May 2009
50 posts
How I Won The DFJ $250K East Coast Venture... →
Great quick review of a proper presentation to give to judges of VC’s any time you are presenting your product. I don’t know what his company, Digiceipt, does but I hope it’s not just a copy of an already established and great startup Shoe Boxed, a company I spoke with a while back. Though we did not invest, I liked the problem ShoeBoxed was solving and the path they were...
We Are Hunted - The Online Music Chart →
“We Are Hunted, the Billboard of the social web, has launched a new page to show users the 99 most popular tracks as determined by Twitter users.” This thing rocks! Go take an instant gratification listen to the top 99 songs tweeting the twittersphere.
greysheepduo:
Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
“I fell...
Official Google Blog: Went Walkabout. Brought back... →
Google is developing a streaming communication tool called Wave. This is just a tease but it does sound quite interesting and I am very happy they are letting developers change it and develop on top of it. At first glance it subtly reminds me of drop.io, which is a interesting start up out of NY solving a similar problem in a very beautiful and seamless way.
Toys ‘R’ Us Buys F.A.O. Schwarz - NYTimes.com →
Wow, this is big to me. I greatly remember my trips as a child to San Francisco and playing in the F.A.O. Schwarz, I wonder what Toys’R’ Us will do next.
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Twitter founders: @ev and @biz interview at D7 (highlights)
Chef's Steals & Deals Picks - NY Restaurants →
Almost every restaurant is running a recession special these days. The key is figuring out the best steals or asking the chef’s what they’d order. One final offering other worth mentioning that this article overlooks is Damon’s Frugal Friday at Craft (which is now 6 nights a week).
Budweiser for Supreme | SLAMXHYPE →
Gallo…get involved.
Let me know what you want and I’ll try to help you out.
When your safety net disappears, it’s time to reach for the next swinging trapeze. Replacing the net will get you nowhere.
Cucumber - Making BDD fun →
“Behior Driven Development with elegance and joy” I see the elegance so far, looking forward to the joy…
Hot Stuff in a Squeeze Bottle - NYTimes.com →
An inside story from the founder of the famous Sriracha Chili Sauce. I use this stuff so much and absolutely love it! I used it in my breakfast this morning and my dinner last night.
Who Are the Richest People in Town? - Business... →
Really interesting article about the richest man (or woman) in the top 100 US cities. Great facts in here.
Apple Earbuds and static electricity →
I used to get zapped all the time when running on the treadmill at my gym, had to stop using earbuds there. I still don’t understand why Apple’s earbuds are more prone to shocking a wearer than any other style/brand.
Live from Washington Square Park - Curbed →
Washinton Square Park is finally completely open and these pictures make it look beautiful!
“for-MAT-ting”
– M
A Life Obsessing Over Bruni - Eater →
Great story of a man living his chaotic restaurant life trying to please the great Frank Bruni, the infamous food critic of the New York Times.
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Ruby is cool/smart/hysterical
Methods that are “dangerous,” or that modify their receiver may be named with a trailing !. For instance, String provides both a chop and a chop!. The first one returns a modified string; the second modifies the receiver in place.
Urtak - Very Short List →
Created by recent Harvard grads Marc Lizoain and Aaron Gibralter, the site asks its visitors to come up with questions that then become part of the rapid-fire poll that subsequent visitors take. (Each question requires a simple YES, NO, or DON’T CARE response.)
Email ‘n Walk Brings Transparency to the iPhone →
This app is basically an email client transparently built over a view finder for your camera so you can stair down at your Iphone and email while keeping an eye where your going. Fantastic!
longterm browser trends →
I’ve never seen one chart compiling browser usage statistics dating back from 2004 till the present. Interesting IE has done nothing but slowly dive, expected but still noteworthy to see.
Google Revs Up Some New Search Features - Bits... →
Google unveiled a grab bag of enhancements to its Web search engine and new experimental features on Tuesday that aim to keep the company ahead of rivals.
Amazon.com: Momofuku: David Chang: Books →
WHAT!!??? David Chang is releasing a Momofuku cook book! Can’t wait to get a copy. I really hope they include a couple Milk Bar goodies as well :)
Annals of Innovation: How David Beats Goliath: The... →
David’s victory over Goliath, in the Biblical account, is held to be an anomaly. It was not. Davids win all the time. The political scientist Ivan Arreguín-Toft recently looked at every war fought in the past two hundred years between strong and weak combatants. The Goliaths, he found, won in 71.5 per cent of the cases. That is a remarkable fact. Arreguín-Toft was analyzing conflicts in which one...
MBAs vs. Entrepreneurs: Who Has the Right Stuff... →
“The more Sarasvathy explains the differences in the two styles of thinking, the more obvious it becomes which style matches the times. Causal reasoning is about how much you expect to gain; effectual reasoning is about how much you can afford to lose.
WatchLoved this video because I was able to correlate the small change numbers used to improve the health of drivers to the types of problems and answers found in Super Crunchers.
Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com