http://dkalo.com difficult takes a day, impossible takes a week Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:28:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A couple of months ago, OpenFund was founded by the Greek OpenCoffee organizers. What is OpenFund? As its name states, it is a fund willing to help newly formed startups to develop by giving them a seed capital as well as providing top quality advisors. George Tziralis, one of OpenFund's ... http://dkalo.com/money-vs-advisors/ That is what Andrew Keen said in The Next Web Conference some days ago. What was also mentioned was that every old-fashioned industry is on its way out. The first victim of the new age that is coming is the music industry. Torrents, Limewire, Rapidshare are some of the reasons ... http://dkalo.com/industrial-age-is-over/ I am flying at least once per month from Athens International Airport. What I am most happy about is the moment after check-in that I am diving into a bookstore's International Press department. The magazine that I never miss is the British Car. As its title proves, it is a ... http://dkalo.com/why-i-love-magazines/ "Money makes the world go round" sang Liza Minelli back in the days. Although many years have passed since then, that song contains the biggest truth to be ever told: Money makes the world go round. I strongly believe that there is no such thing as free beer, especially when ... http://dkalo.com/money-makes-the-world-go-round/ I got an iPhone 3G in late October, so, after almost 4 months I think it's time to write a review about it. To be completely honest, I was disappointed in the first days. The battery didn't last longer than a day, some times even less. There were not so ... http://dkalo.com/iphone-3g-review/ As some of you may already know, I attended LeWeb conference at Paris, France. Probably you have already read about LeWeb's main issues, food, WiFi and maybe the broken-down heating in the first day. Ok, I was dissapointed but I was kinda waiting them, especially food and WiFi. I mean, ... http://dkalo.com/leweb-2008-my-point-of-view/ Or at least, that's what a professor told us the other day. I twitted about it and, as I promised, I am blogging right now about it. But let's start from square 1. I am a Computer Science student and my department allows its students to follow some courses from other ... http://dkalo.com/all-people-are-equally-stupid-capable/ Or, to simplify the question, are people able to work without having someone to supervise them? It is very difficult to answer such a question. Everybody turns to wikipedia someday. But, how many really write something in Wikipedia? Judging from myself, although I have been using it for a couple -or ... http://dkalo.com/are-community-projects-dead/ The last two weeks have been extremely busy and with millions of things to do. I wake up at 9:00 in the morning (without using an alarm) and I can't manage sleeping before 3:00. I don't feel tired. Having so many things to do, keeps me happy and motivated. Every night, ... http://dkalo.com/me-loves-busy-weekdays/ OpenCoffee Athens XV took place in the 7th of October. Guest star was Jason Calacanis, the guy behind Weblogs Inc and mahalo.com. He talked to us completely informal, just a small notebook, no powerpoint, not even a laptop. Although I have seen many people talking on stage, Jason's keynote was ... http://dkalo.com/motivation-has-a-name-jason-calacanis/