I went to New Jack City with Kristin and Evan and did some rock climbing this weekend. It was my first visit and I had a good time. We also met a nice couple named Wes and Ericka who also climb at Rockreation. I top rope climbed two 5.10a’s and a 5.9 saturday night in the dusk and today I climbed two great 5.10a’s on Ravens Rock, tried my hand at a 5.12c and led a 5.8 and another 5.9 on Sunnyside Wall.… read more “New Jack City”
Author: Joel Gross
Joel Gross is the CEO of Coalition Technologies.
My Treadmill Desk Usage Is Up
I purchased a Lifespan Fitness Treadmill Desk about a year ago. I used it a lot at first, but then didn’t use it much for the last few months. I have been getting back into using it again over the last few days and I really enjoy it! I find it keeps me more focused on actual tasks and my body feels better at the end of the work day.… read more “My Treadmill Desk Usage Is Up”
JP Morgan Cheats Regular People
The $9 billion settlement with JP Morgan cheats shareholders twice: officers of the company defrauded the company to get big bonuses and now the company is paying to give them a get out of jail free card.
The Acting Fallacy
People who are born in Los Angeles have a funny joke whenever they hear someone is an actor here. The conversation goes like this:
Native: So what do you do for a living?
Actor: I am an actor.
Native: Ah, so you wait tables.
This is a very true statement. I know a lot of actors in Los Angeles and almost universally they have made a few bucks acting, but mostly make their money doing entry level jobs.… read more “The Acting Fallacy”
Malibu Creek Rock Climbing
Halloween + Scotts Birthday
Dynamic Number Insertion
I am having a really hard time finding good call platforms that offer dynamic number insertion into websites. Dynamic number insertion is javascript code that automatically swaps out phone numbers based on referrer. I have only seen a couple of sites that offer this and those are both too expensive and have too little features. I would really like a virtual call center that offers this sort of tracking… might be too much to hope for though.
Stopping Crossfit for Rock Climbing
I am thinking about stopping my Crossfit membership now to focus on rock climbing. I feel like Crossfit and rock climbing are a bit incompatible: Crossfit focuses on building big muscles in the back and legs, which just weigh you down when it comes to rock climbing. I currently weigh about 215 pounds and I want to lean down to around 185 pounds as I think this will help me become a significantly better climber.… read more “Stopping Crossfit for Rock Climbing”
Thank You Google!
My stock portfolio had a nice win yesterday thanks to Google’s increase in stock price of 12% yesterday after their earnings call. I am going to hold onto it as I think Google has some awesome product announcements coming up, including:
- Self driving car technology being licensed to auto manufacturers
- Wearable tech devices being taken to market (Google Glass, watch)
And of course they have several highly successful business units including:
- Search
- AdWords
- Apps
American People Scammed
Governments usually extort money from their populace as a standard practice. However, the US government is now getting extreme about the practice. The federal government shut down for over two weeks and all employees stayed at home relaxing, watching TV, playing XBox, going on vacations, etc. Now that the shutdown is over, all of those employees are going to be paid JUST AS IF THEY WORKED THE ENTIRE TIME.… read more “American People Scammed”