September3rd
On August 30, 2012, I had the privilege to attend the Silicon Prairie 2012 Awards show in Omaha, Nebraska. I am very proud to say that Front Flip won Mobile App of the Year! This was the inaugural award show and we won the very first Analog the Prairie Dog award ever given! Our Co-Founder, Matt Beckner, accepted the award on behalf of everyone at Front Flip. I couldn’t be more proud of our product design and development teams. Great job fellow Front Flippers!
P.S. We’re famous!
August4th
My company, Front Flip, was recently nominated for two Silicon Prairie Awards, including New Startup of the Year and Mobile App of the Year. There were more than 1,200 submissions with 48 finalists. I’m extremely proud of our company and what we have achieved in such a short amount of time. I know that we will accomplish great things. Now do me a favor and go vote for Front Flip!
July3rd
It’s been a crazy year for my family and I and it just got a little crazier. Please welcome Louis Paul Castro to the world. We call him Louie. He was named after my late father, as I was named after his.
Callie, Mia, Sophie and I couldn’t be happier.
March27th
Last Friday, March 23rd, after 50 long and hard months of training, I earned my Shodan (1st Black) and the title of Sensei (Teacher) in Okinawan Kenpo Karate under Hanshi Dan Kennedy and Renshi Mike Colahan (my instructor pictured with myself above) in the United State Kenpo Kobujitsu (USKK). I am honored to be part of such a rich tradition and a great organization.
There were also two others testing from Renshi Colahan’s Martial Arts: Michele Weissensee Jarchow and Phil Mosher, who have been at it as long as myself. We have bled and sweat together these past 4+ years and I couldn’t have done it without them.
I feel such a sense of accomplishment and pride but I know that becoming a black belt in our system is just the beginning of my karate education. There will always be something to learn, new ways to train, and new karateka (karate students) to teach. I can’t wait to begin this next chapter in my karate education as Sensei Castro.
January29th
Well, it’s been a year since my father has passed away and there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think about him. I miss our talks and his great stories but most of all I miss his presence.
I am a husband, a son, a brother, an uncle, a friend, a dog lover, a graphic designer, an interaction designer, an illustrator, a photographer, a writer, a painter, a leader, a mentor, a Jayhawk, a veteran, a Sensei, a movie-buff, a music-lover and most importantly, I am a father to two beautiful little girls and one handsome boy.
