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June 2010
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Summer Update!
So everyone keeps asking me what I’m doing now that I’ve finished my master’s degree. Here’s a real general recap of what I’ve got going on:
Working on a new social networking project / business
Working on a charity project (a geeky one)
Continuing to work with a buddy on his finance blog
Working on my old site: PrintingChoice.com
Writing for Mashable and...
May 2010
1 post
“Well good luck to us then.
We’re either huge idiots,
or medium sized...”
– As quoted by my business partner, Dave, as we discussed how we both turned down fame and fortune (ok, just full time jobs) in favor of our new venture. Good luck to us indeed!
April 2010
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Update 4/18/2010
Lots of crazy stuff happening lately.
Kristen graduated last week, which was awesome! Her hair model walked the catwalk with her enormous hair, of which Kristen hand sewed extensions. Pretty rad!
I got a story on the front page of FastCompany.com (now at http://www.fastcompany.com/1619551/four-square-party-dennis-crowley-new-york) all weekend. Apparently I just missed bumping into Ashton Kutcher...
February 2010
2 posts
Rant of the Week
Top 3 Kinds of People Who Shouldn’t Ride the Subway:
1. People with luggage (You just dropped $500 on a plane ticket. Freaking pay $5 more for a cab!)
2. People who bodily hold the doors open while their idiot friend tries to work the card reader machine at the station. (The next train is coming in 3 minutes, dude! Knock it off!)
3. People who smell like poop. (There seems to be a...
January 2010
34 posts
shanesnow: RT @tkiladze: "This is not a natural... →
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shanesnow: #castle continues to be the best crime... →
shanesnow: RT @mashable 6 Foursquare Apps We'd... →
shanesnow: Joker kickflips over Batman. Awesome.... →
shanesnow: Vampire Venn Diagrams:... →
shanesnow: my site http://scordit.com just got an... →
got a call from a college buddy asking if I still had the UFO picture he snapped 1 time. here’s the pic if you wanna see http://ow.ly/i/ilk
wow i forgot how much i loved Cobra Starship’s old album. had me dancing like an idiot in the middle of 3rd avenue a few min ago…
Just finished a good 10 hours of writing, interspersed by two pizza slice runs!
Wo! RT @lavrusik: Facebook just got its own VitaminWater Flavor called Connect. Seriously. http://bit.ly/66jzxp via @10000words
digging Boxee’s 2-sided remote with QWERTY keyboard. fantastic idea. http://ow.ly/TKN9 #ces
i knew it. those crazy seethru screens from the movies are now real! #ces http://ow.ly/TDlm
just scored: FLStudio 9 Producer Edition http://www.scordit.com/scordit/item/664 Beat-making music production made as easy as it can be. I
beat from tromping all around nyc today
review for those who missed #nytm: winners=presslift & speakertext. wtf award=udorse.
RT @fredwilson: new Vampire Weekend record streaming now at http://vampireweekend.com/ <— i’m digging it over the first album (my comment)
i really really really want this awesome Polar Bear TV! http://ow.ly/T9NK #CES via @gizmodo
#nyc pizza review: Campo on 113th&Bwy. Excellent pie except for the sauce. Too bad that’s crucial. 3 Stars maybe
RT @mashable Foursquare Goes Global: Now You Can Check in From Anywhere http://bit.ly/4RS3HN
RT @mashable 5 Superb Social Media Tools for Musicians http://bit.ly/7I9fho (very useful article)
just saw @mashable’s redesign: I love you guys, but when I saw the new design I said “really? did they actually pay money for this?”
Wow: Proof that Avatar is actually just Pocahontas in 3D: http://digg.com/d31Ebsg
No Smoking. And… http://digg.com/d31EWSK (wtf?)
finished reading The Great Gatsby. Good book + sad ending. Gatsby’s my kind of guy ;)
wishes for: Electro-Harmonix V256 Vocoder Pedal http://www.scordit.com/scordit/item/662 So I can make an array of robot noises on my microph
just found out that an old friend back home drowned while ice fishing. sad. he was a great guy.
fantastic article on why twitter’s not going away: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/weekinreview/03carr.html
this insane crowd here in #nyc makes me want to watch Cloverfield. I’m imagining these ppl all getting eaten by a monster… is that weird?
today’s date is a palindrome! http://faculty.up.edu/ainan/palindrome.html
Thesis!
So for Christmas break I’m spending a good 100% of my life writing my thesis on foursquare.com. It’s a long-form magazine story that I’m planning to publish.
Graduate school is going fantastically, thanks for asking! I’m loving Columbia and New York City. It’s a petri dish for innovation and technology, especially in the media business. Can’t think of a better...
December 2009
3 posts
Just Found This Old TelevisionSky Christmas Comic... →
Part one: http://www.televisionsky.org/2008/12/a-very-merry-christmas-comic/
Part two: http://www.televisionsky.org/2008/12/a-very-merry-christmas-part-2/
November 2009
5 posts
