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Milestones on a Rewarding Journey

Today is a big day for me for two reasons: 1) One year ago today, I moved with my family to Silicon Valley from Washington, DC, a city we love and miss very much. 2) Also today, DotNetNuke Corp., the company I co-founded, announced that we have closed on our Series A round of venture funding. Adjusting to Silicon Valley has had its challenges. Having to drive everywhere after getting around mostly on...

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This is Our Moment

This is a defining moment for America and I am proud that my country has chosen such a transformational figure as Obama to be its next President. I was moved and inspired by his speech tonight and look forward to doing my part in moving the country forward. As a father of two little girls, I found his future-looking questions most inspiring: “So tonight, let us ask ourselves – if our children...

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NSF Website on Birth of Internet

Om Malik posted about the NSF website chronicling the birth of the Internet. What a cool site. I skimmed it briefly and found this entry for 1980s: In the mid-1980s, NSF decided the time was right to try to link its regional university networks and its supercomputer centers together. This initial effort was called NSFNET. By 1987, participation in the new NSFNET project grew so rapidly that NSF knew it had...

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Some Thoughts on Posterous

I have been thinking on and off about Posterous since I first used it and decided to put my thoughts down in a post. Nischal asked the question “Would you stick to Posterous?” My answer today is “No” for the simple reason that it’s difficult to make the commitment to use Posterous as my primary blog until custom domains are supported. Redirects just don’t cut it. Also,...

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Exploring New Things

Last month, a few days before my birthday, I decided that I needed to acquire some new skills and do some new things, while broadening my knowledge of things I already know (i.e. software development). More importantly, I wanted to not spend as much time in front of the computer. Instead of posting about it and then hoping to follow through, I decided to do the opposite. I started the process and am now...