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JetBlue's tweeting clues to free tickets in NYC

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:30:41 -0500

JetBlue's tweeting clues to free tickets in NYC:

The first clue was to show up to Broadway & Dey St (right near my apartment!) with a birthday card. Because I was in class when I got the clue, I just barely missed out.

But I’ll be SO ready for the next clue!

Something weird happened today. After my 2-3:15 class, I walked...

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:18:31 -0500

Something weird happened today. After my 2-3:15 class, I walked out onto the Tisch Hall plaza (NYU’s version of a “quad” where students congregate). Anyway, it took a second or two before I noticed, but the students that were out on the plaza were… strange. Let me explain: 1) Many of them I didn’t recognize. 2) They were standing alone and distant from each other. And 3) They weren’t talking, just standing awkwardly.

To write it here, doesn’t fully capture how strange it looked. I thought it was a flash mob that was going to do an ImprovEverywhere-kind of performance. But after I had left to grab my lunch, everything was back to normal and there was no big applause or explanation of what it was.

To say the least, I’m confused and want answers.

I have a theory...

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:18:00 -0500

Look at your Facebook News Feed. There are two types of people there.

There are the people you interact with. You write on their wall. They send you a message. You invite them to events. They tag you in pictures. You poke them. They poke you.

Then there are people you have had absolutely no interaction with. Ever. They friended you years ago and you haven’t wrote, messaged, invited, tagged, or poked them during your entire relationship on Facebook. But there they are in your News Feed in the TOP NEWS section.

These are your stalkers.

The Latest NYC Bar Trend: ChatRoulette Parties

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:56:02 -0500

The Latest NYC Bar Trend: ChatRoulette Parties:

Sarah Egan, one of the Union Hall redheads, had never heard of or played ChatRoulette until last night, but she felt similarly energized at having an audience behind her. Once seated at the computer she became a witty comedian, prodding and teasing strangers for the crowd’s delight. She was the most successful hostess of the night. “I prefer this to karaoke,” she said. “Singing to people never worked for me, but making fun of people at a rapid pace is very entertaining. I think this is going to become a huge thing.

I love to karoake.

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:43:06 -0500

I love to karoake.

rachelmercer: This is not the kind of thing I want to see while...

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:51:32 -0500

rachelmercer:

This is not the kind of thing I want to see while I’m in the middle of my grad school applications. Wah.

Same goes for Undergrad. Except there ARE grades based on how well you play together.

Does your startup pass The Sleep Test?

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:48:00 -0500

Does your startup pass The Sleep Test?:

Most businesses start off with a founder selling their time and with the maximum earnable revenue being tightly limited by the founders available time. The founder works themselves into a stupor and at some point they go through what is often a difficult transition where they “step back” from the business and employ others to take over their various jobs. Many businesses don’t make this transition and it is the subject of much discussion in MBA programs world-wide.

Unless your business earns revenue while you are sleeping, it won’t scale.

Played “team chess” last night at Fat Cat. The...

Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:56:42 -0500

Played “team chess” last night at Fat Cat. The rules: 2-person teams alternate taking turns for their side without talking or strategizing about the game. Incredibly challenging since you’re only good if you’re in sync with your partners’ moves too.

peterwknox: ChatRoulette Explained: Hot Girls Don’t Get Nexted...

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:11:52 -0500

peterwknox:

ChatRoulette Explained: Hot Girls Don’t Get Nexted | The Awl

Love this video. Have made loose plans to ChatRoulette sometime.

If you watch only one video on ChatRoulette, let this be it.

Hate to sleep with this number of check-ins weighing over my...

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:39:11 -0500

Hate to sleep with this number of check-ins weighing over my head…

To Get Smarter, Take a Nap

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:15:00 -0500

To Get Smarter, Take a Nap:

Taking a nap after lunch helps the brain “reset” and prepare to assimilate new information, researchers say. “It’s as though the e-mail inbox in your hippocampus is full and, until you sleep and clear out those fact e-mails, you’re not going to receive any more mail,” says the author of a new study. “It’s just going to bounce until you sleep and move it into another folder.”

Humans naturally sleep twice or more in 24 hours, and napping fits that pattern. In a study of 39 subjects, half took a 90-minute nap at 2pm while the rest stayed awake. The groups performed comparably on a test administered at noon, but the nappers significantly outscored the non-nappers on a 6pm exam. Next up: determining the link between changing sleep patterns related to age and the concurrent drop in the ability to absorb new information.

AD SALES TIP: Chicago agencies LOVE this restaurant.

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:42:38 -0500

AD SALES TIP: Chicago agencies LOVE this restaurant.

"I don’t know what it means to be a New Yorker anymore. I guess if you work for a giant corporation..."

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:36:01 -0500

“I don’t know what it means to be a New Yorker anymore. I guess if you work for a giant corporation and you’ve lived here for more than six weeks, you’re a New Yorker now. I think I used to know what it meant to be a New Yorker. I guess if you don’t eat at Cosi sandwich shop you’re a real New Yorker. If you don’t go to Hopstop.com to find your way around the city, you’re a real New Yorker. If you make too much noise on the sidewalk at night and bother people living in overpriced apartments, you’re a real New Yorker. If you get mugged, and then immediately go eat a slice with the money hidden in your sock that they did not steal from you, you’re a real New Yorker. If you cross the street wherever and whenever you want, you’re a New Yorker. And if you walk fast, you’re a New Yorker. Nobody walks fast in this city anymore. Everyone walks slow, and then goes to Equinox.”

- Judah Friedlander — Daily Intel (via peterwknox) (via asie) (via bbook)

Calvin Klein agency lobby is too sexy for its furniture.

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:56:50 -0500

Calvin Klein agency lobby is too sexy for its furniture.

Interviews

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:10:40 -0500

I just interviewed two students for an internship, one of which had just finished interviewing another student for his current company. I have another student to interview on Monday. And tomorrow, another company is interviewing me for a position.

This is getting confusing.

(via balltillifall) I’m going to this and you should too!

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:37:53 -0500

(via balltillifall)

I’m going to this and you should too!

"Dorito’s was a big winner in a measurement of interest in the commercials played during the Super..."

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:53:18 -0500

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Dorito’s was a big winner in a measurement of interest in the commercials played during the Super Bowl. TiVo Inc. said the snack company’s ad featuring a boy telling a man to keep his hands off his chips and his mom was stopped and played back in 15 percent of homes with the digital video recorder.

The secretly filmed CBS promo with David Letterman, Jay Leno and Oprah Winfrey came in second, followed by the Snicker’s ad with Betty White and Abe Vigoda flattened in a football game.

In general, however, TiVo found less interest in the commercials than it has in previous years, judged by how many people paused live action to see them, said Todd Juenger, general manager of TiVo’s research department.

”

- Super Bowl seen by 106 million, bests “M*A*S*H” finale for all-time TV viewership record - ESPN (via evangotlib)

maleydaily: The current leader of the Brand Bowl, Google’s...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:47:17 -0500

maleydaily:

The current leader of the Brand Bowl, Google’s Super Bowl ad was a nice departure from the content and tone of the rest of last night’s offerings. It’s quiet, it shows you what Google actually does, and above all else, it’s a simple story that’s succinctly told. It makes you feel something. And that’s powerful stuff.

Really enjoying DraftFCB’s foursquare tips

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:09:02 -0500

Really enjoying DraftFCB’s foursquare tips

"I notice increasing reluctance on the part of marketing executives to use judgment; they are coming..."

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:24:24 -0500

“I notice increasing reluctance on the part of marketing executives to use judgment; they are coming to rely too much on research, and they use it as a drunkard uses a lamp post for support, rather than for illumination.”

- David Ogilvy