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Migrating my blog in 2-3 months 5 Jul 2013 | 12:24 pm
I will be moving my blog to my personal site, johndavidrichter.com, in 2 to 3 months. I hope to use the new Ghost platform, built in Node.js. Though I still consider sustainability and society's tra...
Alas 11 Jun 2013 | 03:05 am
I was kicked out of the startup today. My position was deemed not financially valuable to the company. Obviously, I disagreed--there are thoughts and ideas I wish I had communicated earlier in a mor...
Original thinking and creativity 19 Mar 2013 | 09:31 am
A common sentiment in the startup world is that ideas are a dime a dozen, and that it's the execution that matters. I totally understand the motive behind that saying: ideas are constantly hatching o...
My statement of purpose to UT-Austin 18 Mar 2013 | 09:36 am
The following is my statement of purpose I wrote for my application to UT-Austin's computer science program. I wrote it while I was a senior at Washington University and about to graduate with a degr...
Casting off the dull and uninspired and achieving a sustainable planet 6 Mar 2013 | 08:00 am
[An old post before the great crash] One transition I've noticed in former climate change skeptics is that they now believe in climate change, but they just argue we shouldn't do anything about it be...
I tumble 17 Feb 2013 | 02:15 am
The weird thing about blogging for me is that I often have battles with how much I want to give away--how much I want to distill into hard prose. Sometimes I just want to let things float around in m...
Local farmer perceptions and reflections on rudeness 17 Feb 2013 | 01:51 am
[This post originally appeared 02/08, before the great crash.] I just got a response from a farm I contacted as part of my research for the startup I'm working on: "This is not something interestin...
Life update 17 Feb 2013 | 01:46 am
[This post originally appeared 12/01, before the great crash.] Two major events have unfolded since I've moved to Portland: I cofounded a startup, called Local Plate. I cofounded a climate change ...
Holidays and Thoughts 17 Feb 2013 | 01:43 am
[This post originally appeared 12/28, before the great crash.] Holidays and thoughts. What people need vs want Need implies something that a person objectively needs in order to prosper. Obvious ex...
Blog erased 16 Feb 2013 | 02:20 pm
[Edit: Google cache to the rescue!] My blog data was erased.* The last backup I made was at the end of September, shortly before I moved to Portland. I lost several entries on Portland, climate chan...
