One of my coworkers attended SXSW in Austin last week and inadvertently made a big splash for Poken. We found ourselves on the front page of techcrunch, on many US blog sites, and . . . on NPR!!! Our site traffic has doubled since then and we have completely sold out on every continent (LastContinue reading “Poken is encroaching on US soil!”
Category Archives: IMD & Switzerland
Carmina Burana
Thursday night several of us from the IMD MBA class of 2008 attended the Choire Lausanne’s performance of Carmina Burana. Although it wasn’t an amazingly executed performance, the music was, of course, great. Even better was the chance to catch up with my classmates before the show and afterward over beers at Les Brasseurs. FridayContinue reading “Carmina Burana”
Weekend in Paris
As I write, I am speeding along the French countryside in the TGV. I am following my progress on Google Maps on my cell phone; any of my friends on Google Latitude can see where I am in real-time too. During this 4-hour train ride I have spent my time napping and reflecting on theContinue reading “Weekend in Paris”
My Underwear Is Inside Out
The last time I shared a hotel room with a friend/colleague was in Kenya last summer. My IMD classmate, Dongao, shared both a room AND a tent with me, in fact. Before that I shared a room in Orlando with one of my mom’s NASM coworkers at a Space Shuttle launch. Going even further backContinue reading “My Underwear Is Inside Out”
Can’t Sleep
Even if there weren’t a million things on my plate right now, I would still have a hard time falling asleep. There is just so much excitement going on at Poken right now that my mind is flooded with energizing thoughts each time I close my eyes. Some of them recount what happened today, someContinue reading “Can’t Sleep”
Sunny Saturday
I was woken this morning by a call from a number I didn’t recognize. It turned out to be two Dutch entrepreneurs. They had driven all night from Amsterdam and were ready to take delivery of the 1080 pokens they had ordered. As I live just around the corner from the office, it falls onContinue reading “Sunny Saturday”
Poken Is Hiring!
Poken is struggling to keep up with 1,000+% growth and we are augmenting our product development team. Below is a summary of the position for which we’re hiring but, in a nutshell, we’re looking for really, really, really, really, really ridiculously awesome Java developers. Ideally you should be already in Europe but, even if not,Continue reading “Poken Is Hiring!”
Tolkien and Workouts
I finished The Silmarillion last week and have moved on to The Hobbit. I really love the simple, fantastic Hobbit narrative. It was the hook that bought me into the rest of Tolkien‘s works (Thanks again, Lee and Sam!), which I have read and reread many times over. In many ways this is similar toContinue reading “Tolkien and Workouts”
First Week In New Apartment
Sorry for my absence but last week kept me very busy! On top of many long hours at the office (due to our release of a new website look and feel), I also moved into my new apartment and have been dealing with all of the time sucks that come with that. Friday night IContinue reading “First Week In New Apartment”
Exciting times!
After a full weekend of Poken work, yesterday I moved into my new apartment! Well, sort of. I have a bed, a sheet, a blanket (Thanks, Lee and Sam!), a pillow, a shower curtain, and a water filter. Oh right, and lots of bags! I thought I would be able to leech wireless Internet accessContinue reading “Exciting times!”