RockYou Hack: From Bad To Worse – TechCrunch It’s absolutely mind-boggling to me that in this day and age, companies are still storing passwords in plain text. It’s also mind-boggling to me that RockYou’s database was pwnt by SQL injection … Continue reading
session 5!
tuesday was session 5 of FI’s san diego session. we had jon carder again, chris capdevila (with oracle, but he used to be a startup founder) and steve iverson, who’s building a green, energy efficient amazon s3-like service (at least, … Continue reading