Pistachio Blog

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy...

pistachiollc — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:17:03 +0200

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” - John Lennon

Getting some love in Berlin from @SandyInBerlin on @getamen. The...

pistachiollc — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:53:00 +0100

Getting some love in Berlin from @SandyInBerlin on @getamen. The Toa.st domain and brand is killer. Great work @buddybeers. Check’em out.

5 Reasons You Need to Meet in Person

anthonybarba — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:51:44 +0100

5 Reasons You Need to Meet in Person:

1. You’re off the record.

2. Make use of not-so-small talk.

3. Make an impression.

4. Read the body language.

5. Learn where the action is.

The whole pistachio team being interviewed for Caixin in China @...

anthonybarba — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:19:43 +0100

The whole pistachio team being interviewed for Caixin in China @ Starbucks Hackesche Höfe. It’s always interesting to hear your partners perspective during an interview

Pistachio never had a website because we’ve been focusing on...

pistachiollc — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:47:00 +0100

Plain

Threesome

Rockstar

Detail

Pistachio never had a website because we’ve been focusing on building a product that was ever evolving. Now that we’ve shipped the iPhone app to close friends in Berlin for some brutally honest feedback, we’re starting to work on the website. Here are some of the sketches Max created last night. Our site might look like one of these in a few weeks.

Reviewing final #pistachio designs for final sprint.

pistachiollc — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:48:00 +0100

Reviewing final #pistachio designs for final sprint.

“I’m free in Mitte for the next 2 hours.” (a small part of me is sad for building...

pistachiollc — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:10:29 +0100

“I’m free in Mitte for the next 2 hours.” (a small part of me is sad for building a better @joinpistachio)

Building Pistachio with Sencha Touch 2

anthonybarba — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:42:00 +0100

Here’s Luis’s presentation to BerlinJS about building pistachio with Sencha Touch 2. If you have any question feel free to ping us @joinpistachio.

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Luis speaking at BerlinJS about building pistachio using Node.js...

pistachiollc — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:31:00 +0100

Luis speaking at BerlinJS about building pistachio using Node.js and SenchaTouch. Wonderful turnout.

Design updates guaranteed to piss my partners off, but make...

pistachiollc — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:14:00 +0100

Design updates guaranteed to piss my partners off, but make pistachio 13.6% more gooder.

"It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future."

pistachiollc — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:13:51 +0100

“It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”

- Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra

"The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does,..."

pistachiollc — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:39:01 +0100

“The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.”

- C. S. Lewis

"Making that IRL”in real life” connection seals the deal and the online friendship gets..."

pistachiollc — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:45:21 +0100

“Making that IRL”in real life” connection seals the deal and the online friendship gets stronger and better.”

- Fred Wilson

"The problem with the Internet startup craze isn’t that too many people are starting companies; it’s..."

anthonybarba — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:04:34 +0100

“The problem with the Internet startup craze isn’t that too many people are starting companies; it’s that too many people aren’t sticking with it. That’s somewhat understandable, because there are many moments that are filled with despair and agony, when you have to fire people and cancel things and deal with very difficult situations. That’s when you find out who you are and what your values are.”

- Steve Jobs

“This is a very complicated world, a very noisy world and...

anthonybarba — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:18:00 +0200

“This is a very complicated world, a very noisy world and we’re not going to get the chance to get people to remember us. No company is. So we have to be very clear about what we want people to know about us.” - Steven Jobs.

This is very important to be reminded as I start talking about pistachio to people who don’t care or need another app…yet.

"One poignant lesson we’ve learned is that small teams can accomplish big things."

anthonybarba — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:36:04 +0200

“One poignant lesson we’ve learned is that small teams can accomplish big things.”

- Kevin Systrom, Co-founder of Instagram.

"You throw yourself off a cliff and you assemble an airplane on the way down"

anthonybarba — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:00:27 +0200

“You throw yourself off a cliff and you assemble an airplane on the way down”

- Reid Hoffman - It sounds romantic doesn’t it.

I cannot believe how fast people signed up for the beta after we...

pistachiollc — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:59:00 +0200

I cannot believe how fast people signed up for the beta after we sent out the plain-text email. This is cuckoo insane; 8% of the people that were sent an email have signed up within the first 20 min. Mailchimp hasn’t even updated how many people have even opened the email. It’s moments like this that keep us going.

I wonder what the results would be if I didn’t use plain-text email?

How are you spending your Sunday? Sometime you have...

anthonybarba — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:52:00 +0200

How are you spending your Sunday? Sometime you have to embrace the opportunity of being alone with free time.

"Make things as simple as possible but no simpler."

anthonybarba — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:06:05 +0200

“Make things as simple as possible but no simpler.”

- Albert Einstein