InstaCalc is a vision for a fast, simple and powerful calculator. You can learn more about it on the tour.
About Kalid Azad
Kalid grew up near Boston and earned a degree in computer science from Princeton University with a minor in finance. He worked at Microsoft, becoming the first program manager to develop and implement Microsoft’s anti-spyware strategy. He created the classification system used to analyze spyware along technical, legal and business lines. This process was later adopted by the Anti-Spyware Coalition and recognized company-wide.
After nearly 3 years at Microsoft, Kalid ventured into the world of entrepreneurship, starting with InstaCalc. He wants to make your life easier, one project at a time, by providing information in a clear, simple and interesting manner.
To contact him, email kalid@instacalc.com.
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November 1st, 2006 at 10:55 pm
[…] There’s also a great walk-through tour of the features of InstaCalc on their blog. You can also visit the about page and find a little bit more about the developer, a former Microsoft Program Manager. […]
November 6th, 2006 at 10:37 am
this is really cool! so fast! probably the next function i expect is to save & export. but it seems a lot more than a calculator should have.
April 28th, 2007 at 6:43 am
I saw this web site article www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/12/27/calculating-phil-towns-sticker-price-an-example/ that referred to your Instacalc web page. Two things: why can’t I see all of the screen when a calculatin is selected (and my screen is on full view) i.e., the red numbers are partially hidden? Also, can you provide a on Instacalc on how to calculate a stock’s “sticker price”? The instructions how to do this is shown on the web site I procvided above. I guess I am just two lazy to learn how to do it on Instacalc plus I am extremely busy with a full time demanding job and two kids. Benefit for You? If you provide this calculaition and get the word out I bet you will get thousands of hits on Instacalc from all those stock investors out there. Could you please provide this calculation as desctribed on the web site above? A reply is appreciated.
April 28th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
Hi, thanks for writing and for the pointer. I’ve created a calculator for the link above. Thanks!
May 10th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
[…] 10th, 2007 · No Comments Last night was another meeting of the Seattle Tech Startups meetup. I love these things,it’s a great chance to see some demos and meet some cool tech entrepeneurs in the process. All the demos were sweet, but my favorite was by Y-Combinator wunderkid Kalid Azad, founder of InstaCalc. Seriously, check this thing out - looks basic at first but check out the demos to see the types of awesome things that you can do. […]
May 14th, 2007 at 12:26 am
Nice work
January 8th, 2008 at 3:30 am
[…] Instant Calculator for your site I have see a good Calculator tool for your blog. Most specially if you are having an Engineering blog. According to Kalid Azad who grew up near Boston and earned a degree in computer science from Princeton University with a minor in finance. He worked at Microsoft, becoming the first program manager to develop and implement Microsoft’s anti-spyware strategy. He created the classification system used to analyze spyware along technical, legal and business lines. This process was later adopted by the Anti-Spyware Coalition and recognized company-wide. “InstaCalc is a vision for a fast, simple and powerful calculator” […]
May 2nd, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Does InstaCalc support data calculations such as number of days between mm/dd/yyyy and MM/DD/YYYY?
May 2nd, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Hi Joe, unfortunately InstaCalc doesn’t support date conversions yet. It’s a planned feature
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November 8th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Are you going to Open Source or CC this web ap or are you going to ‘bait and capture’ like macromedia did with flash/shockwave.
November 13th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Hi, no plans to open source it yet — but it will always remain a free online tool.
September 10th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
What technology did you use to develop InstaCalc? I’m from the Microsoft technology background (for more than a decade now) but was leaning towards Rails lately for new projects.
Bought the book AWDWR but was not feeling comfortable enough with the deployment options and having a feel that what if some really challenging things show up that I waste time to figure out with Rails (since its new to me) instead of producing and making it better.
So I was leaning more towards CodeIgniter (PHP) but surely feeling guilty of not using Rails. What would be your recommendation?