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Hi. My name is Adam. I am the co-founder of Pure Adapt, Inc in Albany, NY. We own Detailed Image, LockerPulse, and a bunch of other websites. I write about our company, entrepreneurship in general, work-life balance, and whatever else interests me.
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Category Archives: Communication
The Intersection of Technology, Communication, and Culture at Pure Adapt
Yesterday I gave an abbreviated version of my “Entrepreneurship as a Career Choice” talk to the students at James Madison University. We then had a discussion about the pros and cons of starting your own business out of college, and then a brief Q&A. What made it different than the past talks was that I gave it virtually over Skype. I wasn’t sure how it would go, but it went pretty well. The webcam on their end was good enough for me to almost feel like I was standing up in front of the class like I’m used to. The … Continue reading
The More Things Change…
I enjoy reading books about the time periods that are at least a few generations back. When I’m reading fiction, I really like fiction that was written a long time ago. When I’m reading non-fiction, I like reading books about historical people and events. One of the main appeals to me is not all of the differences in the people and the times, but all of the similarities. I think that because of the rapid innovation that we’ve had recently we tend to write off people from 100 or 200 or 500 years ago as completely different than us. Most … Continue reading
How We Communicate
One of the best arguments against having partners is that you avoid miscommunication. Not only miscommunication about the simple things (did that order get entered into inventory? did someone de-activate that product we sold out of?), but miscommunication about the grander vision of your company (what are our long term goals and why?). Over time, by necessity, we’ve come up with a pretty good communication system that works for us. We haven’t had any disagreements yet about the long term vision of the company, but if we do our system will ensure that we openly discuss it. Conversely, in a … Continue reading
Micro Blog Security Fix
Ever since I wrote the post a few weeks back about our internal micro blogging system (see Using WordPress to Make a Secure Twitter for Business) I’ve been bothered by the fact that it isn’t really as secure as it should be. Following the steps I provided, there is still one unprotected RSS feed that – given the URL of your blog – almost anyone can find. My suggestion when I wrote that post was simply not to give away your URL since it’s an internal system. Obviously that’s not sufficient, and someone in the comments said as much. Every … Continue reading
Using WordPress to Make a Secure Twitter for Business
**Update 9/16. I’ve fixed the one unprotected feed security issue mentioned below in Step 5. Please see the Micro Blog Security Fix after reading this post, before attempting to build a similar system.** – We’re growing fast right now, very fast. It’s exciting stuff. In 2007 we spent the majority of our time assimilating as a team, determining which projects could drive the most revenue, and looking for a warehouse. We had a very good year, but 2008 has been a whole new story. Everyone knows what to do and all four of us have just been executing all day … Continue reading