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A Very Pleasant Surprise
This weekend, Friday through Sunday to be exact, I was at RoboGames in San Francisco showing off SchmartBoards. My friends at Servo Magazine had asked me if we'd be interested in being there. I certainly wanted the opportunity to show our wares and spend time with the folks at Servo who are very [...]
Be a Cartoon!
I came across a very cool website, www.befunky.comIn 5 minutes I was able to create this cartoon of me.This has positively nothing to do with SchmartBoard or electronics.....but I really like this. I plan to create some cartoons of friends and surprise them.Not only does it look like me, but I made [...]
Free Nuts & Volts or Servo Magazine Subscription
We will be at the RoboGames in San Francisco this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the booth of Servo Magazine. We will be doing a demo of hand soldering SMT parts on SchmartBoard. We'll also have coupons for customers who plan to buy SchmartBoards this month to receive a free magazine subscription to [...]
RoboGames June 13 - 15
One of our Partners, Servo Magazine has just asked us to join them at RoBoGames in San Francisco next month. According to their website: "RoboGames is the world's largest open robot competition (even the Guinness Book of World Records says so!) We invite the best minds from around the world to compete in [...]
It's A Small World Afterall
It is kind of fun to watch how fast the internet spreads information. At the beginning of the month we announced that we were looking for people to beta-test our future social networking site for electronics enthusiasts, Solder By Numbers.We have since received a lot of interest.(We'd still like more!). Countries [...]
Maker Faire
I had an interesting weekend. I was at the Maker Faire in San Mateo CA all weekend. I was at the booth of Nuts and Volts and Servo Magazines as we co promoted our plans to turn some of the circuits that are published in their magazines into Solder by Numbers. [...]
We need beta testers!!
We are looking for BetaTesters for a new social network. The social network will be for professionals and enthusiasts in the electronics area. While we can't divulge much about it today, there are a lot of truly unique features that will be introduce. If interested, please sign up at www.solderbynumbers.com. [...]
Are you my friend?
Are you social networking? I am on LinkedIn, Facebook, Biznik, Plaxo, Meetup, and I'm sure many others that I have forgotten about. it is hard to keep track! SchmartBoard is working on some of these features for a future website. I have been playing around on many of [...]
You Know Your Not Schmart if.....
This month's Professor Schmart cartoon was inspired by my many evenings and the San Jose Improv. I love stand up comedy. The last comedian I saw there was SNL alumn, Norm McDonald. He was great. I saw Charlie Murphy on New Years Eve and many others over the [...]
Light At The End Of The Tunnel?
How many of you have started a company? How many on a shoe string? You can be selling the "Fountain of Youth" and have limited success or fail altogether if you do not have the right branding or marketing. Unfortunately, branding and marketing take, time and money. The less money [...]