The Power Company Chokes Your Electricity During Heat Waves—Protect Your Gear
You’re not the only one who sweats during a heat wave. The power company feels the burn too—in the form of skyrocketing demand from those air conditioners, fans, and stressed out refrigerators. Not to mention all the TVs clicking on as we cower in front of our media stacks to escape the cruel, cruel sun.…
Interviewing the President Is Nothing Compared to Starting a Tech Company
Back in 1993, when Done. co-founder and CEO Kevin Nazemi (second from left, top row, in the photo above) was in 6th grade, he sat down with President Bill Clinton and grilled him about everything from economics to education on national television. He arranged that interview by thinking it was possible, then tenaciously following up…
Why Dave Winer Invented the Blog
If you’re reading these lines it’s because of this man. He’s Dave Winer, the inventor of blogs and RSS syndication, two of the backbones of the web. Often controversial, always challenging, this is the story of what got him inspired to do it all: https://gizmodo.com/what-steve-jobs-left-untouched-5916725 I was outside the computer science building at the University…