First add-on published

Posted on September 8, 2015 by

My first Google sheets add-on is published! To be totally honest, I made it mainly to see what was involved. I really like the work that Andrew Stillman has been doing with New Visions for Public Schools, including Doctopus and formMule, and I wanted to see if I could do similar things for higher ed or international ed.

My add-on is called Text Adder, and it pretty much just does what the name indicates. Once it’s installed, the user can select a range of cells, and Text Adder will add a chosen text to the beginning or end of every cell in the range.

Text Adder

Text Adder in the add-on store

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Startup Weekend Immigration

Posted on June 1, 2015 by

I attended (but didn’t participate in) another Startup Weekend this week. This one was focused on immigration. I didn’t really have time to work on this – already had previous commitments. I just stopped by on Friday and Sunday to catch the pitches.

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Switching to Squarespace

Posted on May 27, 2015 by

When I started this blog, I tried out Squarespace and found its UI kind of annoying. It felt like I was spending too much time learning how to use Squarespace, rather than simply editing HTML and CSS directly.

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New Favorite App: HelloTalk

Posted on May 26, 2015 by

hellotalkI don’t know why I wasn’t using this app before – it’s awesome! I heard about it through a friend who is developing his own language-learning app. Here it is on the Play store and iTunes.

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Cool things I’m thinking about

Posted on May 25, 2015 by

ai frontI’ve been away for a while because things have been pretty busy at Educents. We recently finished our seed round and we’ve been growing really quickly. It’s been an awesome experience being part of a successful startup that is focused on trying new things.

As account manager, I’ve been talking to new partners every week and helping our current partners maximize their revenue on our marketplace. Here are some of the cool things I’ve come across outside work:

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Bleg: What’s your favorite educational product?

Posted on December 16, 2014 by

Stack of booksI’ve been at Educents for about a month now. I’ve been super busy (and having a lot of fun) learning about all our awesome vendors and customers and diving into our data. It’s great, but I need your help!

Educents is a flash deal site (and more – stay tuned) for educators. We list a lot of well-known and cool up and coming books, activities, games, and anything else for teachers and parents who are looking for something educational.

Here’s where you come in. If you know about (or make) something that would be a good fit for Educents, let me know! Leave a comment below or tweet me. Thanks!

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“It’s complicated.” — Bourdain in Iran

Posted on November 10, 2014 by

Many thanks to the Persian acquaintance who tipped me off to the latest episode of Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown show. This was his first Continue reading →

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