January 2011
2 posts
Weave Silk, scripting, and vanity website headers
Weave Silk is amazing.
But I wanted more. I wanted to write my name in Weave Silk for a personal website I’m putting together. After trying to write it out manually and not being happy with the results (colors were never what I wanted them to be, my hand couldn’t stay steady for long enough, I would miss time the wind) I decided to look into the source code, even though I barely know...
Short emails, I'm the last to find out
As my startup has been getting nearer to launch, I’ve made an effort to reach out to people that I’ve helped or connected with over the past year. I wrote individual emails to 95 people, recalling when we spoke last, what they are working on, how my startup is going, etc. These were heartfelt, non-spammy reach-outs.
My first 30 were discouraging. Under half of the people I emailed got...