Curious about stuff
For everybody that played RPGs in the late 90s, Fallout is one of the games that made us lose countless hours in the wasteland of a postapocaliptic America.
The first two games are the games I wait for the most to come to iPad (well, and Planescape: Torment). So, while I already had them bought on Steam, I also got them for free, DRM-free, from GOG.com. The promotion is up and running for one more day, so go there and get them. It is really worth replaying them when you have the time.
I am an avid Evernote user. Everything I find interesting I clip it into Evernote and find it there whenever I need it. The biggest issue I’ve had, though, with this is the fact that you do not have an addon for iOS browsers (Chrome/Safari).
Well, not anymore :D
Today I’ve found a workaround that is actually quite interesting and easy to use.
1.Step 1
Create a Keyboard shortcut with the webclipper code. I don’t use it generally, but you can do it by going to Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts (see the screen below).
Create a shortcut by naming it whatever you want (mine is called evwc, from EVernote WebClipper). It’s better to use a combination of letters that is not easy to find in websites, because then the autocomplete of Chrome will kick in and it will not work.
The code you need to put in the shortcut is this:
javascript:(function(){EN_CLIP_HOST='http://www.evernote.com';try{var x=document.createElement('SCRIPT');x.type='text/javascript';x.src=EN_CLIP_HOST+'/public/bookmarkClipper.js?'+(new Date().getTime()/100000);document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(x);}catch(e){location.href=EN_CLIP_HOST+'/clip.action?url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'&title='+encodeURIComponent(document.title);}})()
Hit Save, then get back to Settings -> General
2. Step 2
Go to Chrome/Safari and open the page you want to clip. Click on the top URL (this will select the entire URL), then write your shortcut name (evwc is mine), press SpaceBar and then press Go. It will open a
See the steps below:
At the end, you can see the Evernote window and.. that’s it! :)
Though the example above is shown on Chrome on iPad, it also works on Safari and on iPhones.
Got the info from these two pages: Cute Chrome iOS easy workaround and CTRLQ
I’m away from Bucharest for business along with one of my co-founders, Cristi, so it was only fitting that Elvis (the 3rd cofounder of MavenHut) went on and picked up a prize I won at Wall-Street.ro Gala for The Entrepreneur of 2013 (Younger Generation). It was great that Elvis picked it up because it’s a team effort (really, we are 3 co-founders, MavenHut exists because we all got together and created something great).
Even better was that one of the people I really admire, Radu Georgescu, was picked as the Entrepreneur for 2013 (Older Generation :D ).
Here is the article with all the winners, in Romanian.
Photo from the article on Wall-Street.ro
One of the things you really need to do when you start up your company is to grow constantly. Do not stop the growth no matter what: pull all the resources into growth. Investors love this kind of proof.
If you don’t want investors, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t grow continuously. After all, it doesn’t hurt you.
Photo: close up of finance business graph from Shutterstock
Me and one of my co-founders are speaking at How To Web on Wednesday :) We are gonna talk about the lessons we learned taking MavenHut from 0 to 5 million users in one year.
If you are around, let me know :)
Ah, we speak from 3pm on Wednesday, ok? >:)
Just to let you know: these days, the guys at GOG.com sell lots of things at insanely reduced prices. The games weren’t expensive to begin with, but now they are even cheaper. I bought Neverwinter Nights 2, Planescape: Torment (again, since I already had it) at $1.99 and so on.
Go ahead, they are going through the same cycle and you can still buy (or even get for free) some great games of the past :)
We’ve met Steve Collins from Swrve in Ireland, while starting MavenHut. He has a really interesting entrepreneurial background (co-founder of Havoc, the physics engine), but he is talking in this video about how to make more money from the games you are building for mobile and social networks.
This is one of the best videos I’ve seen on gaming in a long time.
I am a gamer, so I think this blog is perfect for my girlfriend :D
One of the Romanian entrepreneurs that we look up to here, at MavenHut is our adviser, Radu Georgescu (Romanian blog). Serial entrepreneur (sold several companies to Microsoft, Naspers and, recently, to Francisco Partners), he’s been close to our company for the last year and a half, since we launched. He helped with advice and, most of all, with his experience of going through all the trials and tribulations of building a startup.
He’s been recently interviewed by inventures.eu (here is the full interview). Some things I found interesting:
On failure:
I have had my share of failures. Unfortunately, there is no magic formula for success. Being at the right place at the right time with the right product and the right team is an entrepreneur’s dream. I have always tried to learn from my failures and my mistakes and have had no hesitation in getting back on my feet to try yet again.
On people to work with:
I usually look for individuals who are very committed to the vision and have the ability to build, lead and work with high quality teams. I rarely get involved with the day to day of any business and self-starters are my favourite people.
On how to get him onboard:
Tell me the problem that you are trying to solve and how your product or service is going to do this. Talk about the people behind the startup and the skills that they bring to the table. Convince me that what you are going to do is going to make a difference. And: please do this in no more than 10 PowerPoint slides.
Inventures.eu is starting an interesting series about startups in Romania, a series that shows promise, especially since at least 2 articles already mentioned MavenHut :D
Mircea Goia, from Romanian Startups, talks a little bit about, obviously, startups in Romania here.
As of today, RomanianStartups.com amasses 139 startups, 286 founders, 24 events and 2 accelerators/incubators. It’s a far cry from about 15-20 startups, which I managed to find in 2007 and not all of the actual startups in Romania are in this newly built database.
Bogdan Iordache, the founder of How To Web, talks about “riding a speeding bullet” when it comes to the changes in the startups ecosystem in Romania in the last 4-5 years.
As the number of stakeholders of the new innovation economy grows, more communities emerge. TechHub Bucharest, Startup Hub Timisoara, Cluj Hub and many others provide not only resident and hot desks, but also a reason for the local communities to meet, interact and exchange knowledge, and putting entrepreneurs, investors, R&D centers, product companies, developers and product experts together.
And while this ecosystem matures, growth is happening exponentially. This is just the begining of a great ride, fast as a speeding bullet.
Follow inventures.eu for the rest of the articles :)
Photo from RevistaBiz
