brettneese/Article 3

## Article 3
I posted this earlier, but perhaps further discussion is in order.

Firstly, why do you think I'm flying down to Palo Alto over what happens to be a block of days that includes the Teens In Tech conference?

Yeah, so that's why I'm flying down to California.

What I find interesting in this situation, however, is how the author of the article approaches the argument for investment in young people in this fashion. I'll admit that y Appcelerator -- the company mentioned in the article supplying space to TinT-- is the one responsible for the majority of the financial arm of this journey.

What's interesting to me is the inherent bias I now have towards Appcelerator. I now feel very (blindly, perhaps) intrigued to use their tools. (It's complicated, but Appcelerator essentially makes software that helps makes software.) So the relatively minimal amount of investment could pay off for them bigtime in the medium-to-long run.

The leaves me questioning as to whether or not this is this a bad thing? Is this being respectful or is it being stupid? Or is this how things work?

I've talked a lot about Dwolla in this class, too, and not just because it's a cool service. Ben Milne -- co-founder and CEO of Dwolla -- actually let me borrow his apartment, sent out introductions (which led to meetings) and even gave me a small stipend when I visited Des Moines a few weeks ago. So, yeah. Now I feel obligated to like them -- perhaps even more than I did before.


I suppose the real problem is that without this help, I wouldn't be going where I am going in life; but with it, I'm naturally biased and falsely opinionated. Does this make me greedy? I'm not sure. And you can see where this sort of thing can get real sticky real fast. Welcome to the rabbit hole, I suppose.
	I posted this earlier, but perhaps further discussion is in order.

	Firstly, why do you think I'm flying down to Palo Alto over what happens to be a block of days that includes the Teens In Tech conference?

	Yeah, so that's why I'm flying down to California.

	What I find interesting in this situation, however, is how the author of the article approaches the argument for investment in young people in this fashion. I'll admit that y Appcelerator -- the company mentioned in the article supplying space to TinT-- is the one responsible for the majority of the financial arm of this journey.

	What's interesting to me is the inherent bias I now have towards Appcelerator. I now feel very (blindly, perhaps) intrigued to use their tools. (It's complicated, but Appcelerator essentially makes software that helps makes software.) So the relatively minimal amount of investment could pay off for them bigtime in the medium-to-long run.

	The leaves me questioning as to whether or not this is this a bad thing? Is this being respectful or is it being stupid? Or is this how things work?

	I've talked a lot about Dwolla in this class, too, and not just because it's a cool service. Ben Milne -- co-founder and CEO of Dwolla -- actually let me borrow his apartment, sent out introductions (which led to meetings) and even gave me a small stipend when I visited Des Moines a few weeks ago. So, yeah. Now I feel obligated to like them -- perhaps even more than I did before.


	I suppose the real problem is that without this help, I wouldn't be going where I am going in life; but with it, I'm naturally biased and falsely opinionated. Does this make me greedy? I'm not sure. And you can see where this sort of thing can get real sticky real fast. Welcome to the rabbit hole, I suppose.