From schools to shopping malls, from NBA TV to Google’s home page. Everywhere you look, people are calling out for help, to assist those who were directly affected by the 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti just 10 days ago.

And with good reason too. The massive earthquake struck just outside of the Haitian capital on January 12th, 2010. As of now, there is an estimated death toll of 200,000. That’s around 30 times the size of an average US city/town. 2 million Haitians are left homeless as of January 21st.

The best way to help is to donate. Google suggests a few options that are very practical, and will make a difference. If you have money to spare, please donate. I know I have:
http://www.google.com/relief/haitiearthquake/

Thanks,
Donny

I’m not a big fan of negativity, especially towards the programmers and designers who were responsible for putting together each of my websites. But once in a while, I come across someone who seems legitimate, but ultimately is way over their heads. Here’s a little rant I gave on talkfreelance forums:

Something is wrong here. Is one of the best freelance designers available, really a scammer?

To be honest, out of the years I’ve been doing business online, I’ve worked with hundreds of designers & programmers. This would be the first time I make a negative post about one.. (man, 2 days before Christmas too!)

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Starting at the beginning of July, I started working on this project named ‘Rayku’, and now that it’s the end of 2009, the darn thing is actually nearing completion. To be honest, I’m kinda surprised that it’s actually taken this long to get to where it is now. I never expected 5+ months of pure development, and it’s still not finished!

Oh well – deadlines are meant to be missed…

But, with that said, things are looking good for my first ‘real’ startup. Man, I sometimes think about it so much, I even have dreams about it .

Anyways, now that we’re nearing completion, I have an amazing Symfony developer named Lukasz (http://www.ngsoft.pl/en), that’s putting the finishing touches and rounding off the rough edges. The guy is quick, professional, reliable, and very skilled. But most importantly, he’s an enterprising person – the man works for the project and not the job. SO glad I have him on my side. (more…)

As of today, the brand new design for Kinkarso.com and Kinkarso.com/Blog will be live. I’d like to thank Juani of juan-i.com.ar for doing yet another amazing job coding the templates for wordpress and the static pages. Thanks again buddy!

There’ll probably still be a couple of bugs here and there, but we’ll get on them as soon as possible.

With this new design, I am also planning to update this blog a lot more with up-to-date info concerning the continued growth of Kinkarso Tech. Please stay tuned, and be sure to check back often.

Thanks!
Donny

A few days back, Adam Toren from YoungEntrepreneur.com sent me a copy of the latest book he co-authored with his brother, Matthew. It’s titled simply ‘Kidpreneurs’:

After quickly skimming through the book, my first impression was that the book was not for me. Although I myself am a young entrepreneur, the attractive illustrations, glossy pages, and easy chapter quizes seemed to target a much younger audience. It would be something my little sister (9) would love to read (in fact, I found it in her room 3 times already!). For me however, it’s a bit weird to look through, when compared to my huge Physics 12 text book from school.

But when I finally started getting into the content, it really surprised me. (more…)

I haven’t been blogging for the past year or so, and after looking back at my previous posts, I’m a bit embarrassed by the level of quality from my past ‘work’, to say the least. Anyways, that’s why I decided to kill the evidence, and start fresh !

With the end of term 1 approaching in my grade 12 year, and a bunch of other stuff in the way, I’m really busy most of the time. However, whenever I have some free time, I will try to update this blog with the latest happenings in life, business, and the world in general.

So, if you’ve happened to stumble upon this blog one way or another, please leave a comment below to let me know that you’re there. I promise to read each one!

Thanks!
Donny