Breakfast Topics 10-23-2009

Went to breakfast with @codeslinger, @sfraser, @kyleburton, @jonnytran, @cashion on Friday and here is what I remember discussing

• Unicorn – Rack HTTP server
• Nassim Nicholas Taleb and his books Fooled by Randomness and The Black Swan as
  • Related discussed Benoit Mandelbrot
• A bunch of chat about Google Wave and how it would have been received if it were built by a small startup rather than Google
  • Led to discussion of Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dillema as well Moore’s Crossing the Chasm
• Comparison of work/life in NYC vs. Philly
• Professional poker playing

I’m sure there were more that I am forgetting now (shouldn’t have waited 48 hours to do it).  Very worth getting up early 🙂