January 2012
6 posts
Watchnytm:
Our protest covered by the Rachel Maddow show yesterday
4 tags
December 2011
3 posts
Watchboycottbigotry:
Pickets swarm Lowe’s for pulling ads off Muslim show
Boycott Lowes. Cowards.
“Let’s remember, Newt famously dumped wife #1 for wife #2 while wife #1 was in...”
– Josh Marshall on Newt Gingrich, back in March of 2011, even before anyone believed Newt could really be a contentant in this race it was just shocking he could be considered for it.
November 2011
1 post
October 2011
4 posts
Promote your open hours with Widgets, Buttons, and...
ohours:
Thanks to feedback from dedicated Ohours members, we’ve created a few tools to help you share your open office hours more easily with your community.
Visit your Ohours widgets page to grab the code for a widget, button, or link to include on your own website, blog, or event. Let us know if you run into any trouble or would like help customizing your widgets.
September 2011
2 posts
“There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody. You built a...”
– Elizabeth Warren, Senate Candidate, MA
2 tags
August 2011
2 posts
Go see DAMN! at Village Cinema East tonight or... →
DAMN! is an AMAZING film all people — especially Internety people — should see that was directed by my good buddy Aaron Fisher-Cohen and about Jimmy McMillan of the Rent is Too Damn High party.
Super well done. Go see it!
The Ohours Blog: The Next Phase for Ohours →
ohours:
Hi Ohours, Friends, Hosts and Attendees!
I wanted to share some exciting news with you today.
Hirelite, the “speed interviewing” platform doing amazing things in the developer job search industry, has acquired Ohours and is now dedicating itself to supporting and growing this incredible…
Announcing that I sold Ohours to Hirelite. Check out the new Ohours — Nathan and...
July 2011
1 post
June 2011
4 posts
The Gong Show: Speed →
thegongshow:
This post is not about a 55 MPH bus or Keanu Reeves (…Bodie!!). Sorry to disappoint.
I used to subscribe to the idea that “speed is a feature.” That aphorism is used to imply that making your web app load and run faster is a competitive advantage, akin to having better features. Now I find that…
Speed is indeed a feature. Milliseconds count.
everything butt art: How The Heck Did Everything... →
everythingbuttart:
Photo from TechCrunch article - How Do You Get Kids To Learn? Have Them Draw Butts On The iPad
In February, after months of locking myself to a desk while collaborating with my fantastic Co-founders Dave Markle (@DaveMarkle) and Alexis Moniello (@AlexisFaye) I felt like I was…
Cool story of making it happen. Brian’s a total hustler and so I’m just jazzed...
May 2011
1 post
Alex's Random Tech Thoughts: Ohours Hosting and... →
alexsrandomtechthoughts:
I’m a really big fan of what Nate Westheimer has done with Ohours.
For those of you that don’t know- Ohours is a platform to host & attend open office hours with interesting people. It can be in a specific location or via skype (still in beta).
I started off by taking a few people’s…
What’s going on in the Ohours community is blowing me away....
April 2011
5 posts
Matchbook: Matchbook Launches! →
matchbookit:
Today, Matchbook is available worldwide in the app store. You can download it here. Matchbook is a dead simple bookmarking application for places like bars, restaurants, and shops. The idea is akin to taking a matchbook from a restaurant or bar so you remember to return to that spot. Lets say…
Have trouble remembering places you want to go eat? Not sure where to write down...
machine text: selecting a random line from a file →
machinetext:
@hilary was experimenting with selecting a random line from a file. there were many excellent contributions to the discussion. here’s my convoluted approach.
dd if=file.txt skip=$(expr $(date +%N) \% $(stat -c “%s” file.txt)) ibs=1 count=200 2>/dev/null | sed -n ‘2{p;q;}’
it uses “dd”…
Ha! Posts like these are why Forrst exists :)
Ohours Review
willdennis:
This site should be called knowledgeparty.com. Not that there’s much partying going on, but this site does indeed rock. I even lined up for seconds at this all you can eat New-York-centric tech networking buffet.
You go online. Sign up for people who you want to talk to. Talk to them with a set time limit. Awesome.
Granted I have yet to do one in person (which is kind of the point...
March 2011
8 posts
Aaron's Life: Launch means Birth: Parent your... →
aaroncohen:
Thanks to Ohours and the time I’ve had between startups, I’ve been meeting with many, many founders who seek insights into youth media, the restaurant space, or the movie industry.
Clearly the flavor of the latest Internet epoch (circa 2009-present) is the platform. Today I met with a…
1 tag
Savage Republicans Want to Starve People on Strike
A group of House Republicans has introduced a bill (H.R. 1135) that, among other reductions to essential welfare programs, denies food stamps to families who have a member on strike.
Seriously?
“Twitter in particular had the tendency to cause social events [at SXSW] to blow...”
– Anti-Social SxSW - Laughing Meme on technology and SXSW. (via thegongshow)
Aaron's Life: Charlie Sheen Doesn't Buy Twitter... →
aaroncohen:
How does Gmail know that I’m interested in growing my followers?
My friend @loukerner and I were talking about his recent explosion earlier today. I said, “Lou, let’s see how much juice you have. Tell people to follow me.”
I go to lunch at Eataly where I run into a woman who knows the…
Aaron has always had follower envy. It makes a good read :)
February 2011
15 posts
MY SXSW OHOURS →
msg:
I’ve set up time slots on OHours for SXSW. If you wanna high five and chat about the future. Sign up!
Cool. Meeting up with people 1-on-1 is going to be stupid-easy this year.
Gmail - Yahoo! MyBlogLog to be discontinued -... →
rafer:
Dear MyBlogLog Customer, You have been identified as a customer of Yahoo! MyBlogLog. We will officially discontinue Yahoo! MyBlogLog effective May 24, 2011. Your agreement with Yahoo!, to the extent that it applies to the Yahoo! MyBlogLog, will terminate on May 24, 2011. After May 24, 2011 your credit card will no longer be charged for premium services on MyBlogLog. We will refund you...
Craft Coffee Blog: CraftCoffee Tasting Boxes →
craftcoffee:
We’re excited to announce our first CraftCoffee Tasting Box!
Over the past few months, we’ve tasted and evaluated dozens of coffees for the CraftCoffee website. As coffee lovers, this process has been a truly rewarding experience. The more you taste, the more you appreciate the incredible…
Sooo cool. Coffee lovers have a new friend.
Amit Avner - bWitty: Welcome Note →
amitavner:
Hello World. My name is Amit. I’m mostly made of water.
I also happen to be the Founder & CEO of a little Internet startup called Taykey, with locations in Israel and New York City. We do cool stuff (or at least we think they are cool) with advertising, social media and real-time trends….
Welcome my friend Amit to Tumblr (and a few months belatedly to NYC)
Hosting my first Ohours
garychou:
I held my first Ohours last Friday.
What did I get out of it?
- Some great blogging tips - The opportunity (and fun) of participating in some product brainstorms - Stories of lessons learned from some entrepreneurs - A ton of great restaurant recommendations that I look forward to trying out.
Thanks to everyone who came out—as someone relatively new to NYC, I genuinely enjoyed...
My First Ohours
reecepacheco:
…
I’m not super successful, nor am I even some sort of expert (yet), but I’ve been in the game long enough to have learned a lesson or two and I can at least help you avoid making the same mistakes I did. Hit me up, it’ll be fun.
That’s right. We have something to learn from everyone.
Office Hours Post Mortem
ohours:
brycedotvc:
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Turns out, I haven’t met all of the awesome people in the world yet and I had a chance to meet 5 more of them over the course of an hour.
…
Read Bryce’s entire post. It’s great!
Office Hours
ohours:
sitarteli:
I don’t completely understand the trend of VCs having office hours - meeting entrepreneurs, etc on a regular basis is what I’m supposed to do all the time, so having a dedicated time for it seems a bit strange. That said, I appreciate that approaching a VC at a networking event or emailing them without an intro is hard for a lot of people (as a self-diagnosed introvert, I...