Hi! I'm Christian Genco, and this is my website.
I make tiny software businesses (scroll down to check out my Projects!), I'm into minimalism (here's a list of everything I own), and I vlog and write and take book notes to work on being a better human.
What I'm excited about right now
Launching Microconf Recap Ebook after I finish the final drafts, working on a complete rewrite of dbinbox renamed Fileinbox incorporating everything I've learned in the last 4.2 years of running it, hiking the W in Patagonia, and touring law schools with my girlfriend.
Contact info
- christian@gen.co
- facebook.com/cgenco
- twitter.com/cgenco
- github.com/christiangenco
- linkedin.com/in/cgenco
HN/christiangenco
Videos
Projects
- dbinbox: receive files from your clients to your Dropbox
- textbooks please: textbook search engine
- Dr. Dog: ask your Amazon Echo or Google Home if it's safe for your dog to eat certain foods
- Export History: Chrome plugin to export your history
- Email Drafter: a markdown email editor that renders as plaintext and HTML
- DnDice: Dungeons and Dragons dice roller
- qgen: query generator for hunting for 30x500 audiences
- PastCam: iOS app to take "then and now" style pictures
- QR reader/writer: QR code reader that works offline, like on an air gapped computer
- Secrets: split up a secret into N pieces so you can recover it with any M of the pieces
- Mosaic Web Dev: a platform for hosting lessons that students can go through at their own pace
- HumanSort: sort a list based on whatever you want by comparing two things at a time
- Markdown to MLA and Markdown to APA: generate perfect MLA and APA documents from plain text markdown
- Timecard App: timecard calculator (a rewrite of my oldest useful program)
- Timer: a simple timer with alarm for teaching in poms
- Icon Dice: a ~900 sided dice with icons instead of numbers
- Clear Decoder: decode links from the Clear iOS list making app to markdown
- Profile Flags: add a country flag over your Facebook profile picture
- autorunner: command line tool to run a command when a file is saved
- t_time_tracker: simple command line time tracking
- Email Tip Bot: send/receive bitcoin through email. Shut down (and coins returned) in 2017.
Podcasts
- The Business Design Podcast #10: "Many people dream of a job where they can travel all over the world while they work remotely. Christian Genco lives this dream."2018-01-16
- Hello TechPros #58: Get Perfect Memory and Always Know What to Do Next – Productivity Tuesday with Christian Genco2016-05-31
- RV Entrepreneur Podcast #0011: How Christian & Elisa Genco Plan to Retire by 30 Years Old2016-04-07
Book Notes
- Just Fucking Ship 2018-09-24
- 12 Rules for Life 2018-08-27
- How to Win Friends and Influence People 2018-08-09
- Relationships 2017-10-25
- Food Rules - An Eater's Manual 2016-06-22
Posts
- 2018 Review: My 2018 year in review
- Big Five Aspects Personality Scale: My results from a really interesting personality test that doesn’t pretend to sort people into n-categories.
- World Domination Summit 2018 Notes: I was really disappointed with the 2018 World Domination Summit speakers.
- 2017 Review: My 2017 year in review
- 2018: Goal tracking for 2018
- Magic Pill: If you had a magic pill that would let you live the life of your dreams, what would your life look like?
- Gmail Log: Track how well you do email
- Your Number: How much money is enough?
- Introducing Timecard App: a rewrite of my oldest useful program
- Microconf 2016 Notes: my notes from the 2016 microconf
- MCT oil vs. Coconut Oil for Ketogenic Diets: Notes on which fats are better for the ketogenic diet
- $100 3D Printed Engagement Ring: How to make a beautiful custom wedding ring for barely more than the cost of the metal.
- MacBook Developer Setup: My old software productivity setup
- Go to college for free: How to get a fantastic college education for exactly 0 dollars.
- The Remote Control Person: A design for a remote control you can use on people
- The Walkie Sockie: An Arduino project for a walkie talkie you use with your feet
- The Conversation Monitor: College project to measure how much each person In a group speaks
- Redesign the Wallet: My personal design process that led to a novel wallet prototype
- You Should Learn to Program: Why? It makes you smarter, computers are improving faster than you are, and - if you're like me - you want to maximize your laziness.
- Musical Eating: A useless talent made possible by the MaKey MaKey.
- Human Centered Design at SMU: A review of my favorite class at SMU
- Virtual Shadow Dance: A Microsoft Kinect project to manipulate your shadow
- TI Innovation Competition: A winning hackathon idea for a nightstand projector
- Walk on the Grass: A piece I wrote for my undergraduate newspaper