February 2012
9 posts
“Never half-ass two things. Whole ass one thing.”
– There’s a strong Product lesson in here from Ron Swanson (via arainert)
Mark this baby done.
“Did I just step on the world’s tiniest violin? Boo hoo.”
– - The New Yorker, “Plagiarism, Copying, and Creativity”
This is the best trash talk I’ve ever witnessed in my life. It was in response to an apology post from Quentin Rowan, a writer who plagiarized his whole novel, “Assassin of Secrets” from 34+ sources. He claimed...
“My mom played with foursquare for about thirty seconds, found Explore, and said...”
– One of my coworkers, Jed, just made my day.
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A few Manhattan blocks
We moved offices about a month ago - about 6 blocks south, 2 blocks east - a 15 minute walk. I can still get off at Broadway-Lafayette, which was the stop I’d get off for the old office when I didn’t feel like waiting for the closer Q to 6 transfer. All in all, probably as close as offices can move.
But it’s different. Surprisingly different. We moved from East Village to...
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“one of the things that fascinates and baffles me about l.a is the randomness and...”
– Moby Los Angeles Architecture Blog
I’ve been a staunch LA hater, as any red-blooded New Yorker/SFer would be. But recently I’ve been coming around to the idea that LA must exist, for the sake of us all. Moby’s documentation of the weird architecture there is a testament to that.
Christen: Man, it feels like all of our heroes are falling
Josh: Does this mean we're getting older?
Christen: Yeah
Josh: But hey, Michael Jordan is still around. And so is Madonna!
Christen: You know she's on Foursquare, right? Before she's on Twitter?
Josh: ... Have you seen Moby's Architecture Tumblr?
Christen: ... This is shit social media couples say.
January 2012
14 posts
“When you look at those two videos [2010 vs 2012] side by side, it almost appears...”
– “New foursquare intro video distances them from the check-in” sur AboutFoursquare (January 26th, 2012)
My favorite part of running this company is seeing people “get” the transformation from “game mechanics and checkins are cute” to “with 1.5bn checkins, we can change the way you experience your...
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Free Coffee! Good Math! Kindness! - amazing →
my mind is blown. so simple, so sweet.
December 2011
1 post
November 2011
3 posts
October 2011
7 posts
Universe Dented, Grass Underfoot →
Beautiful farewell to Steve Jobs from @gruber
September 2011
6 posts
5 tags
“Whenever I write a novel, I have a strong sense that I am doing something I was...”
– Haruki Murakami, the author of this week’s story, “Town of Cats,” talking to the magazine’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman. Click through for the rest of their chat. (via newyorker)
August 2011
5 posts
Rode into work for the first time this morning. Nothing like the catching a whiff of wonton soup as you ride over the Manhattan Bridge.
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July 2011
9 posts
