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"When people want a native app, they are asking for an app user experience, which is more complex..."

Tue, 08 May 2012 22:18:00 -0400

“When people want a native app, they are asking for an app user experience, which is more complex than the web experience. For instance, users want apps to load immediately. That requires a client side cache, which is inherently more complex than a stateless client. There are no silver bullets to solve essential complexity. Trying to abstract away essential complexity only makes things more complex.”

- Totally agree here

Ben Sandofsky: Shell Apps and Silver Bullets

“Based on my own experience and recent discussions with many of my peers, I think this is a very under appreciated point right now in the startup world. Many web-centric managers and engineering organizations are confronting the “essential complexity” of native app development for the first time since Netscape ushered in an age of lightweight clients, and the response is often to try to force native app development into a familiar web-like mold without regard to the differences inherent in native apps. If you want to develop truly great, Apple-like native experiences, be ready to engage with some serious complexity.”

Scumbag Steve and the Reverse Meme

Fri, 04 May 2012 22:24:02 -0400

Scumbag Steve and the Reverse Meme:

Wish I were at ROFLCon. Since I am not, I just wrote a love letter to Scumbag Steve instead.

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Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:35:37 -0400

"It’s like that moment in high school when you’re an athlete and you find out that all..."

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:07:00 -0400

“It’s like that moment in high school when you’re an athlete and you find out that all the super-drama kids who you assumed weren’t as cool have actually been making out with people since fourth grade. And upon learning that, you want to be just like them. That pretty much sums up all of my feelings on SXSW Interactive.”

- From Grantland. A non-tech-take on SXSWi.

“He thinks…if he made more money all them friggin...

Sun, 04 Mar 2012 23:32:58 -0500

“He thinks…if he made more money all them friggin skanks at the TGI Fridays would go on a date with him.”

YES.

greatlinesunused:

WEEEEE~~~OEOEOEOE~~~lalalallaalalalal~~~OOO~~~WWWHHHH~~~

Hold on … I … am reading … the Weatherman’s mind …

He thinks … Jeremy Piven is the greatest.

He thinks … the black people love him.

He thinks … his sister’s daughter thinks he’s cool … she does not.

He thinks … if he made more money all them friggin skanks at the TGI Fridays would go on a with date him.

He thinks … he’s doing it like you’d wish you could.

collegehumor:

Weatherman has Fun

“When life gives you category four hurricanes, make hurricanade. But seriously, everyone needs to evacuate right now.”

Girl Walk // All Day is Epic: Some Thoughts on the Future of Entertainment

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:52:47 -0500

Girl Walk // All Day is Epic: Some Thoughts on the Future of Entertainment:

Have been meaning to write about G.W.A.D for over two months — enjoy!

todayskicks: Found this gem on Today’s Kicks. Thanks to...

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:40:29 -0500

todayskicks:

Found this gem on Today’s Kicks. Thanks to @asneaks1 for making our day!

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Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:31:50 -0500

msg: courtneylewis: Amazon and Etsy are vast oceans of...

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:19:11 -0500

msg:

courtneylewis:

Amazon and Etsy are vast oceans of ordinary products. But every so often I stumble across beautiful and unexpected finds. With that in mind, I created Tydepool.com to collect them all.

For you Amazon Prime users, this is a great storefront for last minute gifts. Follow the Amazon pool, Etsy pool or both, and please share any recommendations to include.

HEART

what a gorgeous site. curation FTW.

Math doesn't suck, you do.

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:08:29 -0500

Math doesn't suck, you do.:

Moment of inspiration, peoples! As I sit at home forcing my way through a Ruby on Rails textbook (ahem, surfing tha interwebs) I found this gem and got right back to chapter 3.

Starting with: “Sucking at math is like sucking at cooking. I’m tired of eating shitty food because you’re too much of a dipshit to follow a recipe. “

Just.Click.

NYE in Venice Beach. Russian tradition: write your resolution on...

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 03:14:00 -0500

NYE in Venice Beach. Russian tradition: write your resolution on a piece of paper, burn it and drop in your champagne. (Taken with instagram)

want lady version.

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:46:40 -0500

want lady version.

Stumbled on this Jeffrey Katzenberg memo from 1991. Interesting,...

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:16:31 -0500

Stumbled on this Jeffrey Katzenberg memo from 1991. Interesting, especially re: ongoing SOPA debate…seems like Hollywood always thinks the sky is falling?

Read the whole thing here.

"The ethos of the Internet is that everyone should have the freedom to connect, to innovate, to..."

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:15:45 -0500

“The ethos of the Internet is that everyone should have the freedom to connect, to innovate, to program, without asking permission. No one can know the whole of the network, and by design it cannot be centrally controlled.”

- From Joi Ito’s awesome essay in the Times.

oats: Reblog to donate $5 to Archive.org — I (oats) will donate...

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:05:57 -0500

oats:

Reblog to donate $5 to Archive.org — I (oats) will donate $5 for each reblog of this picture and the complete message below up to $1,500 to the Internet Archive. (sponsored by my side project Airborne LCDs)

Relevant Links: must include with your reblog!

About the Internet Archive

First Tumblr Home Page saved on the Internet Archive from 5 Jan 2007

sponsor FLIR Star SAFIRE and L-3 WESCAM and Avalex

More Information (why I’m doing this, reblog status, etc)

Wikipedia Page on Internet Archive

#1 Party School | This American Life

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:34:42 -0500

#1 Party School | This American Life:

rickyv:

With Penn State in the national spotlight, it’s a good time to revisit one of the best This American Life episodes ever.

New App: Today's Kicks

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:08:39 -0400

New App: Today’s Kicks

I am super pumped to announce a new app today: Today’s Kicks.

First, get it at the app store.

This app was a collaboration between a bunch of amazing New York City startup people, and I am most proud of it specifically for that reason. The group includes: Eric Friedman (foursquare), Phin Barnes (First Round), Brian Kalma (fmr. Zappos), Rebecca Zhou (TechStars Design Genius) and the ever-talented Jason Gavris (my co-founder).

I have been super bullish on Twitter since I signed up in late 2008, and have wanted to contribute to the ecosystem in a new and interesting way ever since. There are tons of great clients out there, but using the Twitter ecosystem to foster niche communities is something that hasn’t been explored too deeply.

The #todayskicks hashtag has been around since 2007 (thanks Phin for starting it) and has remained a loosely organized movement ever since, with a steady 200 or so people posting photos of their kicks every single day.

We wondered - is there a way, potentially, to take advantage of Twitter’s deep integration with iOS5 to deepen and strengthen the ties within the #todayskicks community? Or any community? We say yes.

The reason why I personally was so keen to build something like this is because there are *also* plenty of interesting opportunities here re: mobile commerce. Don’t worry…”BUY THESE KICKS” button is in the works.

It has been a super fun experience and I am exited to hear your feedback, or at the *very* least, see some of your best kicks.

Download link: http://bit.ly/todayskicks

Today's Kicks: The App

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:47:34 -0400

Our new app, Today’s Kicks, drops in the app store today - check it out!

todayskicks:

Launch day! We are pumped to share Today’s Kicks with you.

Today’s Kicks is an iPhone app and website that shows off amazing kicks from people around the world - post a photo to twitter with the tag #todayskicks and it will be automatically added to Today’s Kicks.

Tell us what you think, but more importantly, show us your kicks…

"The Ethereal Weirdo appears a lot in movies, but nowhere else. If she were from real life, people..."

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:01:37 -0400

“The Ethereal Weirdo appears a lot in movies, but nowhere else. If she were from real life, people would think she was a homeless woman and would cross the street to avoid her.”

- thanks to The New Yorker for this

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Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:26:14 -0400