I had to break my blogging silence to hype a couple of things that I’ve been into lately and get back into the swing of things.
First off, OMG AZIZ ANSARI IS THE GREATEST LIVE STANDUP EVER!!! I saw him at the Punchline last night and he was off… the… hook. I know I can’t shut up about it, but I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time and it was an amazing treat.
Secondly, check out Obopay who looks like they’re going right up against Paypal in the secure, peer-to-peer payment space secure payment by text message. With backing from telecom and financial giants like Nokia, Citi, Verizon and MasterCard [I know!], the possibilities seem endless. There’s a great NYT article putting the company’s efforts in context with comments from CEO, Carol Realini. Building upon the profound gains of cell phone usage especially in third world markets Obopay is offering a simple and cheap mobile banking solution. More power to them!
Thirdly, [it's a bit of a shameless plug but] if you want to hear about some of the most interesting sites cropping up you MUST check out Rad On The Web, hosted by Neha Tiwari and Carlos Rodela. Each episode, they review a handful of sites all with the cultivated air of true nerdiness. Watch it!
With that, I’m off! I’ll be writing more soon, I promise.
