What have Dad & I been watching

My dad watched True Grit and The Town, recently. He said he much preferred the “The Town”. I haven’t seen True Grit, the PG-13 rating and all the love it has been getting really turned me off. I saw The Town, really liked it. Similar to Ben’s Gone Baby Gone.
I got Black Dynamite for my dad to watch, thinking he would love it. He only got 7 minutes in and couldn’t watch anymore. :(
Well, I started it, and I LOVED IT.

Why is this place so quiet?

Have you stopped blogging again Rory?
That’s not the case at all. Actually I haven’t blogged this much and with this amount of passion in as long as I can remember. I have start a new project. Slightly inspired by Jamie of TwitterShouldHireMe.com fame. I want to go to the Launch Conference. So one night I couldn’t sleep as I had an idea of how I could get there. I jumped out of bed, and created “SendMeToLaunch.com”. It’s a blogging project I like to call it. It got off to a great start, within couple hours of posting. I got my first sponsorship from Sebastian Gutierrez: Founder of Explorecation. I felt awesome, tears almost came to my eyes. I must admit things has slowed down a bit, though I have received a FREE Launch ticket from Jason. Read more here.. Happy Birthday to my wonderful girlfriend - “Rush”

So, all the hard work starts now[caption id=”attachment_178” align=”alignnone” width=”217” caption=”Rory-Craig Walker -U.W.I. 2010 “][/caption] Now that I have my little backup paper that says “BSc. Computer Science”. I feel like the real work starts now. Getting my degree was nothing compared to what I now have to do. I have to achieve all the goals that I have setup for myself. The one that stands out the most. “Get something going” This refers to starting an internet company/startup/SaaS. Just something to call my own. That I can learn and growth with. I remember back in high school, I must of been 16. I said to myself, I am going to start a “web business” that I will develop in my first year of University. Then in my second and final year it would start making an income. So when I graduate I can live off of it full time. As most things in life - it didn’t go exactly as planned. Want To Make God Laugh? Tell Him Your Plans I am now working full time, but I’m still striving away in the nights (Coding that is) . Thinking and more importantly “DO’ing”.
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So, all the hard work starts now

[caption id=”attachment_178” align=”alignnone” width=”217” caption=”Rory-Craig Walker -U.W.I. 2010 “][/caption] Now that I have my little backup paper that says “BSc. Computer Science”. I feel like the real work starts now. Getting my degree was nothing compared to what I now have to do. I have to achieve all the goals that I have setup for myself. The one that stands out the most.
“Get something going”
This refers to starting an internet company/startup/SaaS. Just something to call my own. That I can learn and growth with. I remember back in high school, I must of been 16. I said to myself, I am going to start a “web business” that I will develop in my first year of University. Then in my second and final year it would start making an income. So when I graduate I can live off of it full time. As most things in life - it didn’t go exactly as planned. Want To Make God Laugh? Tell Him Your Plans I am now working full time, but I’m still striving away in the nights (Coding that is) . Thinking and more importantly “DO’ing”.

Facebook Movie Review - Updated X2

So yesterday I watched “The Social Network” here are my thoughts Firstly, I’m not a movie reviewer (anymore, long story and many attempts). For a movie blogger going places check out gmanreviews review Update: he posted his review. Corve also did a write up.

I thought the first 85% was total perfection, than you find out that Mark Z is a total douche
That’s what I tweeted after watching the film. Not really a review of any kind. I loved the geekiest of the film, this is the best performance I have seen from Jesse Eisenberg. (I havent seen the The Squid and the Whale which I heard he is pretty good in). Andrew Garfield ( new Peter Parker) was also good. He now has my permission to act in Spider-Man reboot (I’m a huge spidey fan, Spider-Man 1 is my 2nd favorite movie of all time) Armie Hammer stole the show for me. He played the twins great. Lastly, as the movie finished. I was disappointed not in that fact that it wasn’t good. But the ending felt rushed and during the movie I felt like I was apart of a multi-billion company startup. As the credits rolled, I realized I had to go back to my “lame-ass life” Toodles..

hey, its a Quote

I have ordered my “Founders at Work” book from Amazon. It’s got held up in shipping. So it should arrive in a week or two. I found this quote on Startup-Russia and its just amazing.

The very first company I started failed with a great bang. The second one failed a little bit less, but still failed. The third one, you know, proper failed, but it was kind of okay. I recovered quickly. Number four almost didn’t fail. It still didn’t really feel great, but it did okay. Number five was PayPal.  Max Levchin (Cofounder, PayPal)
Another quote I found in Corve’s twitter stream
don’t make a girl fall for you if you have no intention of catching her
That’s all folks..

Run More, code less

This is advice I’ll give to anyone willing to take it. For the previous 3 weeks or so, I’ve been thinking and planning for my future company. Some nights are better than some. My co-worker said something to me yesterday, she’s studying for her MBA exams coming up. She was having problems focusing in the nights and wouldn’t get a chance to study. She said that she needed to do something physical before studying as that would help her concentrate. That made no sense to me, as I figured something physical would only make me tired and fall asleep instead of “coding”. Nonetheless, I’m not as skinny as I once was. So I decided to jog yesterday. Nothing much, just 30minutes around my community. Came back had a bathe, had dinner started to watch Sons of Anarchy, but with application due in 31 days. I had to get to work. To my surprise, I felt great, I felt focused and ready for more. I normally start to code at 8:00pm and feel out of it by 10:00pm, but yesterday I started at 9:00pm and when 11:00pm hit I was still rearing to go. What was important, was quality hours over just the quantity. I’m making an iPhone App, so I’m adapting to Objective C ( PHP background), yesterday was the first day I felt like a hacker. It’s a great feeling. So Jogging is in my daily routine.

So Run More, code less
Quick shout to Chris, for a great blog post and even a better email.

I’m not a blogger..

Hello world, it’s been a while since my last post. I must say, when writing my last post. I felt I had turned a new leaf in terms of blogging. I would be writing posting one or twice a week or even on a daily basis like my gf (Rush). Who is killing it, Check out Rush Blog.. If your a cool dude like me, and your into Fashion, Art & Culture. Anyways.. to my point. “I’m not a blogger”, I have a blog. I have had a blog for a couple years now.. First one started in ‘05. (Woah„ that’s five years ago) Well, i’m not a blogger anymore at least. Right.. now.

I’m a web-developer that blogs
And don’t you forget it Right now, I’m working on NIK, my first mobile app.

I felt so special

A whopping 19 comments is how much my “Holy Bananas, I’m 22 tomorrow” racked up. Yea some of them are just of me replying, but that’s not what’s important. I must say, that was the most heart felt post I have ever made. I also got the most heart felt comment ( from my Dad). I knew the post was special as I didn’t care what I said or how I would of come off saying it. Plus the pictures really was the icing on the cake.

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Shortly After I posted, comments came flooding in (with slight encouragement of course): Many thanks to Rushel, Tannie, Kelroy, Marcel, Don, Jerome, Kevin, Nikiesha, Kimberly, Richard (My dad) & Ravi. Hearing from all my family and friends meant so much to me. You guys really meant my birthday so special.

The folks at work, even made me a card.

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Holy bananas, I’m 22 tomorrow

For the past 6 years I have dreaded my birthday (except turning 21 of course, as I was in America). I have been involved in the “online world” as I like to call it from I was 15. I just found a couple of my posts from Young Entrepreneurs.com just today. It feels great to go back and read them to see where I came from. I remember when I discovered YE, I felt like I found other folks just like me. I tried my best to read each and ever thread I could find. I always dreaded my birthday, as I felt I never achieved anything and i’m getting older. eg.) When I was turning 18, I remember reading about a 17 year old internet mogul who just made $10,000. I felt like: “I’m turning 18, and I haven’t done anything” Funnily, I’m turning 22 and I don’t feel like that anymore. I still feel I could of done more and started other ventures, but im satisfied with where I am in my life. At 21: I have finish University of the West Indies, got my BSc. in Computer Science, moved out of my parents house and got a job. Not just any job, but a job that’s doing exactly what I love. Life is something, I got this job, because all of my preview online ventures that started when I was 16+. That included: blogging, affiliate marketing, website and application creation. If there’s a way to make online, chances are I have tired it. I have done quite a lot in my 22 years. I have “saved lives at Disney World”, “endangered lives at Darien Lake Theme Park” and now I’m living my life in Montego Bay, Jamaica. [caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”372” caption=”Rory at Disney World, Orlando - 2008”] [/caption] [caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”372” caption=”Rory at Darien Lake, New York - 2009”] [/caption] I have been numerous Workshops and Conferences: Kingston Beta and Reconnect to name a few ( or all) [caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”369” caption=”Rory (somewhere) at Kingston Beta - 2010”] [/caption] I have created online businesses, some good, a lot bad. I have found a wonderful girl Rushel Miller (who shares my interest and passion) for the internet. We are starting a venture together: Destination Jamrock . My first real business partner. [caption id=”” align=”alignnone” width=”387” caption=”Rory & Rush - 2010”] [/caption]

I have done alot in my 22 years…Thank you lord.

The Next Phase in my Life

It is now 2010 and I have come a long way. Reaching the insignificant age of 22. The past 22 years has been good, I really can’t complain even though I had my disappointments along the way (I’ll save those for another post).

I’m finish schooling this semester to head into the working world. The next phase in my life is really about the transformation of amassing “good ideas” and  start implementing. I have a book and online micro-blog fill with “good idea” but guess what. No-one cares.. People only care about what you’ve done or are doing.

I won’t fall back into the trap or planning and planning.

So I have my small decent idea RB [helping kids to actually do their homework on time] and with my girlfriend ( Lead Designer) by my side. Nothing can stop me.

Short and sweet.. just like me( I’m 6’1)

Listening to Music