Archive for the ‘Thoughts and Relevant Technology’ Category

Over the past few weeks, we’ve received a number of emails inquiring about our progress.  A few updates:
Jon’s been making the rounds, lining up a few low-level investors to carry us through the next phase in our technical development.  (Perhaps, upon CabCorner’s launch in the top 15 markets nationwide, we should consider touching Greylock Partners, [...]

I’m so proud of my MTA.
The New York transit system is looking to introduce a pricing policy that would offer passengers discounts to ride late at night and on weekends.  A new computerized, scannable fare card would allow New York City Transit to charge passengers different prices depending on the time of day, a practice [...]

Fame and fortune would, admittedly, be enough.  But Jon and I aren’t committed to the implementation of the CabCorner model solely for the health of our bank accounts.
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to answer the call! Let’s invent our way to a new energy economy, let’s utilize the evolving technologies at our disposal, let’s help [...]

The Many Faces of Cabcorner

The $2 User - CabCorner is for commuters who formerly couldn’t afford travel by taxi, but who now can thanks to Cabcorner cab sharing!
Unless she’s prepared to walk, the $2 User must spend at least two dollars to travel from Point A to Point B, via subway.  But CabCorner cab [...]

My thoughts on the concept of Cabcorner.com, cab sharing and the pursuit of something that I think is worth the sacrifice of my most valued asset, energy (you can throw time in there too). Visit ” http://www.facebook.com/v/534578917443”
And to my team, this represents our efforts. Thank you.

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I write from South America, where I’m leisurely pursuing projects while Jon, Sankho, Lou and Ajay work frantically to birth our baby. A very promising discussion with the Taxi and Limousine Commission has given us new direction, and we’ve begun achieving a bit of notoriety as word of our offering spreads.

Surveying the streets of Santiago [...]

Applications are a great way to reach a wider audience. On the whole, I think Jesse hit the nail on the head by asking the defining question, ‘ Does linking up to social network applications in all likelihood increase the net population of users and therefore the effectiveness of the platform?’ The short answer, in [...]

Jon and Sankho:
Check out this profile of Chris DeWolfe, co-founder and current CEO of MySpace.  The company is pursuing aggressive strategies to expand into every corner of the web.  It really highlights the power of applications, which Facebook popularized but which all social networks are now trying to figure out how to integrate, deploy, and [...]

Jon:
Here are a few articles I stumbled about while doing some research for CabCorner.  Thought they might be interest.
As Portfolio pointed out in its February 2009 issue, (see “The Best of Times“), the economic climate has presented an amazing opportunity for our website.  It noted that, historically, “when the economy tanks, conditions in Silicon Valley [...]

So here’s a thought about Jon, in recognition of his perfect sense of timing as evidenced by the New York Times headline he posted below:
First the kid sets about revolutionizing NYC’s preferred method of travel, for those seeking cost-effective ways of getting to destination X fast while saving Y dollars by sharing A cab with [...]