Web Entrepreneur William Kasel

BuzzBuy Updates - New Office Space

The Man — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:49:12 +0000

Hey Guys, William here - it’s been a while since our last update, maybe a month or so. Here is where we are. Its been a rough couple of months here in Silicon Valley. Good friends have been laid off - and the general down feeling is a cloud over the valley. One of the largest layoffs happened [...]

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I MADE WIRED!

The Man — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:04:40 +0000

Just a note — i got quoted in wired magazine’s blog section. “People are using the iPhone in ways you’d never expect a cell phone to be used,” said William Casel, who posted an ad on Craigslist seeking an iPhone developer for his company BuzzBuy. “That’s why I’m drawn to it.” Casel is one of many employers [...]

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I’m Hiring Adobe Flex Developers

The Man — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:31:58 +0000

Hey, its been far far too long since I have written. Its like a classwork assingment — if you leave it for too long, you totally forget about it. So here I am. Personal updates — im officially in California now. My startup, BuzzBuy is really gaining traction, we have 3 full timers, and one part [...]

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MySpace/Facebook — Who Will Prevail?

The Man — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:40:13 +0000

This article in Fast Company examines the changes occurring at MySpace, and this is my response. It can be duly noted I obviously favor Facebook over MySpace, but those that we favor do not necessarily have the best chance at winning, kinda like when Gore ran against Bush. Not saying Facebook is going to run off [...]

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BuzzBuy - Ecommerce Solution for Facebook

The Man — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:59:41 +0000

I am here to announce my application to FB Fund — BuzzBuy, a complete ecommerce solution for merchandise on Facebook. It allows users to sell customized items directly from his/her Facebook group/event/fan page/ and profile. You can see the full pitch at elevator pitches, but what we are doing has never been done, as a matter [...]

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Pandora Silently Rolls Out Updated UI

The Man — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:58:07 +0000

It almost went unnoticed, but about 2 hours ago Pandora rolled out an updated UI with a new special tab below the station giving you access to a few more options for your station that were previously much harder to find. And the second is the manner in which you thumbs-up, or thumbs-down the song. [...]

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Design Recognition on RGB Garden

The Man — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:13:03 +0000

Hey, check it out, I got recognized on RGB Garden for two of my sites! First, this site, which you can check out here; and the second one which is for State Rep, John E. Bradley’s site, which is located here. Also, if you want to contact me for any design, programming, customization of any open [...]

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Gmail is down!

The Man — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:59:48 +0000

Gmail has been down for quite some time. I was in the middle of writing an important email, and BAM! I tweeted Mike Arrington, but im sure he already knew. Yikes, im pissed. Look at the twitter search http://search.twitter.com/search?q=gmail, ive also read in some comments on the TechCrunch blogpost, that MobileMe, and supposedly Facebook is [...]

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Things & stuff…

The Man — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:14:47 +0000

I decided to just chat about the state of things right now in my life. So– I’ve been working in Sproutcore for a while, it really is an amazing tool, but the learning curve kind of kills me. I hate not knowing something, and having complete command over it. I ran across this tutorial by [...]

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Trip To San Francisco

The Man — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:19:26 +0000

UpdateMy pal Brian has informed me ” I was the front end developer for one of the new product features (something unannounced) for Picasa Web Albums.” My apologies Brian, I hope I don’t get you in trouble. Thanks again! Last week I got an email from my contact at FlowGram asking me if i could fly [...]

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