May 2012
8 posts
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Organon: To all those men who don't think the rape... →
oforganon:
Note: A quick and simple rule for language and behavior if you want to be a decent person: Ask yourself, who is more likely to be made to feel comfortable around me based on whatever I’m about to say/do? Rape survivors? Or rapists? Who is more likely to be made to feel uncomfortable? If you’re doing something that is more likely to make rapists feel comfortable and/or rape survivors...
“(Interesting factoid: Mashable was hosted on WordPress instead of TypePad...”
– Gary Sharma’s Internet Week 2012 Highlights (Nerd Proms, Rooftop Parties, Will Arnett DJ’ing, Michael Stipe Sightings ‘n more!) | Betabeat
When Obama endorsed same-sex marriage...
whenobamaendorsed:
… Michelle was like “I TOLD YOU SO.”
#BL: Comparing Shake Shack and Artichoke Basille's... →
benleventhal:
As I write these words I am calm, enjoying a slice of pizza from Stella’s, a slice joint on West 17th Street and Ninth Avenue. Where a slice costs $2.75. Where a four minute in-the-door-out-the-door turnaround is the norm. Where one can get an absolutely competent New York Slice, with somewhat…
April 2012
3 posts
“If that thing was up and running, she pointed out, you could simply say, in your...”
– David Simon | Introduction
“Whether Beyonce posts to her own Tumblr or not, I get the same feeling from...”
– from Decoding the Beyonce Tumblr
The NewsBlur Blog: Building real-time feed updates... →
newsblur:
Today, NewsBlur is going real-time. Blogs using the PubSubHubbub protocol (PuSH), which includes all Blogger, Tumblr, and many Wordpress blogs, will instantaneously show new updates to subscribers on NewsBlur. Making this happen, while not for the faint of heart, was straight-forward enough that…
March 2012
5 posts
“Gawker publisher Nick Denton talks with blogger and entrepreneur Anil Dash at a...”
– Anil Dash | TechKnow Bytes — Colorado technology — The Denver Post
MJJNews: Michael Jackson and Notorious B.I.G. →
mjjnews:
In honor of #biggieday, here is a story from sound engineer John Van Nest who witnessed Notorious B.I.G.’s first meeting with Michael Jackson for the recording of the song “This Time Around” from the album HIStory.
Michael used to call people to ask them to participate on albums. It was…
Knight News Challenge: ThinkUp →
newschallenge:
1. What do you propose to do? [20 words]
Build an information network that connects to today’s social networks, but isn’t centralized and dependent on a company or investors.
2. Is anyone doing something like this now and how is your project different? [30 words]
Others from Diaspora to…
February 2012
9 posts
“We’re gonna be fine, really! All we need is for everyone to stop pirating music....”
– Who the Hell Is Bob Lefsetz?
Obama for America: “I’m going to make a special... →
barackobama:
“I’m going to make a special plea to the press—not just the folks who are here, but also your editors—give this some attention. This is the kind of stuff, what these young people are doing, that’s going to make a bigger difference in the life of our country over the long term than just about anything. And it doesn’t belong just on the back pages of a newspaper; we’ve got to lift...
If I have a son when I'm older... →
the-absolute-best-gifs:
I’m gonna make my baby wear CLOTHES like these..
I’m gonna teach him how to DANCE and he’ll be like..
We’re gonna WEAR matching clothes like this when we go out..
And I’m gonna teach him how to TREAT GIRLS right. ;)
Here is a blog that will change your LIFE - it’s a must follow
“Football is not the only competition in which New York is thumping Boston. For...”
– “New York Beats Boston (Again),” Crain’s New York Business (via nycedc)
January 2012
4 posts
4 tags
Always loved this.
princegifs:
What if I called U silly names? [gif]
Submitted by soyfatima.
Foursquare: Today's best-executing startup - Anil... →
thomped:
A position I agree with though was not fully on the bandwagon until I experienced the execution of Small Business Saturday. Also of note is foursquare migrated their technology to Scala (from PHP?), and did so in a way that was largely transparent to their user base. I’ve been impressed with them even when I was pessimistic (which was due to a not yet realized business model). 4sq is an...
December 2011
4 posts
3D Printing, Teleporters and Wishes →
I’ve been infatuated with 3D printing for a few years now; the rise of (NYC’s own!) MakerBot and other startups offering simple ways to create physical objects as easily as we create paper output…
Bootstrap Rising →
Twitter’s Bootstrap framework for creating web sites and apps is the culmination of half a decade’s work by the web design community in creating CSS resets, grid systems and toolkits…
Questions for the Republican Candidates →
I think we’ve had more debates in the past few weeks for the Republican candidates so far than are typically held in the entirety of an election season, but the questions have generally been…
1 tag
News.me: Getting the News — Anil Dash →
newsme:
We’ve traded gatekeepers that sell us irresponsible news (like broadcast TV news) for gatekeepers that sell us to advertisers while allowing community to degenerate to the lowest common denominator (as with Facebook or YouTube). I think there can be a better way, and I’m hoping News.me and others play a part in it.
November 2011
9 posts
Gaslighting: The Response →
Well, it seems like my post on how Facebook is gaslighting the web struck a nerve with a lot of folks. I have to give first priority to publishing the responses I’ve gotten directly from Facebook…
Facebook is gaslighting the web. We can fix it. →
Facebook has moved from merely being a walled garden into openly attacking its users’ ability and willingness to navigate the rest of the web. The evidence that this is true even for sites which…
Readability And Intention →
The latest launch I’m ecstatic to share with you all: My friends at Readability (whom I advise) announced their amazing new platform! Though it’s best known as a simple way to clean up the…
Mixel and Facebook Login
mixelapp:
The reception to Mixel has been fantastic, but there have been some complaints about the fact that the app requires a Facebook account in order to be used. There is a good reason for that: Facebook lets us build the Mixel experience around real names, which is powerful for many reasons but most important to us in that it helps protect against the abuse of your personal photos. Lascaux...
ThinkUp 1.0 and Software With Purpose →
Today, ThinkUp is out of beta and available for free. If you have a presence on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ and know how to run a PHP/MySQL app on a web server (or on EC2), you should…
Mixel: Art and Soul →
Last week, I was thrilled to see the launch of Mixel. If you aren’t familiar with it, go grab the iPad app, and while it downloads, take a look at this video explaining how it works. Because I’ve been lucky enough to see Mixel evolve over the last year, I thought I’d take a moment to explain some of the back story and perhaps to explain why I’m so excited about its launch....
How the 99% and the Tea Party can Occupy... →
The conventional wisdom is that the American people are too cynical, too jaded, and too burnt out on politics to ever engage with the actual governance of our country by getting involved in…
8 tags
wild chocolate: A Letter to the Developer... →
wildchocolate:
Empathy is the ability to put yourself in someone else’s shoes who may be different from yourself and attempt to understand/have compassion towards that person’s feelings, especially if their feelings are different from your own. If you do not consider yourself to be a particularly empathetic person, there’s no need to read any further.
I attended a Mac developer conference...
Thank You, Andy →
Andy Rooney died last night. I find myself crestfallen about this because I’d spent the last few years trying, off and on, to get in touch with him for the chance to thank him for his influence on…
October 2011
3 posts
“These are contentious definitions; hopefully, this paper itself will prove far...”
– You know, Magic Ink.
“You can be Rod Stewart, and be Clive Davis’ dog, and have a career at the...”
– SHOTS FIRED BY DARYL HALL!
From Pitchfork, back in 2007.
Startup U →
For a few months, those of us who care passionately about the New York City tech community have been debating the City’s Applied Sciences NYC plan, which will drive the creation of a…
September 2011
7 posts
5 tags
Ten is Love and Everything After →
I took this photo on a cool spring day twenty years ago, on the day I fell in love for the first time that would last. I’d been to New York City a number of times before then, but at…
“Over the last decade, coding has become increasingly abstract. Thanks to the...”
– Bubble Boys
If You Blogged It, It Did Happen →
At the beginning of this year, I wrote a piece called if you didn’t blog it, it didn’t happen, about how your thoughts, ideas and conversations need a place to live permanently over time if…
“The team also found that groups in which members took turns speaking were more...”
– Social sensitivity trumps IQ in group intelligence - life - 01 October 2010 - New Scientist (via soxiam)