Travel Nurse
It’s a good idea to make an appointment with a travel nurse at least a month before traveling to make sure you have the necessary vaccinations. Some need to be taken far in advance of travel. The travel nurse will …
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WYZGYZ is going to China!
Well, my new company Portable Scores is going. A couple months ago WYZGYZ applied for a program in its first year for hardware startup companies. Called HAXLR8R, the goal of the program is to make manufacturing in China more accessible to …
Travel Insurance
Insurance’s purpose is to make sure you’re ok when things go bad, and when you’re on the other side of the world, things go from inconvenient to bad pretty quick. Lost luggage, theft, damaged items mean lost time re-acquiring the …
Booking the flight
Booking the flight is a stressful process and requires careful planning of every aspect. First, you must decide where to land. There’s Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong as destinations, each with the ability to get you into Shenzhen using public …
Ethics of manufacturing in China
You’ve probably already decided to go, so this post may not be relevant to you, but for me it’s a serious consideration, with many pros and cons that have been weighing in, each with counterpoints. There is definitely appeal to …
So you’re going to China!
Me too! This blog is a telling of my experiences in China for three months with a Chinese hardware startup accelerator called HAXLR8R. During this accelerator, we are living and working in Shenzhen, a city whose population in 40 years …
First Year Recap
It’s been one year since WYZGYZ started. In that year the company has successfully generated new clients, stayed firmly in the black, and is now well on track towards having a fantastic 2012. We’ve learned some things, dealt with way …
Laser Display
For the past few weeks I’ve been working in spare time on a project that I originally did in high school. I wanted to resurrect it so that I could possibly take it to schools and give demonstrations. However, another opportunity has …
WYZGYZ at Random Hacks of Kindness
Three of us from Sector67 went to Milwaukee’s Bucketworks to participate in a global event over the weekend called RHoK (Random Hacks of Kindness). This was an even similar to BuildMadison; people pitched their ideas, which were intended to solve a global …
What does WYZGYZ mean?
We’ve been around for 10 months now, and we’ve learned quite a bit about what it means to be WYZGYZ. First, it means having to explain how to pronounce your name as soon as you hand out a business card …