Here you'll find some tasty snippets for your brain to feast on regarding startups, technology and design.

jStat – Javascript statistical library

Performing statistical operations in javascript is now easier with jStat, a library that allows you to perform advanced operations without the need of a dedicated statistical language (ie., MATLAB or R).

You can use this library in your Titanium Mobile application for graphing statistical operations.

Titanium Mobile: OpenGL ES Docs

OpenGL IOS Module (Docs)

Overview

Ti.OpenGL extends the Ti.View class with a Titanium view that responds to Open GL API commands and renders the resulting graphics. Ti.OpenGL views provide Javascript wrappers for almost all of the ES 1.1 and ES 2.0 API. In some cases, the Ti.OpenGL versions have been modified to accommodate the differences between Javascript and lower-level codes like Objective C and C++.

Heilmeier’s Catechism

Just a reminder to the startup community to think about Heilmeier’s catechism when creating products or solutions.

George H. Heilmeier is credited for asking a set of very basic questions that anyone proposing a research project or product development effort should be able to answer.

D + B School

“Design + Business” is a school of thought that hits at the heart of an identity crisis that I have personally struggled with: should I design or should I study finance/revenue and build a business. I find my self struggling to balance between the two as I work on startups, solve problems, build apps or productize ideas.  Form vs function is often conflicting in my mind…

At Fred’s Ranch

Panorama of the stables and corral. Fred is getting a lesson.

In late 2010 I had the pleasure of starting a company with a friend in California.  During my time there, I stayed at Fred’s ranch while we both worked on a new startup called Needly.  Fred’s ranch is a beautiful backdrop to the countless hours we invested in brainstorming, whiteboarding and problem solving.