January 2012
4 posts
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Always loved this.
princegifs:
What if I called U silly names? [gif]
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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…
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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…
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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
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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)
“People ask me who inspires me. This often stumps me. Because I have been...”
– me too caterina
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The Goal →
I tried to solve the problem by leaving Silicon Valley, and writing software I believe in, and doing the best I can. For me it’s never been primarily about money. I like money, up to a point —…
August 2011
6 posts
A Decade After Aaliyah →
Ten years ago, my friend Andre had been experimenting with an instant messenger bot that sent out news headlines; Up late on a Saturday night I got a message that stopped me cold: A link to…
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Pentimento - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
kenyatta:
A pentimento (plural pentimenti) is an alteration in a painting, evidenced by traces of previous work, showing that the artist has changed his mind as to the composition during the process of painting. The word derives from the Italian pentirsi, meaning to repent.
Pentimenti may show that a composition originally had an element, for example a head or a hand, in a slightly different...
spiers:
I had sort of anticipated that the first broadsheet close would be a little rocky, but so far: system-wide copyflow software crashes (InDesign no likey new templates), two false fire alarms (always nice to get blaring sirens and emergency strobe lights while reporters are on the phone trying to get final comment; it really emphasizes the urgency of the deadline) and an EARTHQUAKE.
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What they're "protecting" us from →
For the past several days, Apple’s stock has been rising high enough that the company has flitted between being the first and second most valuable company in the world. Regardless of the final…
July 2011
8 posts
Networks, Tools and Algorithms →
A few months ago, I had the chance to speak at the Good Experience Live conference. Gel’s been one of my favorite events for years; I’ve attended most Gels since the first one, and being asked to…
If your website's full of anonymity, that might be... →
Hmm, lots of interesting responses to If your website’s full of assholes, it’s your fault, and even more interesting conversation about the topic of commenting culture in general. A few…
BRYCE DOT VC: Startup America by Stopping the IT... →
brycedotvc:
When I hear the term “cartel” I generally think of Tony Montana introducing his competitors to his “little friend” not some IT contractor sticking up the government. But, that effectively is what departing federal CIO, Vivek Kundra, asserts is happening today through the procurement process….
If your website's full of assholes, it's your... →
We’re twenty years in to this world wide web thing. Today, I myself celebrate twelve years of writing this blog. And yet those of us who love this medium, who’ve had our lives changed by the…
Animated GIFs Triumphant →
“If you can make it here…”, Jamie Beck, 2011
It’s been 84 years since talkies began their march towards dominance over silent film. But while 1.3 billion people in the U.S. bought a…
June 2011
2 posts
Baby Boot Camp →
In the months since my son was born, I’ve struggled mightily with resisting the urge to unleash the mommyblogger that’s been lurking in my heart lo these many years. But one recent insight…
Redefining The Problem →
When I co-founded Activate last year, one of my goals was that, as much as possible, we’d share what we learned about helping established companies with their strategies. I know there are plenty…
May 2011
1 post
In NYC, the Web is a Public Space →
This morning, I was extraordinarily excited to get to witness Mayor Bloomberg and our city’s new Chief Digital Office Rachel Sterne unveil New York City’s “Road Map for the Digital City”. It’s an…
April 2011
2 posts
Suggestions for LinkedIn →
I know lots of people use LinkedIn and like it. It seems more like a sort of obligation for me, but I know lots of nice people who work there, so I thought I’d collect some of my…
Funding a Startup Without VC →
I love entrepreneurship, and I love tech startups, but sometimes I’m struck by the lack of perspective that many tech entrepreneurs have about creating a startup. One of the most common things that…
October 2010
1 post
marathonpacks: Revolution 2.0: the TV-B-Gone... →
marathonpacks:
Anil Dash’s response to Malcolm Gladwell’s thorough takedown of social media as a revolution-facilitating infrastructure begins with a great point:
There are revolutions, actual political and legal revolutions, that are being led online. They’re just happening in new ways, and taking…
July 2010
1 post
How-To: Give Your Old iPhone New Life With Prepaid... →
minimalmac:
Somewhat fiddley but interesting way to use last years model.
April 2010
1 post
Hmm.
September 2009
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