July 2009
Bike Sharing Comes to Boston Spring 2010
This is biking in Boston, city of clogged streets, minimal bike lanes, and drivers who often act as though two-wheeled vehicles have no right to the road. City planners want to change all that - by putting more bikers in the streets. They intend to roll out what would be the nation’s first citywide bike-sharing system next spring, making hundreds of bicycles at dozens of stations across Boston...
Mayor Bloomberg Tech Tour? Suggest Companies!
from Albert Wenger:
I have been participating in a series of meetings on how to ensure New York City’s future as a (new) media hub. A persistent theme of these meetings has been that there is not enough external awareness of how many great companies already exist in the city, including many that do some fairly hefty engineering! There is still too much of a perception that New York is good at...
“First of all, figure out what you’re most passionate about. Tony talks about...”
– Alfred Lin, COO of Zappos (Read the whole interview) (via damoon)
WatchBefore the entire subway car peer pressured Charlie O’Donnell into doing pull ups they sang him a happy birthday all thanks to Andrea Rosen
dpstyles:
About 20 of us hit up the Mets / Rockies game at the new Shea Stadium (er, Citi Field?) for Charlie O’s bday. This happened on the way home (aka Bryce’s First Subway Ride!)
ps: group pic here.
WatchGoods4Good beach event was lots of fun.
At one point Soraya and I started a game of asphalt beachball here are some pics
“If you find yourself in competition with the Internet, you should find a way...”
– Dave Winer
Evan Williams vs. the Internet
via mikehudack : christmasgorilla
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She & Him - Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get...
Apple has 91% of market for $1,000+ PCs →
According to NPD, in June, nine out of 10 dollars spent on computers costing $1,000 or more went to Apple. Mac revenue market share in the “premium” price segment was 91 percent, up from 88 percent in May.
(via David Chartier)
Thanks marco : for shining light on this hype
This sounds impressive, but there’s a small problem: as far as I can tell, these numbers are for sales at retail. This...
Echo Chamber of Secrets: 30 Media Muggles and... →
I dont know 1/2 of these characters/media heads but I still found it amusing.
Thanks for sharing @sorayad
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Jeff Bezos: Regret Minimization Framework
thanks bijan for sharing this
This is fantastic.
via Jeff Bezos, 2001
I went to my boss and said to him, “You know, I’m going to go do this crazy thing and I’m going to start this company selling books online.” This was something that I had already been talking to him about in a sort of more general context, but then he said, “Let’s go on a walk.” And, we went on a two hour walk in Central Park...
“Brier, 26, has this idea that the world is breaking down our lives and jobs into...”
– Noah Brier’s Brand Laboratory - BusinessWeek
(via heyitsnoah)
Best Non-Holiday Quarter Revenue and Earnings in... →
How about them apples!
Apple sold 2.6 million Macintosh® computers during the quarter, representing a four percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 10.2 million iPods during the quarter, representing a seven percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter. Quarterly iPhones sold were 5.2 million, representing 626 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter.
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WatchScientist Jill Bolte Taylor talks about her stroke and living more in our brain’s right hemisphere. via samreich
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worth the 20 minutes
WatchMaking Of “My Friend Ship” with Musician/Director Dave Righton | Making Of
Thanks Annieism for the tip
PAIN
Soooo true it hurts
innonate
I have run into cabs on my bike, tripped up Subway steps, got food poisoning from street food, lived a hot NYC Summer without air conditioning, and gone to the Upper West Side… but nothing is more painful than the annual hunt for the elusive, better, more spacious, cheaper, more central, no brokers fee, roof access, bike storage, 2nd floor walk-up, NYC apartment. And...
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Jack Johnson - My Doorbell - White Stripes Cover
fresh lyrics: my expressions (take one)
my friend amber-rae recently moved to SF for a new job and it seems she is loving life right now and thankfully has shared this with the rest of us:
inspired by many, this is raw poetry by amber rae…
our relationship is divine, we lose track of time. relishing the moment, we smoke words til we’re both high.
communication flows, falls like niagra. never needs viagra, it’s just that free....
SUBJECT: WE DO TWITTER LIKE NO ONE ELSE!!!
I posted an internship position to Craigslist and this showed up in my inbox this morning.
If you need a hand made twitter account you should contact this guy:
======== Hi, I saw your post on Craigslist. Let me do Twitter for you. Building large Twitter accounts is my entire focus. I have a process for it that I use for my customers that works, meets all twitter requirements, and grows accounts...
Shadows - Au Revoir Simone
saucy loves this song...
Did Digg and YouTube just spell the end of... →
2105:
Social web sites not supporting IE6 is a sign, but a sign to an audience that already understands the problem. It is like adding a message for blind users as a JPG without alternative text – nice idea, wrong tool to reach the intended target group.
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Oh My Rockness ((New York City Showlist)) Free... →
Great find kmaverick:
Totally going to check some of these out.
Who wants to go see the Dirty Projectors show on sunday?
Why Googlers should read Anil Dash’s post →
way to go Matt Cutts
Why Music Moves Us (Scientific American) →
New research explains music’s power over human emotions and its benefits to our mental and physical well-being
VIA mikehudack:asprettyasasong:psychotherapy
This is why if you hate or love Michael Jackson the person, you were touched by his music in ways you cant even comprehend
