raif barbaros ………………………… cto at mavensay. husband, dad (x3). soccer nut. serial entrepreneur. comp sci major (queen’s). math minor (queen’s). mba (berkeley). ………………………… raif at raif dot com ………………………… var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-3634606-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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but everything else google does is pretty disposable.</p> <p><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57420551-93/who-owns-your-files-on-google-drive/" target="_blank">http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57420551-93/who-owns-your-files-on-google-drive/</a></p>http://raif.com/post/21761766492http://raif.com/post/21761766492Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:52:22 -0400http://raif.com/post/21418440886http://raif.com/post/21418440886Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:03:03 -0400<p>wikipedia: &#8220;i know everything&#8221;</p> <p>google: &#8220;i can find anything&#8221;</p> <p>facebook: &#8220;i know everybody&#8221;</p> <p>internet: &#8220;you&#8217;re all nothing without me&#8221;</p> <p>electricity: &#8220;really?&#8221;</p> <p>- translated from a joke in turkish that my mom sent me this morning&#8230; awesome&#8230;</p>http://raif.com/post/21028373882http://raif.com/post/21028373882Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:24:25 -0400http://raif.com/post/20967070396http://raif.com/post/20967070396Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:47:15 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2cf61sFfc1qz8ag0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>700 volts of ttc wire snapped and exposed on ronces (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://raif.com/post/20939057241http://raif.com/post/20939057241Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:37:13 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/faIFNkdq96U?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>i love this kid and his dad. faith in humanity - restored. must watch.</p>http://raif.com/post/20889935026http://raif.com/post/20889935026Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:51:36 -0400<a href="http://textsfromhillaryclinton.tumblr.com/">texts from hillary</a>: <p>pretty funny</p>http://raif.com/post/20735272161http://raif.com/post/20735272161Sun, 08 Apr 2012 17:15:40 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m22xm02IZL1qz8ag0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>that’s my boy (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://raif.com/post/20614987897http://raif.com/post/20614987897Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:39:36 -0400<a href="http://viniciusvacanti.com/2012/04/02/how-we-fooled-ourselves-into-delaying-our-startups-launch/">How We Fooled Ourselves into Delaying Our Startup’s Launch</a>: <p><a href="http://viniciusvacanti.com/2012/04/02/how-we-fooled-ourselves-into-delaying-our-startups-launch/" target="_blank">http://viniciusvacanti.com/2012/04/02/how-we-fooled-ourselves-into-delaying-our-startups-launch/</a></p>http://raif.com/post/20570301651http://raif.com/post/20570301651Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:52:44 -0400<a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/04/05/149997097/what-americans-buy?sc=fb&cc=fp">What america buys</a>: <p><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/04/05/149997097/what-americans-buy?sc=fb&cc=fp" target="_blank">http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/04/05/149997097/what-americans-buy?sc=fb&cc=fp</a></p>http://raif.com/post/20542706842http://raif.com/post/20542706842Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:18:23 -0400