May 2013
1 post
Jason Shah: Why I'm Excited about The Gov Lab →
Jason has written a really interesting post about what happened two weeks ago at the 1st GovLab Experiment. I have some personal blogging to do myself, but I’m a co-founder of GovLab and co-creator of The Experiment.
jasonshah:
Earlier this month, I attended The Gov Lab Experiment. Led by Beth Noveck, Manik Suri, Aaron Cohen and an army of changemakers in New York, The Governance Lab at...
February 2013
2 posts
“In the early days of the Obama administration, you predicted that internet...”
– Tim O’Reilly in Wired UK
NYU's Spatial Relations Problems
For the past two weeks, I’ve been sitting at Fair Folks and A Goat a member based coffee house on Houston. The furniture is modestly comfortable, the coffee is unlimited and excellent, and the bandwidth works reasonably well.
The space is very beautiful and everything in it is for sale. It can be quiet, loud, warm, and chilly, but all of it is better than NYU offices.
Right now,...
January 2013
3 posts
Emptyage: Generation X Doesn't Want to Hear It →
Earlier generations have weathered recessions, of course; this stall we’re in has the look of something nastier. Social Security and Medicare are going to be diminished, at best. Hours worked are up even as hiring staggers along: Blood from a stone looks to be the normal order of things “going…
Hackers Try to Fix American Government
Tuesday in Washington DC I discovered a federal government in transformation. After an Orwellian walk through the 12 foot wide hallway with the obligatory dimly lit fluorescent hallways, we turned the corner to find a digital agency’s workspace. Rolling tables could be configured for meetings of 2 to 50. Matching white boards of different shapes encircled us. Nearby, an overflowing toy box of...
BraceLand: Silicon Valley's Problem →
cbracy:
I posted something on Twitter the other day that got a bunch of attention, and I realized I wanted to clarify what I meant. Here’s what I wrote: “Silicon Valley’s problem in a nutshell: crazed about Instagram’s ToS, not a peep about FISA reauthorization.” I meant to capture something…
November 2012
1 post
USA Short 102412 →
nothing more in an election year than @marymeeker and her usainc slides
October 2012
1 post
Life advice from Eric Hippeau and Paul Berry
On October 10th, I interviewed Lerer Ventures Partner Eric Hippeau for our series at NYU Inside the Internet Garage. We’ll post the edited video this coming week. Eric was asked a question by a student about how to manage one’s career and life and I wanted to share his answer with you. I can only paraphrase what he said. ”If you are unhappy somewhere you should leave that place....
July 2012
8 posts
Larry Lessig's stunning talk short talk on Money...
Remains a great intellectual hero of mine. Here he is rounding into form.
Larry Lessig: I’m a little hesitant to speak because there’s a lot of teachers of mine in this room, on the Internet and of other subjects, like economics. But the teacher of this for me is Jim Cooper, who has been in Congress, he is one of the youngest members elected in the history of Congress and as old as he is...
Fred Wilson @HackingSociety
Summary: do networks, Tumblr, Twitter, Craigslist have to maintain minimum economics to create long term sustainability:
Fred Wilson: Brett, I want to talking about the economics of networks and one of the things I have observed over the years and I don’t know if it’s correct or not but I want to throw out just to discuss a little bit regarding economics is that the sustainable...
John Perry Barlow @ Hacking Society
I think this next quote really has significant implications for understanding Internet History. I think what Barlow is saying that Facebook and Google are more democratic because of how much their employees are living with the services themselves.
Quick thing, they may not Something I think is really worth considering. This is a heterodox view. I recently realized I visited Facebook and...
“think that the notion that networks replace institutions is incredibly naive....”
– @timoreilly at Hacking Society
“Yeah. Yancy from Kickstarter. I mean, maybe what’s happening right now is...”
– @yanceystrickler CEO of Kickstarter
Hacker Society John Perry Barlow
John Perry Barlow: Let me say something quickly, and then I’ll shut up. Well, for awhile. Years ago, I was addressing a bunch of bank CEO’s, major bankers, several members of the Federal Reserve Board, and I asked them if they had a minute to decide whether they would give up all of their assets, public and private, I mean, corporate and personal, and all of their relationships, which...
June 2012
1 post
Classic mismanagement story →
One three-hour meeting in March stands out to several staffers as the moment they realized GOOD’s days as a traditional publication were probably numbered. That’s when the owners presented their most thorough refinement of their ideas. At the end of the presentation they showed a slide with an org chart, and Greenwell wasn’t on it. “I burst out laughing and said, ‘Max, I’m not on there,’ ”...
May 2012
1 post
Congrats to Buddy Media from a Distant Observer
5 years ago a close banker friend of mine introduced me to an energetic second time entrepreneur named Mike Lazerow. Mike had started a golf internet business and sold it to Time Inc, but was embarking on a new ambitious idea to become the online currency of Facebook. As I recall the early vision for Buddy Media, they would be a version of what Paypal was to Ebay. I think there was something...
April 2012
4 posts
Jay Walker Founder of Priceline comes to NYU
Limited tickets are available.
“A moment from David Kirkpatricks’ The Facebook Effect that made me think...”
– The hoodied boys turned out to be Facebook founders Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskowitz and some interns.
Guess I’ll never look at a hoodie the same way again.
March 2012
4 posts
Tumblr's Historical Moment and the Rise of Media...
David Karp, the founder of Tumblr, dropped by NYU to chat with the students of Rise of Interent Media on Tuesday Night. He and his new editor-in-chief Christopher Mohney spoke for 75 minutes about their backgrounds and the past/present/future of the 95-person startup.
David’s visit catalyzed this essay — an attempt to define the epochs of digital social media.
For David, tumblr...
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Simmons on the Knicks so good
19. Carmelo Anthony Dear New York Knicks fans,
I know you’re a little testy right now because Linsanity was so much fun, and now it’s not as much fun. I know it’s easy to redirect your anger and angst at someone whose name rhymes with “Bardello.” Just remember …
A. Your team is struggling because its schedule got tougher post-Linsanity, and because you have a...
February 2012
2 posts
Content Everywhere, But Not A Drop To Drink
parislemon:
This morning, I woke up and read Nick Bilton’s weekly New York Times’ column. Nick is a friend and one of the best bloggers/writers/journalists out there. But with today’s column, he was way off base.
Having already said what I wanted to say about the Path situation, I debated if I should weigh in again. Then I read Nick’s column again. There’s a way to say what he wants to say,...
The Rise of Internet Media: Clean Dictionary →
This was done by A student in my NYU class: The Rise of Internet Media.
nethistory2012:
I thought I’d start our class tumblr off with a project that my partner Charles and I just launched in beta today: cleandictionary.com
Clean Dictionary was already well on its way to completion by last Tuesday’s class, but some of the ideas we discussed helped influence and sharpen…
January 2012
5 posts
The 2011-12 NBA season has been entertaining, but... →
“I don’t think nostalgia is a healthy modality. But nostalgia and a sense...”
– William Gibson in TheVerge
Mike and the Mad Dog Afficonadoes Rejoice
From Bill Simmons’ weekend mailbag:
Q: I was watching a shortened Mike Francesa show on YES today. Giants fans only wanted to talk about the blown call on Greg Jennings’ fumble. Mike went on to use the phrase “under the hood” a ridiculous amount of times over the next hour to describe the action of the ref looking at the replay. I finished watching the show but it was...
amazing infographic on facebook
Created by: Accounting Degree Online
December 2011
1 post
November 2011
3 posts
An Aaron Dispatch
I’m having a day where my mind can’t keep up with my typing. I need to bullet point it out.
@eisenberg’s this am I listened to an NPR podcast about a woman in Wheaton, IL who lost a good 75k enviromental mgmt job and now works at Target for minimum wage. She’s 45 and doesn’t know what to do and sounded smart.
#Occupy has all kinds of challengers and supporters....
How I'm working on my film
I’m getting ready to launch my Kickstarter campaign for the Aaron Cohens. This morning, I realized I spend very little time sharing what has influenced me during the writing and production process. So here are a handful of creative products that are influencing me.
Before I was 20, 4 films had a huge influence on how my sense of humor developed. You should check them all out: Annie...
October 2011
2 posts
Emptyage: Generation X Doesn't Want to Hear It →
Earlier generations have weathered recessions, of course; this stall we’re in has the look of something nastier. Social Security and Medicare are going to be diminished, at best. Hours worked are up even as hiring staggers along: Blood from a stone looks to be the normal order of things “going…
The Jeffersonian Steve Jobs
18 Months ago, I bought an IPAD at the Apple store on 14th and 9th and raced to catch an Amtrak to DC. Acela’s wifi was acceptable and I managed to download a few goodies onto my new device as well as play with Ibooks and other native applications.
By the time I arrived at my mother’s hospital room, I had already made my first purchase —Predictably Irrational — with...
September 2011
3 posts
National Debt Infographic
I love Bill Simmons and his take on NBA Lockout →
If I showed this line to Colts fans six weeks ago and said, “This will be the line for your Week 2 game against the Browns,” they would have asked things like, “Are the Browns about to trade a 2012 third-round pick for Michael Vick, LeSean McCoy and DeSean Jackson?” and “Did our entire team get malaria?” Speaking of catastrophes, I’m launching a new...
Grantland is so good. Barnwell is amazing. →
Romocalypse
You saw what happened in the Cowboys-Jets game on Sunday night. For the sake of Cowboys fans with heart problems, we don’t need to rehash it. What is worth noting, though, is the specific height from which the Cowboys fell. To measure that, we can use the win probability charts created by Brian Burke at his Advanced NFL Stats site. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the...
August 2011
3 posts
Allen Paltrow: My Experience with Jobs and Apple →
allenpaltrow:
Update: I have appended this follow-up.
Growing up I was a huge apple fan-boy (fine, still am.) The first NY apple store in Soho opening was probably the coolest thing that happened to me between the ages 6 and 12. For a while I would spend almost every weekend there. Every year for halloween…
Meet the Next 63 Y Combinator Start-ups - Liz... →
When you read the list of startups coming through Ycombinator it is absolutely amazing to me that none of them appear to focus on reinventing the not really disrupted film business.
What conclusions can we draw?
1. Ycombinator doesn’t like movie/tv related startups?
2. Today’s brilliant young engineers don’t care about the movie business?
3. I’m a contrarian.
4....
“With the rapid development of new tools and services, maturing social networks...”
– Facing the Music - movieScope Magazine | movieScope Magazine
July 2011
2 posts
Why is Turntable.fm is so great?
Of course, I don’t know. Here are my thoughts But first my qualifications:
I don’t listen to tons of music
Have not been to pandora or last.fm in 2011
Have a MOG subscription, but think i will cancel
Put tons of music in my queue, but have done nothing with it
Don’t know how to dj.
Here are my thoughts:
simplicity. First list rooms, choose one, done.
facebook connect....
June 2011
2 posts
“What do you do when you see a great shot in tennis? There should be a taxonomy...”
– Dog Days of Wimbledon: Brian Phillips on the Roger Federer-Adrian Mannarino match - Grantland
“I distinctly remember switching from AltaVista to Google back in 2000 in no...”
– Coding Horror: Performance is a Feature (via bijan) Such a simple lesson. How do do a better job remembering it?
May 2011
4 posts
http://www.focusfeatures.com/video/beginners_traile... →
This new Mike Films film looks very good.
