Grant Grigorian's Blog » Boulder http://grantgrigorian.com some say that writing is thinking. then these are my thoughts. Tue, 01 May 2012 06:56:32 +0000 en hourly 1 Going vegetarian for a week http://grantgrigorian.com/2009/11/29/going-vegetarian-for-a-week/ http://grantgrigorian.com/2009/11/29/going-vegetarian-for-a-week/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:36:14 +0000 Grant Grigorian http://grantgrigorian.com/?p=782 After much thought and encouragement from friends and family, I am officially a vegetarian for a week. Starting yesterday.

There are many reasons why someone would want to be a vegetarian, and I don’t necessarily want to have that discussion here, but I’ve been thinking about it long enough that it’s time to actually try it.

This is kind of a big deal to me, as I never thought that I would even ever try it. I grew up eating meat everyday (like most people, I think). But my wife is vegetarian, and so are some close friends. And living in Boulder (voted #7, on America’s Best Vegetarian-Friendly Small Cities) for 6 years certainly helped erase some of the stigma.

So, all and all I am pretty excited about it.

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CU-Boulder campus on a snow day.

CU-Boulder campus on a snow day.

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U-Club, University of Colorado at Boulder. I worked there for 2 years.

]]> http://grantgrigorian.com/2009/02/12/picture-of-the-day-21209/feed/ 0 The Boulder Denver New Tech Meetup http://grantgrigorian.com/2008/12/03/the-boulder-denver-new-tech-meetup/ http://grantgrigorian.com/2008/12/03/the-boulder-denver-new-tech-meetup/#comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:58:49 +0000 Grant Grigorian http://grantgrigorian.com/?p=218 I finally attended my first Boulder Denver New Tech Meetup last night and it was great! The auditorium was overflowing with people, standing room only.

While I am not part of any start-up or internet company, I still felt very energized and inspired by all the cool new products demos  I saw. The enthusiasm of the crowd was very contagious. I will definitely go again.

]]> http://grantgrigorian.com/2008/12/03/the-boulder-denver-new-tech-meetup/feed/ 0 I won! I won! http://grantgrigorian.com/2007/09/04/i-won-i-won/ http://grantgrigorian.com/2007/09/04/i-won-i-won/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:41:05 +0000 Grant Grigorian http://grantgrigorian.com/?p=50 You may remember my post last month about trying to win an iPhone from Me.dium. This morning I was approached by dean of Me.dium with the good news. It turns out that I didn’t make the most number of friends after all, BUT I STILL WON because my name was pulled randomly out of a hat!

I won! I won!

 

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Thank you Me.dium.

]]> http://grantgrigorian.com/2007/09/04/i-won-i-won/feed/ 1 Trying to win an iPhone through the Me.dium contest http://grantgrigorian.com/2007/08/07/trying-to-win-an-iphone-through-the-medium-contest/ http://grantgrigorian.com/2007/08/07/trying-to-win-an-iphone-through-the-medium-contest/#comments Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:52:26 +0000 Grant Grigorian http://grantgrigorian.com/?p=40 You’ll notice that at the bottom right hand side of my blog, there is now a Me.dium widget. For those of you who don’t know, Me.dium is a technology that allows you to see the “hidden” side of the internet. It shows you other Me.dium users as they browse the web. For more on what Me.dium is or is not look here. Incidentally, Me.dium is developed in Boulder, Colorado, and it’s CEO is also the owner of The Kitchen. You can watch him explain what Me.dium is in the video at the end of this post.

I’ve been using Me.dium since it’s BETA form for almost 6 months now and have been following it’s progress with some interest.

Feel free to friend me: grantg

This Monday, they released the new IE version as well the blog widget and to sweeten the deal and get people to interact in Me.dium, they are giving away 5 iPhones. There are two ways you can win one: 1) be one of the selected lucky users who made ten or more new friends during the previous Monday – Sunday week; or 2) make the most friends over the length of the contest (Aug. 6th – Sept. 1st).

I’ve decided to participate and give it a serious shot for two reasons:

  1. I might get an iPhone.
  2. I’ve had consistently great experience using Me.dium and have become a Me.dium evangelist in real life and on Me.dium itself.
  3. Just today, while friending some random people I’ve met and had extended conversations with:
  • someone from Mexico who shared my love of nature;
  • someone from Italy who loved obscure artsy movies I love;
  • someone else from Argentina who shared his passion of new technologies like Me.dium and introduced me to a few other ones;
  • someone from Spain, a journalist with whom I could discuss the differences in health care public policy across the atlantic;
  • someone from Dubai with whom I shared amazement at the reach of Me.dium;
  • someone from India, a graphic designer who showed me his work and the website he is building and finally
  • someone from Oregon – well… you know Oregon.

Wow. I am definitely a fan.

Now if I could only get that iPhone…


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