4th June, 2009 - Posted by Jon - No Comments
Sharonimo has been live for almost two months, now. I started the company because I thought the world could use something like Sharonimo–a simple, effective web application that facilitates and promotes resource-sharing between individuals. I liked sharing my stuff with my friends and neighbors, and knew I could do it more and better with a » Read More
20th May, 2009 - Posted by Jon - No Comments
Last Thursday Lisa and I attended a celebration of our friend Sarah’s short life. It was an amazing experience, partly because we got to know Sarah better, and admire her more, but also because hundreds of our neighbors showed up to share in the experience. Some of us knew Sarah a little bit, others knew » Read More
13th May, 2009 - Posted by Jon - No Comments
Some friends of ours lost their 16-year-old daughter on Sunday, in just about the most tragic way possible. I’ve been thinking a lot about them over the last few days, and not a lot about Sharonimo. One of the questions I’ve been chewing on is “How do I respond?”. Not “What can I say?” but » Read More
8th May, 2009 - Posted by Jon - No Comments
I know it’s not Tuesday, yet, but I just read a great post on The Simple Dollar, one of my favorite blogs, and wanted to share it with anyone who might be reading. The title is “Why Would You Choose to Earn Less?”, and it resonated with me because of the choices Lisa and I » Read More
6th May, 2009 - Posted by Jon - No Comments
I was wrapping up my semester last week (I teach when I’m not parenting or working on Sharonimo), so I dropped the blog ball, and I’m only half picking it up this week, since I’ve still got some grading to do. But I want to be a somewhat responsible blogger, so I thought I’d take » Read More
21st April, 2009 - Posted by Jon - No Comments
With my first post of gratitude, I want to honor my friend Bill. This won’t surprise anyone that knows him–Bill is the kind of guy who’ll drop whatever he’s doing to help a friend, and that’s exactly what he did this weekend. Lisa and I and the girls stopped by Bill’s house on Saturday morning, » Read More
14th April, 2009 - Posted by Jon - No Comments
This is as good a time as any to introduce the Sharonimo Shop, which we created primarily to promote the ideas behind Sharonimo, and secondarily to promote the company. If you visit the shop, you’ll find a modest selection of t-shirts, and a couple of sweatshirts, all bearing either the sharing symbol from the Sharonimo » Read More
7th April, 2009 - Posted by Jon - No Comments
Our public beta launches tomorrow. We’ve been testing it for the last couple of weeks, and it’s already saved me about $50, so I’m pretty excited about it. Mark, Aaron and I built the Sharonimo software because we wanted to use it. We wanted sharing to be easier, safer and more fun for us—and we figured » Read More