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bbook: Watch Rear Window tonight in Brooklyn Bridge Park for...

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:11:57 -0400

Watch Rear Window tonight in Brooklyn Bridge Park for free as part of the Movies with a View series!

Going to this tonight, can’t wait!

Redesigning the New York City subway map Maps are one of the...

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:55:08 -0400

Redesigning the New York City subway map

Maps are one of the most basic data visualizations that we have; we’ve been making them for millennia. But we still haven’t perfected them as a tool for understanding complex systems — and with 26 lines and 468 stations across five boroughs, the New York City subway system certainly is complex. The KickMap is the result of my quest to design a more effective subway map, and ultimately to encourage increased ridership.

ericmortensen: justinday: Cow Clicker is a Facebook game...

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:24:28 -0400

ericmortensen:

justinday:

Cow Clicker is a Facebook game about Facebook games. It’s partly a satire, and partly a playable theory of today’s social games, and partly an earnest example of that genre.

You get a cow. You can click on it. In six hours, you can click it again. Clicking earns you clicks. You can buy custom “premium” cows through micropayments (the Cow Clicker currency is called “mooney”), and you can buy your way out of the time delay by spending it. You can publish feed stories about clicking your cow, and you can click friends’ cow clicks in their feed stories. Cow Clicker is Facebook games distilled to their essence.

Click on for the how and why. Great read.

“It’s one thing to express a distaste for social games, to consider them bad art and to opt out of them. But one also cannot ignore their popularity entirely, nor leave it to the mere whims of personal taste. In addition to being bad art, social games are also troubling specimens of human tragedy. For one part, they threaten us with the negative future of games. But for another part, they also act as a talisman that might help us see our future perceptions of the present. What will we have thought of ourselves?”

This has the potential to become the next FarmVille.

Mike Posner - Cooler Than Me Great song. Even better video....

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:55:32 -0400

Mike Posner - Cooler Than Me

Great song. Even better video. Download here.

Apple to Hold iPhone 4 Press Conference, But Will They Hold It the Right Way?

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 21:05:58 -0400

Apple to Hold iPhone 4 Press Conference, But Will They Hold It the Right Way?:

Headline win of the day :)

How Will M. Night Shyamalan Disappoint Us This Time? I just...

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:08:29 -0400

How Will M. Night Shyamalan Disappoint Us This Time?

I just watched the latest trailer for Shyamalan’s new thriller “Devil.” It’s a great trailer and has everything I look for in the thriller genre — people stuck in elevators, people who have secrets, large block letters floating above upside-down cities. I want to like this movie SO bad, but Shyamalan hasn’t had a good movie since ~~The Happening The Village The Lady in the Water~~ The Sixth Sense. So the real question is: How will Shymalan’s big twist ending ruin another interesting thriller premise?

My guess? The elevator strangers were dead the whole time.

The Real Life Social Network

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:54:36 -0400

The Real Life Social Network v2 View more documents from Paul Adams.

tylerhwillis: hiten: Three Necessities for Start-up Success...

Sat, 29 May 2010 20:52:07 -0400

tylerhwillis:

hiten:

Three Necessities for Start-up Success (Video starring Marc Andreessen)

Andreesen’s points are great.

Creating companies is hard, generally new companies shouldn’t exist. Companies have to be creating products that are so much better than what exists that you can punch through status quo

Markets are more important than product quality.

Three criteria for predicting success: Market, Team, Product (in order of importance)

Working in and among startups for the past few years, I couldn’t agree more with these points. Well said.

Got opinions about hotels?

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:25:00 -0400

Got opinions about hotels?:

Help me on my LAST school project. Fill in these questions, please!

rachelmercer: This is one of those weeks. See you all after...

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:40:31 -0400

rachelmercer:

This is one of those weeks. See you all after finals (and ROFLCon!)

Free Public Wi-Fi Almost Everywhere in New York for Cablevision, Comcast, and Time Warner Customers

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:34:54 -0400

Free Public Wi-Fi Almost Everywhere in New York for Cablevision, Comcast, and Time Warner Customers:

soupsoup:

Think about that for a second… as long as you are a Cablevision, Time Warner, or Comcast customer, you can get free Wi-Fi access at practically limitless locations (thousands) all across the NY metro area from all three providers, and connect to any of their networks from your computer, iPad, iPhone, BlackBerry — whatever.

Now all they need to do is add Wi-Fi on the subways and I’ll never go disconnected!

Two Door Cinema Club - What You Know Download here.

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:33:41 -0400

Two Door Cinema Club - What You Know

Download here.

Hot Chip - I Feel Better Watch this video and you’ll never...

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:32:42 -0400

Hot Chip - I Feel Better

Watch this video and you’ll never get it out of your head.

Download here.

Hola Tumblas! Since we’ve been having such amazing weather...

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:19:05 -0400

Hola Tumblas!

Since we’ve been having such amazing weather here in NYC lately, I thought I’d kick off this week’s Free Music Friday with something summer-y…

Enjoy!

She & Him - In The Sun

Download here.

almostscience: Founder of Tumblr, David Karp at a @mktsoc...

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:37:49 -0400

almostscience:

Founder of Tumblr, David Karp at a @mktsoc event!!

THIS IS EPIC. Wish I was there!

Very Hilarious Rant on Social Media Abusers

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 09:32:45 -0400

Very Hilarious Rant on Social Media Abusers:

My friend Stef ~~scolds and rants~~ offers her insights on the 3 types of social media abusers that you should defriend immediately.

Happy Thursday Morning!

GPOYW

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:22:24 -0400

GPOYW

It was my mom’s birthday today but I wasn’t able to...

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:57:07 -0400

It was my mom’s birthday today but I wasn’t able to make it home to see her. So I did what any normal son would do and photoshopped myself into her birthday pictures!

Happy birthday, Mom!

fadingposts: “What are your plans tonight?” Keith asked, “hmm...

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 23:23:32 -0400

members of Harvard Sailing Team & Keith

The Dan Ryan

The Dan Ryan

fadingposts:

“What are your plans tonight?” Keith asked, “hmm nothing planned” I replied. “lol no concerts! I’m shocked. Wanna come to a comedy show with me? My favorite is performing!” “Sure!” So we went to watch Harvard Sailing team and The Dan Ryan at the People’s Improv on 29th and 7th. For those not familiar with Harvard Sailing Team there are a bunch of youtube videos floating around so be sure to watch it. This group consists of 2 girls and 3 guys, who met while studying at NYU Tisch School. One of their skits - which is suggestive of a spoof of conversation Keith and I would have - involved a bunch of too-cool-for-you brooklynite hipster audiophiles discussing their latest digs - “do you know this song, this like really like retro tune, it goes like ‘Happy..birthday..to you, happy birthday..’ it’s like SO addicting. SO underground man!” yeah that’s harvard sailing team for you. Mocking everything and anything. Go watch them live!

Woot! Thanks for the mention, Neha! I had such an amazing time and love your new Tumblr too!

Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to get back to this cool, new song I discovered. It goes “Do you know the Muffin Man?” It’s, like, so underground… in fact, you had to take an escalator down to see their concert.

verymarykate: Extension I always wondered how MK & AO...

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:44:24 -0400

verymarykate:

Extension

I always wondered how MK & AO survived any classes at NYU.

This makes me so happy.