Around this time last year, I wrote a lengthy post detailing items that incoming college students would need to get settled into their new environment. That article ended up becoming one of the most popular posts I’ve ever published and garnered lots of link love. So when several readers suggested via Skribit that I post a follow up article, Continue Reading »

For the next week, I will be completely unwired as I embark on a camping trip with several friends (an electrical engineering student and three pre-law students) in the Middle of No Where, Texas (about 2-3 hours from Austin). According to AT&T’s coverage map, I won’t have much of a cell signal and paired with the iPhone 3G’s horrid battery life, I won’t be getting much use out of it. As far as geeky survival tools are concerned, I’m bringing the Continue Reading »

As a reminder, I am in Rome for a while attending and speaking at the TTI/Vanguard “Generation Techs” conference so there won’t be any typical PSTAM posts until I return early next week. I have been hanging out with Josh Spear and we’re wondering if you know of any interesting things to do in Rome. Drop a comment if you’ve got an idea. Continue Reading »

Today I turn 22 years old. In the last year I have done a lot of things I’m happy about but I won’t dwell on them here. I’m looking to the future and especially this upcoming year. I only have 5 classes left at Georgia Tech until I receive my degree and I have already completed the harder Computer Science Continue Reading »

I just got back from the midnight showing of Disney/Pixar’s latest flick, Wall•E. I’m here to recommend that you see it at your earliest convenience. I am no movie critic but I can easily tell you it was great and not more than a few minutes passed between theater-wide laughter (Rotten Tomatoes rates it at 98%). If you have a Mac or have worked with them, you’ll quickly notice a nice homage to Apple. Continue Reading »

Those of you following my Twitter account will know that my house was robbed early in the morning on Memorial day. Nothing of mine was actually taken but the three guys that broke in assaulted my roommate and stole his MacBook among other things. Read his blog post for the full story. Continue Reading »

Similar to how I published photos of the companies I visited during my last trip to the valley, I have some new photos to share from my recent trip. During the week I was in California I visited San Francisco, then rented a car and drove to San Diego, Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo - a journey that put 1200 miles on the odometer. Click any of the Continue Reading »

I just wrapped up my final exams for this semester on Wednesday and will soon be boarding a flight to San Francisco for a week of vacation filled with visiting friends and exploring California again among other things. I will probably have some downtime to write here but if not I thought I would put this up. Continue Reading »

After reading a quick meme post on Kevin Lim’s blog, I thought I would take a break from coding to join in on the fun and briefly show you what I take to classes everyday. Compared to Kevin, I keep things light (albeit not too light with the MBP) with primarily just my laptop and a notebook. Continue Reading »

Over 300 people have suggested via Skribit that I chime in on what’s involved with maintaining, writing and developing for this blog. With this post I aim to cover every aspect of how I work and keep PaulStamatiou.com rolling. Some things might be common sense while others might make you wonder. Enjoy. Continue Reading »

Depending on where you reside, 2008 will be arriving shortly or is just a countdown away. This blog more than doubled in subscribers in 2007 so I want to take this time and do another “roll call” type post. The spotlight will turn to you and I ask you to post a Continue Reading »

2007 was a great year for myself and this blog. I started a company with some great people and gained some business sense from dealing with the inner workings of a startup directly. PaulStamatiou.com received a revamp complete with new logo and branding. I got to Continue Reading »

I got an email from Nike’s ad agency back in November. After many more emails, quite a few calls, a demo video, film scouting and then a day of shooting, I became the star of my own Nike+ conversional ad. There are currently 5 conversionals up and they briefly take you into the life of a real Nike+ user that converted Continue Reading »

It’s that time of year again. I will be locked away in my room studying for several finals and completing various class projects as this semester comes to an end. Naturally, it will be a little stagnant here for a while. Good luck to the students out there also coping with finals. Continue Reading »

Just a 411 - this weekend, the upcoming week and next weekend will be rather hectic for me as I write my term paper on RFID tag privacy, prepare a presentation on it, code a prototype for a redesign of a student portal for HCI class, complete other computer science homework and if I’m still alive, participate in Startup Weekend Atlanta. Continue Reading »

I have been trying to ignore the Halo 3 coverage everywhere online as I don’t have an Xbox 360 and the hype has started to make me want one (even though my bank account is at -$44.63). But this type of stuff is hard to ignore when you go to a tech school and campus was noticeably void the Continue Reading »

Over the last two weeks I have been spending a lot of time thinking about the future of PaulStamatiou.com. It has been around for over 2 years, served up over 4 million pages (1 million of those in the last 4 months), amassed over 15,000 comments over 850+ posts and grown a dedicated readership. PaulStamatiou.com has always just been a hobby as I’m passionate about everything Continue Reading »

A few months ago I wrote an article about ideas, ones that can grow into big things. I received overwhelming response from readers in the same boat as me - tons of ideas and no clue where to go next. Today I shall propose the next step: applying for a provisional patent. Continue Reading »

I came across an interesting note on 9rules asking people how much time they spent online each day. I’ve already asked you what you use as your homepage, now I’m going to ask how much time you spend online everyday. I’ll go first. Continue Reading »

Around the time that Facebook unveiled their iPhone mobile site, Josh Lowensohn at WebWare praised the iPhone-optimized version of Facebook for doubling as a massive phonebook on the go. He was absolutely correct. You have many friends on Facebook that list their phone numbers, which can come Continue Reading »

Going a little off-topic today, I’m going to address an issue I deal with daily - public relations people sending me press releases. In general, I appreciate the effort and can often find great things I wouldn’t have found out about until after it was too late or not at all. However, if PR folk followed a few steps that I shall propose below, a considerable amount of time and energy could be spared on both ends. Continue Reading »

I’ve been so busy during my stay here in San Francisco that I haven’t had the time to post much - less even go online, other than to upload pictures to Flickr. I’ve been leaving the house around 8am in the morning and getting back at around the same time the next day. I did however get to visit a ton of companies and startups in the area. Continue Reading »

There are several milestones for kids growing up in the US. There’s the 16th birthday which is when you can get your driver’s license, the 17th birthday when you can view R rated movies, the 18th birthday when you are legally an adult and then there’s the 21st birthday. On your 21st birthday you can Continue Reading »

As you have all probably heard by now, the Apple iPhone will be at Cingular/AT&T stores near you on June 29th (which happens to be my name day, it’s a European thing). If you haven’t had a chance to check out the new advertisements, I’d recommend it. They briefly go Continue Reading »

WordCamp, the annual meetup of WordPress users, enthusiasts and developers, will be taking place July 21-22 in San Francisco, California. I’ll be in attendance for at least one of the days (one day is designated for advanced users, one for beginners). I just bought my ticket and will be in town for an extra few days to visits friends. If you can come out, I’ll likely have Continue Reading »