Before signing on with Poken in December I had a previous obligation to attend an Association of Rice Alumni board meeting in Houston January 23 – 24. I could have nipped back for just a quick weekend but the airfare was literally an order of magnitude less expensive to come back for the entire week.Continue reading “Back in H-Town”
Author Archives: Bryan Guido Hassin
Google Tech Talk
Yesterday, a small group of us from Poken traveled to Google to give a Tech Talk about our product. It was cool to be invited and it was fun to discuss our design and future directions with Googlers. Several of them now have Pokens of their own so we’ll see what ideas they come upContinue reading “Google Tech Talk”
Parlez-vous Francais?
Another day, another milestone. Today was the first day that I conducted over half of my conversations at work in French. Woohoo! Or make that le woohoo! Note that I didn’t claim that it was good French. Of course, no Frenchman would claim that any of the French spoken on this side of Lac Leman is “good.”Continue reading “Parlez-vous Francais?”
A Bad Week for the NFL
Blogger’s note: I no longer use the term “Redskins” but am leaving my prior references intact in the spirit of learning. This was a terrible, terrible week for the NFL! It started when Peyton Manning was knocked out of the playoffs. With no Peyton, no Favre, and no Redskins, what possible interest do I haveContinue reading “A Bad Week for the NFL”
My Diet
My daily diet can be summed up in two staple food groups: 1. bread 2. stuff you put on bread Now before you think my diet is boring, let me clarify that there is a LOT of stuff you can put on bread! In the past few days alone, I have eaten bread topped withContinue reading “My Diet”
What a Week
We are off and running! Poken is really taking off in several key areas. We are now adding ~5 new Poken accounts each hour and our website traffic is growing exponentially. Although our uptake has been mostly in Europe so far, we are receiving phone calls and emails from people around the world interested inContinue reading “What a Week”
Mac Attack
This is my first ever post from a Mac–a MacBook Pro to be more precise. I know of at least one loyal reader who is smirking or even grinning widely right now. That’s OK, we’ll see who has the last laugh once he enters the heavily Windows-networked world of big business! No, joking aside, theContinue reading “Mac Attack”
The Circle Continues
Today I had coffee with four students from IMD’s class of 2009. They begin orientation on MONDAY!!!! I can’t believe that it’s starting all over again already! Part of me wants to do it again–especially since the program will be different under the new program director (who came to us from UVA–Wahoo!)–but most of meContinue reading “The Circle Continues”
New Year’s Luck Continues
After my last post I was upgraded to first class for the Newark-Geneva flight as well–what a great day! Hopefully my luck will continue throughout 2009. I’ve just wrapped up my first day back in Lausanne. It is cold and gray here but I am enjoying living in the corporate apartment until my new placeContinue reading “New Year’s Luck Continues”
New Year
Exactly one year ago Katie and I missed our flight from Houston to Newark and had to re-route through Zurich the following day. Today, not only did I not miss my flight from Houston to Newark, I miraculously received a first class upgrade even though I didn’t earn enough elite miles last year to maintain my ContinentalContinue reading “New Year”