March 2012
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“The kids who grew up inside AOL chat rooms and came of age on Facebook have an...”
– my partner Brad Burnham’s speech at the Center For Democracy and Technology’s 2012 Annual Dinner.
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November 2011
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Adventure
This weekend I am going camping with some close friends here in Dallas. I’m excited because I love camping (though I have not gone in decades) and I like adventure.
We are going to a campground like 25 minutes away. 1 night. Tents and sleeping bags and 2 meals. See, we’re doing it simple. This makes it easier to go because you aren’t trying to plan for a long trip states...
Hipmunk Blog: Home of the savvy traveler: We're... →
hipmunk:
First off, thank you so much for all the amazing, thoughtful, and inspiring words you sent us about why you want to be with your family, friends, and loved ones on Thanksgiving. While we wish we could fly all you of you home for the holidays, what we CAN do is fly five of you home—and we’re…
September 2011
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3#Labs: I got 99 problems but ENGAGEMENT ain't 1! →
3poundlabs:
One of the coolest things to see when building something is to see it *work*.
Imagine Jay-Z writing this song I’m channeling in the title; he thinks of some lyrics, has an idea of a beat, lays the lyrics to a track, releases the track, and sits back and watches how the product fares in the…
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3#Labs: Scheduling tweets & posts make you MORE... →
3poundlabs:
Recently, Amanda from Spiderworking.com wrote an excellent article on scheduling posts to social networks (see it here). What is scheduling you say?
Basically, scheduling a post is when, instead of immediately sharing something on social networks, you queue the post or content for a…
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On the cusp of something BiG
I’m not sure what, but there are major tectonic shifts happening in me. I’m confident the result is going to be something less about me and more about my God.
Needless to say, I’m absolutely thrilled and scared!
August 2011
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"Open your eyes"....
So, I recently took a trip to Israel with my wife and son (and in-laws). It was a 10 day long trip. It started in the Ben Gurion Int’l Airport, took us to Galilee, then to Jerusalem, around the West Bank, and then ended in hipster Tel Aviv. The primary reason for the trip was to spend time with my wife’s sister and her husband who live in East Jerusalem with their 1.5 yr old...
3#Labs: Queued.at SmartQueue Scheduler Launched! →
3poundlabs:
We are super happy to announce the launch of v1.0 of the Queued.at SmartQueue scheduler.
Now when you click the button in Queued.at to schedule a post, we crunch 6 (and growing) variables to select the absolute perfect time to publish your post.
Some of our early data is showing…
July 2011
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June 2011
3 posts
“Run from all this runaround…”
– “Like a Game” written by Jeremy Mederich
bradleyjoyce [dot] com: How to Deal With the... →
bradleyjoyce:
Founding and building a startup is not a walk in the park. I recently stumbled across this great and true quote from Mike McDerment, the CEO and founder of FreshBooks on this very subject:
“Doubt is born out of fatigue and loneliness, and there is a lot of both when you are running a…
May 2011
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Honored, Thrilled, Exhausted
This past Wednesday, the 25th of May, my business partner (Ryne DeBoer) and I hosted “TYE Down DFW: 2011 | Gary Vee in Big D!” in Dallas. Here is the link to the website —-> http://garyveeinbigd.com
It was by far one of the most fun and most challenging things I’ve ever done. It was also one of the most rewarding. In 90 days, Ryne and I built an event around Gary...
April 2011
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Watchgary:
See You in 2015!
March 2011
2 posts
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Little Known Fact....
It’s a little known fact that nobody but my wife knows. I literally just got finished doing it, so I thought I’d write a short post.
Here ‘tis: I hone my kitchen knives at random moments of the day or week, just because. Usually I do it because it hasn’t been done in a while. But that isn’t that weird, is it?
The more interesting part is, I LOVE IT. I love...
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Humanization of 'x'
I’ve been thinking quite a bit about Gary Vaynerchuck’s new book, The Thank You Economy.
He makes a great case that in the new economy, business needs to be humanized again; that in order to thrive and move forward, you have to move backwards in time and begin using the principles of our grandparent’s generation.
To win, you have to care. Be personable. Build real trust....
February 2011
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Ready....set.....go!
Another cheesy picture. I like it though. It’s my style.
There are some amazing things brewing. I am thankful and really grateful.
Much to do. Lots of work. But some cool stuff.
I’ll update you as it unfolds.
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Strengths - Part 2
What a generic, boring photo. I’m out the door, so this is the best I found.
I decided, for my own benefit, I am going to do a mini-series on my strengths. By strengths, I mean the things I am naturally good at; the things that I do without thinking; the things that make me feel like I am operating “in pocket” with what I was created for.
My first was that I love details; in...
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Oh, how I am obsessed with the Crowd!
The power of the crowd has been on my mind a lot over the last 7 months.
What do I mean by “crowd”? Basically, it refers to a large and definable group of people. This could be a crowd at a concert, the entire population of a country, or the 600M Facebook users.
In my use, it refers to the entire world population and how ubiquitous internet adoption has allowed us the ability...
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Details | WA.AG
I put this picture into my entry because when I googled “Details”, this was one of the pictures. Funny and random.
Anyways, 2011 for me is a year of learning what my strengths are. I have been and am passionately pursuing what I am really good at. My goal is to get a crystal clear grasp of what those things are and then match them with a passion of mine.
The Goal: Use my...
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Feeling Stuck...
This picture accurately depicts how I have been feeling the past week.
Maybe it was because of the snow that closed Dallas down and shut us all in our homes…
Or maybe it is the terrible, awful, curse-like feelings I have of ideas that I am passionate about and want to pursue, but lack the time/knowledge/experience/connections/discipline….
Whatever it is, it’s been here...
January 2011
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Smartphone in Every Hand
Will there be a day when every human on the planet can have access to a smartphone? And an internet connection?
I’ve been thinking about applying my love for entrepreneurship and technology to social enterprise. I have multiple enterprise ideas that could impact worldwide social problems, but only if the world had access to technology, internet, smartphones, and electricity.
When do...
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Very first program written!
First program down, about two days ago. It estimates the year you will die based on how many years you smoked cigarettes, or didn’t smoke them. Really simple, basic program. BUT, it was my first. I’m happy.
If you want to try it out, just email me.
eric [dot] vanderschaaf [at] gmail [dot] com
Onward and upward,
EV
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Learning Objective C Programming Language
Haha - I thought this was a funny picture I found as I was browsing for help.
This is a HUGE undertaking - learning to code.
But I am realizing that every hurdle, mistake, and problem is making me that much more valuable a person. If I can obtain this skill, I will feel good about myself and will carry more valuable skills for my own ventures or future employers.
Cheers,
EV
“Fear is the disease. Hustle is the antidote.”
– Travis Kalanick (via neverbendeasy)
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Is my privacy worth someone's death?
In the wake of the shooting in Tuscon, there has been much discussion regarding the shooter’s various social media profiles. People are analyzing all the different things the shooter said and wrote through various mediums; YouTube and Facebook being the most quoted and analyzed. Without delving into what his dark and seemingly incoherent blogs/profiles/videos said, the question is being...
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Search 4.0 - Qwiki
Qwiki defines itself as an “information experience”. To say the very least, that is exactly what it is. I would consider it an understatement.
I’ve never seen anything quite like this. Well, except in WALL-E, the extraordinary Pixar film. Actually, the co-founders used a WALL-E clip in their demo of the product at TechCrunch Disrupt back in September 2010.
So, what is it?...
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Technology and the Human Race
This was on the TV in my office kitchen this morning. So, I watched the bit. Very interesting, as I have been thinking about this for a while.
The question on the screen so simply puts the question I have been internally wrestling with. Are the technological advancements we are making actually hurting us? Are we blindly walking into an age that is defined by computers and applications...
From my last blog.....
I just watched ‘Inception’ again over the holidays, and thought it appropriate to pull an entry from my last blog about my first experience with the film.
Here ‘tis:
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Dreams
I just saw ‘Inception’ tonight, starring Leonardo DiCaprio. What a stellar motion picture. Seriously, for being 2 1/2 hours, it went by so fast. It is James Bond meets Memento...
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Check-In Mania / People, Places, Things
Though this post tempts me to expound on many different tangents, all related to technology, I am going to have to restrain myself. This entry is dedicated solely to the craze of the “Check-In”.
As a caveat, in general I am a fan of the check-in, even if it is a craze.
Places: The most popular of the three, checking in to real world places via a virtual/mobile portal has taken the...
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Re-rounding & New Years Thought
Well, this is my second attempt at blogging. I had a sweet blog with blogspot (http://bit.ly/gvrIDV), but it was bulky and didn’t integrate as well with my other internet profiles and social networks.
So here it goes for number two. I like tumblr better. Anyways, my first thought for the first day of the year is this:
Ryan Seacrest vs. Carson Daly for the New Years Eve countdown. Who...