http://disqus.com/people/DaveNewton/enMon, 01 Dec 2008 22:09:51 -0000http://tyba.com/blog/2008/12/01/startup-diary-day-6-long-emails-and-why-you-should-write-them/#comment-4119082Can't wait for the OSX version, Eiso. Get some sleep.DaveNewtonMon, 01 Dec 2008 22:09:51 -0000http://eisokant.com/2008/07/19/where-will-life-take-this-entrepreneur/#comment-941779I'd worry about a potential employer who asks you to give him/her free ideas as part of your email application. I hope you told him ideas only you could execute well. <br><br>Monday is my 70th birthday, and I'm working on a startup. I still don't know how we'll "massively" grow our "user base" and "monetize." We just know there's a better way to talk about getting old in America than the crushingly depressing stuff that's out there. We're starting from scratch, with no Web 2.0 toys, focusing on what techies flippantly call "content." <br><br>I went to college to prepare for a career in commercial radio. When I was a senior, I got a full-time job in a radio station, and stretched my senior year over the next two. I considered the radio business to be far ahead of academe in current teaching, but I wanted the breadth and depth -- as deep as it went for me then -- of university teaching. I was too focused on my broadcasting passion then to know what I would be passionate about later. I was a radio kid then, caught up in the excitement of a techologically based performance medium. What I have learned is, there are more than enough passions ahead to keep me excited even now. I want to know more about physics, and how it's evolved.<br><br>If any of this sounds familiar, I'm happy. Thanks for your candor and honesty. You'll be fine.DaveNewtonSat, 19 Jul 2008 11:34:12 -0000