Ryan Graves .org is a collection of my thoughts on funny or interesting things. It also pulls posts from my “serious” blog. I like such things at startups, surfing, travel, and my beautiful wife.I live in Chicago, via San Diego. I run the uber awesome web startup UberCab.com & I blog at THE DREAM IN ACTION.comTumblr (3.0; @ryangraves)http://ryangraves.org/<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz5mf1hq501qzpmauo1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>This is awesome watching the Foursquare vs. Gowalla battle in REAL TIME.</p> <p><a href="http://austin.vicarious.ly/" target="_blank">http://austin.vicarious.ly/</a></p>http://ryangraves.org/post/442764916http://ryangraves.org/post/442764916Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:40:13 -0600<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ryanagraves/~3/TUo6YOiOFKI/">Corporate vs. Startup: #2 Trust</a>http://ryangraves.org/post/441506703http://ryangraves.org/post/441506703Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:42:53 -0600<object id="flashObj" width="400" height="278" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/30292882001?isVid=1&publisherID=717773684" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=68895800001&playerID=30292882001&domain=embed&" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/30292882001?isVid=1&publisherID=717773684" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="videoId=68895800001&playerID=30292882001&domain=embed&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="400" height="278" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" swliveconnect="true" allowscriptaccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><b>REALLY REALLY excited to see this sort of thing happening in Chicago!</b></p> <p>I’m headed to midVentures25 tonight to see a bunch of startup demos and these environments are so inspiring! Nice work ScaleWell, LightBank, and Excellorate.</p>http://ryangraves.org/post/441430258http://ryangraves.org/post/441430258Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:46:06 -0600Chicagostartups<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://ryangraves.org/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/441423024/tumblr_kz45eqc5KR1qz5gji&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://samianrosen.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">samianrosen</a>)</p>http://ryangraves.org/post/441423024http://ryangraves.org/post/441423024Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:40:36 -0600<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz4h40spb61qzpmauo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>brilliant. standing strong in the face of adversity.</p>http://ryangraves.org/post/441271833http://ryangraves.org/post/441271833Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:47:59 -0600“<p>May today there be peace within.</p> <p>May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.</p> <p>May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith.</p> <p>May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you.</p> <p>May you be confident knowing you are a child of God. Let this presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.</p> <p>It is there for each and every one of us.</p>”<br/><br/> - <em>St Theresa prayer</em>http://ryangraves.org/post/440532847http://ryangraves.org/post/440532847Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:57:40 -0600<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz01ycpChH1qz66f4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>very seriously going to look into this @ubercab</p> <p><a href="http://naveen.tumblr.com/post/439350622/dpstyles-panic-blog-the-panic-status-board-a" target="_blank">naveen</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://dpstyles.tumblr.com/post/436246611/panic-blog-the-panic-status-board-a-dashboard" target="_blank">dpstyles</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.panic.com/blog/2010/03/the-panic-status-board/" target="_blank">Panic Blog » The Panic Status Board</a></p> <p>A dashboard for how much your startup is ON FIRE.  aka: Want.</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://ryangraves.org/post/440478839http://ryangraves.org/post/440478839Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:30:26 -0600<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz37eaeFDK1qzdjg3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Amazing.</p> <p><a href="http://huugh.tumblr.com/post/439727506/3-interests-intersect" target="_blank">huugh</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>3 interests intersect.</p> </blockquote>http://ryangraves.org/post/440459707http://ryangraves.org/post/440459707Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:20:50 -0600<a href="http://blog.redfin.com/devblog/2009/09/installing_beta_builds_on_iphone.html">Most helpful iPhone dev blog post ever, thanks to the folks at @Redfin, from the folks at @UberCab :)</a>http://ryangraves.org/post/440409230http://ryangraves.org/post/440409230Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:56:20 -0600<a href="http://cdixon.tumblr.com/post/311546950/things-startups-do-and-dont-need">Things startup need, and don't.</a>: <p>Phenom list that I’ll stick to w/ UC, except bcards. Rep the co w/ pride!</p>http://ryangraves.org/post/438468250http://ryangraves.org/post/438468250Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:11:53 -0600<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/exmwSxv7XJI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/exmwSxv7XJI&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>This is a great meme.</p>http://ryangraves.org/post/437039111http://ryangraves.org/post/437039111Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:25:10 -0600<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PQ7PrqhRM5U&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PQ7PrqhRM5U&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>I love seeing entrepreneurial passion, creativity, and stick-to-it-ness, applied to something that seems to be the polar opposite, government.</p> <p>These guys are truly going to make a difference in many lives, and I really hope they are successful in that quest.</p> <p>Visit <a href="http://startupvisa.com" target="_blank">http://startupvisa.com</a></p>http://ryangraves.org/post/436392445http://ryangraves.org/post/436392445Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:02:07 -0600<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyy9aliOds1qzpmauo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>sorry america, it’s kinda true. <i>still love you midwest.</i></p>http://ryangraves.org/post/434133344http://ryangraves.org/post/434133344Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:13:33 -0600<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyxppsXua51qzpmauo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Is receptacle that big of a word?</p>http://ryangraves.org/post/433290085http://ryangraves.org/post/433290085Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:10:06 -0600<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ryanagraves/~3/Dy4RI-QjMmE/">Apple vs. Square, iPhone payment systems</a>http://ryangraves.org/post/431030196http://ryangraves.org/post/431030196Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:50:35 -0600<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxh507mqq71qzbqbwo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://tumblr.heyamberrae.com/post/430343727/google-before-you-tweet" target="_blank">heyamberrae</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>this is fantastic.</p> <p><a href="http://meliorare.tumblr.com/post/376380867/via-everythingfab" target="_blank">meliorare</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://everythingfab.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">everythingfab</a>)</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://ryangraves.org/post/430618624http://ryangraves.org/post/430618624Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:27:43 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyj8xxsep21qz8xkoo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>There’s some really good stuff over at the graphic.ly blog called the couch (link: http://couch.graphic.ly/). Check it out. Nice work @micah.</p> <p><a href="http://couch.graphic.ly/post/417625516/jordantumbles-even-batman-needs-to-screen-his" target="_blank">graphicly</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://jordantumbles.tumblr.com/post/416720943/even-batman-needs-to-screen-his-calls-sometimes" target="_blank">jordantumbles</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Even Batman needs to screen his calls sometimes.</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://ryangraves.org/post/427190434http://ryangraves.org/post/427190434Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:54:16 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kys67vC4S81qzpmauo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Using Square</p>http://ryangraves.org/post/427021811http://ryangraves.org/post/427021811Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:21:14 -0600<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyq3j6bqx91qzpmauo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>something is definitely needed.</p>http://ryangraves.org/post/424666185http://ryangraves.org/post/424666185Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:28:18 -0600<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ryanagraves/~3/IqKgAmO3lNc/">Me and Jeff Bezos…</a>http://ryangraves.org/post/423947046http://ryangraves.org/post/423947046Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:26:10 -0600