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Re: A look at the Opensocial Virtual Currency API proposal

pelle — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:39:53 -0000

Just looked at this. It strikes me as overly complex. There should be no need for that level of complexity for what is basically a book entry transfer.

With regards to multi currency, I think it's best to do that a layer above the actual currency level. In other words it's not the currency issuer's job to perform an exchange between multiple currencies.

Re: Fix the Paper Hole

pelle — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:59:22 -0000

I am a cofounder of a site called Agree2, where you can easily invite, negotiate and sign contracts all in the web browser.

Assuming that the contract you are signing itself is legal, the signatures are legally valid in common law countries (like the UK, the US, Canada etc) and the EU.

Most people focus too much on the signature however, while courts look at the whole process of negotiation, intention etc. We record the whole process for both parties to view, examine and provide as evidence through our evidence browser. We believe this provides you a much safer electronic contract than services that focus exclusively on the signature.

We have a free account which allows you to create one contract a month. Our commercial plans are not particularly expensive either and offer things like multiple users and web services support.

Re: Why I love Las Vegas

pelle — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:15:24 -0000

We were there the same time as you. It was our first time and a great but cold experience.

My favorite thing there is the freedom of it. I do drink and I resent having California's hippy puritans plan my night for me, which is why I don't go out in SF as much as I normally do.

I also love how Vegas constantly reinvents and rebuilds itself. It has a Randian beauty to it. Every single part of Vegas was the idea of someone and therein lies it's beauty. In this respect it is very similar to Manhattan (Ayn Rand's favorite) and Miami (mine).

Re: 6 Reasons to Visit the World’s Happiest Country

pelle — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:28:52 -0000

I'm Danish as well as mostly agree with the article. I do have a slight problem with the happiness studies. Dane's will self report happiness but I don't think it's quite as simple as that.

The high suicide rates are not just because of dark winters. There are different kinds of social strains here than in the US thats for sure but it is not by far the happiest in the world.

While it is expensive it is definitely worth a visit. If you are visiting Denmark and staying for a week or longer you might like my guide for living cheaply in Denmark.

http://stakeventures.com/ar...

Re: Starting a High Tech Business: Outsource Everything

pelle — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:09:05 -0000

Hi Phil,
I actually think that there is a need to rethink the whole employee model as a whole for many startups. There are people who are best in early phase and hate hanging around later. There are people who are only really interested in one particular kind of problem and wouldn't be happy as a fulltime employee.

I wrote about some of these on my blog here http://stakeventures.com/ar...

I'm not sure what the solution is, but I think we need to more willing to experiment in startups and stop threading down the normal way we have always done it.

Maybe PEO's are part of the solution or can be part of the solution. HR stuff is definitely the last thing you want to do in an early stage startup.

Re: Why companies move to San Francisco…

pelle — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:55:01 -0000

I recently moved myself and my company to SF from Denmark for pretty much those reasons.

The atmosphere one is probably one of the most important ones as there are so many people here who are thinking ahead of the curve. In Denmark one of the few opportunities to actually talk to like minded people was at Reboot (http://reboot.dk), where here you can pretty much just go to lunch everyday anywhere in SOMA for the same experience.

I wrote a post about some of the issues facing Danish startups and why more and more of them are moving here:

http://stakeventures.com/ar...