jared zlotnick

"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody..."

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:13:59 -0500

“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you...

arainert: Nike+ FuelBand - Day in the Life (by nike) Fantastic...

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:10:03 -0500

arainert:

Nike+ FuelBand - Day in the Life (by nike)

Fantastic spot.

Wolff Olins Blog: What separates the best brands from the rest?

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:04:31 -0500

Wolff Olins Blog: What separates the best brands from the rest?: wolffolinsblog: For the last...

longreads: The power of habits in guiding our behavior—and how...

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:00:13 -0500

longreads:

The power of habits in guiding our behavior—and how companies like Target have used customer data to create new buying habits:

There are, however, some brief periods in a person’s life when old routines fall apart and buying habits are suddenly in flux. One of those moments — the moment, really — is right around the birth of a child, when parents are exhausted and overwhelmed and their shopping patterns and brand loyalties are up for grabs. But as Target’s marketers explained to Pole, timing is everything. Because birth records are usually public, the moment a couple have a new baby, they are almost instantaneously barraged with offers and incentives and advertisements from all sorts of companies. Which means that the key is to reach them earlier, before any other retailers know a baby is on the way. Specifically, the marketers said they wanted to send specially designed ads to women in their second trimester, which is when most expectant mothers begin buying all sorts of new things, like prenatal vitamins and maternity clothing. ‘Can you give us a list?’ the marketers asked.

“How Companies Learn Your Secrets.” — Charles Duhigg, New York Times

See more #longreads from Charles Duhigg

awesomepeoplehangingouttogether: Elvis Presley and Muhammad Ali

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:04:19 -0500

awesomepeoplehangingouttogether:

Elvis Presley and Muhammad Ali

Photo

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:03:03 -0500

teamcoco: Galactic’s new album “Carnivale Electricos” doesn’t...

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:01:47 -0500

teamcoco:

Galactic’s new album “Carnivale Electricos” doesn’t come out until next Tuesday, but you can listen to the whole album NOW exclusively on TeamCoco.com and right here on our beloved Tumblr page. Do it for New Orleans!

Bijan Sabet: Take my data

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:47:26 -0500

Bijan Sabet: Take my data: bijan: The Path story continues this week. You can check out all the...

And Then, Suddenly, It Works

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:52:22 -0500

And Then, Suddenly, It Works: parislemon: Chris Dixon: An idea getting tried over and over tends...

Sunset

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:33:37 -0500

Sunset

dpstyles: Okay, so I finally got my Boxee Box w/ Live TV...

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:58:00 -0500

dpstyles:

Okay, so I finally got my Boxee Box w/ Live TV working just the way I want it (using the Time Warner NYC coax built into my apt) (by dpstyles™)

One of my New Years Resolutions from 2011 was to “Quit Cable and help as many people as possible do the same”. This year I’m hosting a SuperBowl party for the 2nd time without cable.

The Boxee TV tuner isn’t shipping this later this month, but I got an early look at it (thx friend at Boxee!) and put together a quick cheatsheet for how to get the most out of the new TV Tuner features.

You can read more on my setup here.

And btw, here are the channels I’m getting via Boxee TV:

2.1 — CBS 2 HD
4.1 — NBC 4 HD
5.1 — FOX 5 HD
7.1 — ABC 7 HD
11.1 — PIX 11 HD
13.1 — PBS 13 HD
27.450 — TBS HD
30.468 — NY1 HD <— surprised to get this in HD!
48.4 — ION
48.11 — NYCTV.LIFE <— these NYCTV channels actually look promising
48.12 — NYCTV.GOV
48.14 — NYCTV.DRIVE (Times Square Cam) <— yes, awesome
49.4 — Fashion News Network <— @chelsa loves it!
64.1 — WOR My9
69.81 — Seems to be all soccer all the time ??? (in Spanish)
111.339 — Al Jazeera <— awesome surprise!

fastcompany: The Obama campaign worked with Square to develop a...

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:51:58 -0500

fastcompany:

The Obama campaign worked with Square to develop a custom-built mobile payment app for Obama For America, and gave Fast Company a first look. The app is currently available to staff and will be available in the Store in the near future. See more->

Photo

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:19:09 -0500

fred-wilson: cool blog. this guy is drawing all the buildings...

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:17:32 -0500

fred-wilson:

cool blog. this guy is drawing all the buildings in NYC.

(via ALL THE BUILDINGS IN NEW YORK: Google Building NYC)

fred-wilson: this is what NYC looks like this...

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:36:07 -0500

fred-wilson:

this is what NYC looks like this morning

didyouevernotice:

(via Rain GIF - Something Cool We Saw Online: Rain, The Website - Esquire)

soundcloud: This happened. Thank you all, you rock.

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:54:49 -0500

soundcloud:

This happened.

Thank you all, you rock.

joshuanguyen: curiositycounts: Exquisite timelapse of day and...

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:13:18 -0500

joshuanguyen:

curiositycounts:

Exquisite timelapse of day and night in Yosemite National Park.

Lots more to explore here.. one of those places I can come back to again and again.

"We know story. However, it’s the ‘telling’ of stories that is becoming ever more complex and ever..."

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:52:05 -0500

““We know story. However, it’s the ‘telling’ of stories that is becoming ever more complex and...

brit: Apple and Google both have app stores, and now we do,...

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:44:10 -0500

brit:

Apple and Google both have app stores, and now we do, too! We’ve curated all of our favorites at apps.hellobrit.com. (Yes, this means it may finally become easier to figure out what all the cool apps are these days.)

Give them a whirl!

npr: The FIRST ever YouTube video. newyorker: Will Robert...

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:59:58 -0500

npr:

The FIRST ever YouTube video.

newyorker:

Will Robert Kyncl and YouTube Revolutionize Television?

On the evening of April 23, 2005, Karim uploaded the first video [above] to YouTube—an eighteen-second clip of him, standing in front of the elephant enclosure at the San Diego Zoo, wearing an ill-fitting hiking jacket. He says, “The cool thing about these guys is that they have really, really, really long trunks, and that’s cool,” smirks a little, and ends with “And that’s pretty much all there is to say.” Civilization would never be the same.

- In this week’s issue: YouTube wants to change the face of television. John Seabrook talks to the two men mapping out the future of TV: http://nyr.kr/yDrODs