This video of the Nokia Morph Concept has to be one of the coolest insights into nanotechnology that I’ve seen in a while. The Morph is a mobile device concept being designed by their research group. Read more about it on their web page.
Last night I attended the Boston Web-Based Business Startup Group, an informal Meetup.com event. About 11 people showed up, and the format was a roundtable discussion. We each took 10 minutes to explain what we do and bounce questions off the group. It was both informative and a good reality check.
I attended the meetup with the two guys from Pandemic Labs, a viral marketing startup, whom I met them through Henry. They turned out to be quite a hit at the meetup due to everyone’s curiosity about what they do and how it might help them.
With this event past me, there are numerous others that I plan on attending. At the meetup, Dale from Lead Gather informed me that The Web Innovators Group attracts a good crowd. The guys at Pandemic told me about the Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange. MITX is a more formal organization with membership dues, but it sounds very promising. Lastly, I want to attend workshops and free counseling sessions offered by SCORE Boston.
I should probably give an update on what I’m up to. I have not yet done so on my blog, and since this is my blog, it’s only appropriate that I at least explain something.
In January of 2008, I left my job at Microsoft to start a software company with Henry Cipolla, a classmate from my days at Boston University and also an ex-Microsoft employee. What we aim to develop is mostly a secret for now, but it will be on the web, and it will be targeted at consumers. It will rely on the wealth of social information hitting the web, and it will hopefully profoundly impact the lives of my family, friends, colleagues, and everyone else.
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