May 2012
12 posts
betaworks: a new partnership @betaworks →
Today, we are announcing a partnership with Fictive Kin, the Brooklyn product studio started three years ago by Cameron Koczon. We have watched and been impressed with Fictive Kin for years, as they created the Brooklyn Beta conference, launched apps like Teux Deux and Gimme Bar,…
March 2012
2 posts
The Feature →
marco:
Why we renamed Give Me Something To Read.
“Frankly, the professional experience I have had with TSA has frightened me....”
– gmancasefile: TSA: Fail
February 2012
5 posts
betaworks: forever bellow: betaworks acquires vibe →
betaworks:
There’s no better feeling than falling in love. Last fall, as the Occupy Wall Street movement gathered momentum, we noticed that many of its participants were communicating with one another using an iPhone/Android application called Vibe. We looked at Vibe and we fell in love: here was a simple,…
January 2012
2 posts
Getting the News — Zach Seward
newsme:
(This post is part of News.me’s ongoing series, “Getting the News.” In our efforts to understand everything about social news, we’re reaching out to writers and thinkers we like to ask them how they get their daily news. Read the first post here. See all of the posts, from writers and thinkers like Anil Dash, Khoi Vinh, and Megan Garber, here.)
This week we reached out to Zach Seward,...
December 2011
5 posts
“I will say this for Lowe’s, however (and any other advertisers who may join them...”
– Time’s James Poniewozik. Read the whole thing, pretty please. (via kevinerb)
Longreads: Slate's Dan Kois: My Top 5 Longreads of... →
longreads:
Dan Kois is a senior editor at Slate and a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine. (See his Longreads page here.)
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First of all, I am not even going to bother listing John Jeremiah Sullivan’s Disney World piece because it was obviously the best thing anywhere…
November 2011
6 posts
“Here is what the committee’s failure is expected to mean: The Navy is likely to...”
– Republicans Are Endangering National Security - NYTimes.com
“One of the most unbelievable shifts for Gingrich is his favorability rating...”
– Watch Out Mitt — Gingrich Running Even In Romney Stronghold Of New Hampshire | TPM2012
October 2011
3 posts
News.me: Looking for #7 →
newsme:
News.me is only a few months old as a standalone company. When we spun out of bitly in September and started building out the team, we had some hard decisions to make around hiring philosophy. We looked around at products that we admire - from startups like Instagram and Foursquare all the…
September 2011
7 posts
9 tags
“Steve Auerbach of Bethesda has a different concern: When he’s dozed off for a...”
– Metro stations’ design is appreciated, but lack of signage is not - The Washington Post
Go, dad!
“Reading over this, I sound pretty damned curmudgeonly, so I’d like to...”
– In a blog post about scams (with hundreds of comments about other scams) is this wonderful and spot-on list of a few things in life that aren’t scams.
Ten Scams You Encounter Every Day Altucher Confidential
Gordon Ramsay's Dwarf Porn Double Found Dead In A... →
whitneymcn:
The headline gets you to click through to see what the gimmick is, but a moment later you realize that you’re reading a legitimate, factual article about Gordon Ramsay’s dwarf porn double being found dead in a badger den.
News.me: News.me is all grown up (and now free)! →
newsme:
We’re pleased to announce that News.me has officially spun out of bitly to run as an independent company under betaworks. Here’s what John Borthwick has to say about the change on his blog:
Over the past year, News.me has been incubated within bitly. Today, we’re pleased to announce…
“The phrase “bring home the bacon” comes from the 12th century when a church in...”
– Bacon History - Bacon Wiki
August 2011
5 posts
“Jared said, “When we have clients who are thinking about Flash splash...”
– MarketingSherpa: Uproar over Anti-Flash Intro Survey Results
2 tags
““We welcome today’s news, which demonstrates Google’s deep commitment to...”
– HTC, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson sound off on Google’s Motorola acquisition
Google’s algorithm for generating OEM press quotes needs a bit more randomness.
July 2011
1 post
June 2011
4 posts
