Two days ago, Sparrow pushed their v1.1 update. It brought a built-in browser, send-and-archive, and a dock badge. Along with the update, Sparrow gave us a status update on the “state of push.”

“Thanks to your amazing support, we feel confident that Apple might revise its position on the Push API. We’ll submit a version of Sparrow 1.2 including it. this might delay Sparrow 1.2 validation but we’re already working with some partners to include Push in future versions of Sparrow without needing Apple clearance. Push is coming. With or without Apple.”

I was ecstatic. “As soon as Sparrow supports push,” I thought, “I’ll bury Apple’s mail.app in a folder on the last page.”

Well, according to iDB, YouTube’s Duncan33303 has reported that push notifications have been working on his iPhone since he updated to v1.1. Others have noted the same thing. Seems like they just want attention.

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Steve Jobs was born out of wedlock, put up for adoption at birth, dropped out of college, then changed the world. What’s your excuse?

When I read that, I started thinking.

Well, judging by the amount of retweets this page received, I think it’s safe to say the message got around the web. Nevertheless, I must mention it.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, we’re in a startup boom – get used to it. However, with significant growth comes stretch marks. They’re not pretty. In context, these startups are beginning to look ugly.

Startups, this is how design works.

A guide by Wells Riley goes over the fundamentals of design. What and what not should be in every startup. I agree with him 98.72%

I always leave room for error.

At this point, I’ll usually go into a long rant about design. This normally takes 2,700 words, give or take. However, I won’t take away from Riley’s outstanding guide. There’s nothing I could tell you here that he didn’t cover. That’s a lie – I’ll save my insight for another time.

Back in October 2011, I took a trip to California. I was invited by Jason Calacanis to his Launch ‘Pad Conference at Microsoft’s campus in Silicon Valley. There, I built connections with Chris Anderson of TED and Mark Johnson, CEO of Zite. On my way back, I pondered on the idea of interviewing Johnson on the history of Zite. I eventually did – people loved it.

Since then, I’ve had the opportunity to build a series of interviews with creators, founders, and leaders of great products/companies. Most revolve around apps, but hey, that’s the direction technology is going in anyways. It’s time we adapt?

So below is the list of interview in chronological order along with their corresponding links. Mind you, each article contains 1,300+ words. Enjoy.

Mark Johnson, CEO of Zite

Paul Mayne, Creator of DayOne

Bobby Ghoshal, CEO of FLUD

Dom Leca, Co-founder of Sparrow

Martin Hering, Creator...

You know, it’s beyond me how such a thing has been going on for over two decades without me knowing about it. I know about a lot of things – seriously. For those of you socially deprived folks whose faces still don’t cringe at the name of Joseph Kony, let me introduce you to this sinister monster. Better yet, let’s let Invisible Children, the people who rose awareness in the first place, do that:

Joseph Kony is the world’s worst war criminal. In 1987 he took over leadership of an existing rebel group and renamed it the lord’s resistance army (LRA).

The LRA has earned a reputation for its cruel and brutal tactics. When joseph kony found himself running out of fighters, he started abducting children to be soldiers in his army or “wives” for his officers. The LRA is encouraged to rape, mutilate, and kill civilians–often with blunt weapons.

The LRA is no longer active in northern Uganda...

As you may or may not be aware, my tagline is “blogger, designer, entrepreneur.” Ever since I was a young lad, I was fascinated with describing things in three words or less. The part I hated, however, was finding those three words. Go figure.

Luckily for me, the problem didn’t persist when it came to me, personally. I blog – it’s my job. I’ve written for AppAdvice, Macgasm, Envato, TED, and The Industry (my brainchild). I design – it’s my passion. I taught myself the fundamentals of the web before I could spell extrapolation, or maybe I was just a slow speller. I, this is a hard one, “entrep?” I never liked the idea of working in a tight 4x4 cubicle from 9-5pm. So the only alternative was to be my own boss (the startup boom hadn’t quite happened yet, a.k.a., it was nonexistent).

Wow, I didn’t quite realize that would take an entire paragraph. My bad. Now, on to the hello message...