Yan Pritzker photographer, entrepreneur, software engineer, musician, skier

iPad – first hands on reactions

This week I finally got my iPad. Let’s dive right in about what I’ve experienced.
1. I got the iPad WiFi version not 3G. The reason is simple – without paying $130 for the 3G version, you can tether the iPad over wifi to any 3g wireless access point. So you could get Sprint MiFi, a [...]

Want some stock tips? Part 1 – Amazon

A friend recently asked me for some stock tips. I am not a professional trader or any kind of stock analyst. In fact, I know very little about trading stocks. I barely know what a P/E ratio is, and usually I don’t care about it. Read that again: I do not really analyze the financial [...]

Yellow cab fail

Yellow cab: here’s how a policy of training your employees to be replaceable cogs with no ability to think for themselves has cost you my business.
I’m standing outside in the rain, sick, coming from the doctor. I dial yellow cab. Can I please get a taxi at 14th and Castro? Sorry sir, I need [...]

pritzkerphoto.com relaunched – portrait photography in San Francisco

Yesterday I relaunched Pritzker Photo, as a home for my portrait photography in San Francisco. I’m starting to take requests for portrait sessions on weekends and some weeknights. If you need a new headshot for your facebook page, dating site profile, to promote your business or creative work, talk to me! 100% satisfaction or your [...]

Why I left bluehost: shared hosting doesn’t work

This blog is now proudly hosted on slicehost.com! It seems somewhere in the last couple days, bluehost touched something on my shared hosting account that caused php-mysql to break, and this blog was displaying a message about this breakage.
This was the last straw for me. I previously wrote about how bluehost would not admit [...]

What you don’t get about the iPad

The iPad is not a general purpose device. It is not a smaller version of a regular computer, and it should not be.
It doesn’t run all my programs! So what? I’ve seen netbooks running Windows on their tiny screens – the user experience is awful.
General purpose apps run on a smaller screen just [...]

What the iPad is good for

This is going to be one of those thinking-out-loud, trying to justify dumping half a grand on a new toy posts. So bear with me :) How I plan to use the iPad…

Watching movies and surfing in bed without annoying MBP fan noise and overheating.
Taking it with me instead of the MBP when I go [...]

How to land a job 2.0

Yesterday 37 Signals announced they were hiring a new designer. How did Jason land a job at a place hundreds of designers are dying to work at? He didn’t just send them a resume, he started a conversation by creating a tailor-made website just for 37 Signals. Not only did the site explain exactly why [...]

Hulu’s long form ads and the future of pull advertising

Hulu is testing a new feature which lets you select whether you want the regular 30 second spots spaced throughout the show you watch, or one long (2 minute) clip from one sponsor. Here’s why I think this is a great move:

30 second spots interrupt you right as you’re watching a show so your annoyance [...]

Just good enough

I recently finished Malcom Gladwell’s Outliers , a really interesting look at some of the most well known success stories including Bill Gates, the Beatles, and Jewish lawyers, among others. The book covers a range of topics but one of the central premises is that what we perceive is talent is more like an affinity [...]