Updates from Twitter About Me I spend my days at betaworks. In the evenings my wife and I are bossed around by our two lovely daughters. For work-related matters, email me at josh at betaworks. For personal stuff, email me at josh at [my last name].net Media and Links (While there are a few pictures of my kids here, essentially those taken and posted directly from my phone, most of the good photos and videos of my kids appear only on idbit.) Most of my older pictures (some going back decades) are here: Josh Auerbach’s Grove Street albums, with a few at media.auerbach.net. More recently, I’ve started posting photos to my photostream at Flickr. For more information on my professional life, see my LinkedIn profile. You can also find me on Facebook. If you’re looking for Steve Auerbach (my dad), you’ll find him at Comet Sightings. Other people to whom I’m related include the actress Bonnie Swencionis, obesity and hypnobirthing expert Charles Swencionis, counselor and educator Elly Darwin, and PR and marketing expert Alex Auerbach. Tumblr (3.0; @auerbach)http://joshauerbach.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4acks1TDq1qz4cuyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://links.laughingsquid.com/post/23477971804/betaworks">laughingsquid</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/7228869172/in/photostream/">betaworks</a></p> </blockquote>http://joshauerbach.com/post/23490018320http://joshauerbach.com/post/23490018320Mon, 21 May 2012 14:26:44 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m48u5pnQob1qz5fszo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Surprise, free upgrade on a 12-hour #flight. Yay! #selfy / on Instagram <a href="http://instagr.am/p/KyahVgHA_H/">http://instagr.am/p/KyahVgHA_H/</a></p>http://joshauerbach.com/post/23318601822http://joshauerbach.com/post/23318601822Fri, 18 May 2012 20:17:48 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m465niPDQs1qz5fszo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>bitly is gone but not forgotten #betapic / on Instagram <a href="http://instagr.am/p/KuqzFVnA6r/">http://instagr.am/p/KuqzFVnA6r/</a></p>http://joshauerbach.com/post/23227487218http://joshauerbach.com/post/23227487218Thu, 17 May 2012 09:33:18 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4522b3ICx1qz5fszo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Closing down #betaday / on Instagram <a href="http://instagr.am/p/KtJYugHA6h/">http://instagr.am/p/KtJYugHA6h/</a></p>http://joshauerbach.com/post/23192122603http://joshauerbach.com/post/23192122603Wed, 16 May 2012 19:18:11 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m44jsaFfaH1qz5fszo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Borthwick kicks off #betaday / on Instagram <a href="http://instagr.am/p/Ksc6YZnA4d/">http://instagr.am/p/Ksc6YZnA4d/</a></p>http://joshauerbach.com/post/23170104152http://joshauerbach.com/post/23170104152Wed, 16 May 2012 12:43:22 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m44js76yKS1qz5fszo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Unnamed man at undisclosed location #betaday / on Instagram <a href="http://instagr.am/p/Ksc2yFHA4b/">http://instagr.am/p/Ksc2yFHA4b/</a></p>http://joshauerbach.com/post/23170102077http://joshauerbach.com/post/23170102077Wed, 16 May 2012 12:43:19 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m449nniH8R1qz5fszo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Getting ready for #betaday / on Instagram <a href="http://instagr.am/p/KsEB2znA_8/">http://instagr.am/p/KsEB2znA_8/</a></p>http://joshauerbach.com/post/23163096493http://joshauerbach.com/post/23163096493Wed, 16 May 2012 09:04:35 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m42tii5FOA1qz5fszo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>You can never have enough adapters #betaday / on Instagram <a href="http://instagr.am/p/KqDG0vnAx1/">http://instagr.am/p/KqDG0vnAx1/</a></p>http://joshauerbach.com/post/23112407680http://joshauerbach.com/post/23112407680Tue, 15 May 2012 14:18:18 -0400<a href="http://blog.betaworks.com/post/23110888829/a-new-partnership-betaworks">betaworks: a new partnership @betaworks</a>: <p><blockquote> <div> <div>Today, we are announcing a partnership with <a href="http://fictivekin.com/">Fictive Kin</a>, the Brooklyn product studio started three years ago by <a href="http://blog.fictivecameron.com/">Cameron Koczon</a>. We have watched and been impressed with Fictive Kin for years, as they created the <a href="http://brooklynbeta.org/">Brooklyn Beta</a> conference, launched apps like <a href="http://teuxdeux.com/">Teux Deux</a> and <a href="https://gimmebar.com/">Gimme Bar</a>,…</div> </div> </blockquote></p>http://joshauerbach.com/post/23111101526http://joshauerbach.com/post/23111101526Tue, 15 May 2012 13:46:19 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3wsumcYlu1qz5fszo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>New York City: an inexpensive place to park / on Instagram <a href="http://instagr.am/p/Khq3bvHA5v/">http://instagr.am/p/Khq3bvHA5v/</a></p>http://joshauerbach.com/post/22897617480http://joshauerbach.com/post/22897617480Sat, 12 May 2012 08:18:22 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2a2tnLeSw1r5568mo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2a2tnLeSw1r5568mo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://livelymorgue.tumblr.com/post/22778765299/jan-16-1974-a-scene-for-the-taking-of-pelham">livelymorgue</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Jan. 16, 1974: A scene for “The Taking of Pelham One Two Three” was filmed in an abandoned subway tunnel in Brooklyn. The photo ran with <a href="http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30B16FE35551A7493CBA9178BD95F408785F9&scp=2&sq=filming%20in%20the%20city%20trend%20is%20down%20but%20hope%20is%20up&st=cse">an article</a> later that year about the decline of the film industry in New York, which cited factors including an industry exodus to the West Coast and a “fear of crime in the streets and a disenchantment with the city.” <span class="lm-credit">Photo: Larry C. Morris/The New York Times</span><span class="lm-assetData" data-asset-id-front="100000001408846" data-asset-id-back="100000001408847"></span><span class="lm-tweetBody" data-tweet-body="The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. January 1974 photo from the #LivelyMorgue:"> </span></p> </blockquote>http://joshauerbach.com/post/22787765387http://joshauerbach.com/post/22787765387Thu, 10 May 2012 14:10:35 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3s6ul02gT1qz5fszo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ack! What the hell is on my shoulder? / on Instagram <a href="http://instagr.am/p/KbQpnFHA1y/">http://instagr.am/p/KbQpnFHA1y/</a></p>http://joshauerbach.com/post/22748953882http://joshauerbach.com/post/22748953882Wed, 09 May 2012 20:32:45 -0400<a href="http://www.marco.org/2012/03/22/the-feature">The Feature</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://marco.tumblr.com/19731724972">marco</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Why we renamed Give Me Something To Read.</p> </blockquote>http://joshauerbach.com/post/19732009505http://joshauerbach.com/post/19732009505Thu, 22 Mar 2012 10:34:16 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0gmuee2WX1qz5fszo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We’re all-iPhone-all-the-time now, but I have to agree with Nicole that her <strong>tiny</strong> Panasonic GD55 from years ago was a spectacular phone. She had the pink model, of course.</p>http://joshauerbach.com/post/18843209351http://joshauerbach.com/post/18843209351Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:06:00 -0500“Frankly, the professional experience I have had with TSA has frightened me. Once, when approaching screening for a flight on official FBI business, I showed my badge as I had done for decades in order to bypass screening. (You can be envious, but remember, I was one less person in line.) I was asked for my form which showed that I was armed. I was unarmed on this flight because my ultimate destination was a foreign country. I was told, “Then you have to be screened.” This logic startled me, so I asked, “If I tell you I have a high-powered weapon, you will let me bypass screening, but if I tell you I’m unarmed, then I have to be screened?” The answer? “Yes. Exactly.” Another time, I was bypassing screening (again on official FBI business) with my .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol, and a TSA officer noticed the clip of my pocket knife. “You can’t bring a knife on board,” he said. I looked at him incredulously and asked, “The semi-automatic pistol is okay, but you don’t trust me with a knife?” His response was equal parts predictable and frightening, “But knives are not allowed on the planes.””<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://gmancasefile.blogspot.in/2012/01/tsa-fail.html">gmancasefile: TSA: Fail</a></em>http://joshauerbach.com/post/18524309966http://joshauerbach.com/post/18524309966Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:05:02 -0500<a href="http://blog.betaworks.com/post/18187790301/forever-bellow-betaworks-acquires-vibe">betaworks: forever bellow: betaworks acquires vibe</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blog.betaworks.com/post/18187790301/forever-bellow-betaworks-acquires-vibe">betaworks</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p class="p1">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,…</p> </blockquote>http://joshauerbach.com/post/18188718537http://joshauerbach.com/post/18188718537Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:52:38 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz4sgunf9s1qz5fszo1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>Verizon doesn’t kid around when they promise you a 35 Mbps symmetric connection. Nice!</p>http://joshauerbach.com/post/17319048389http://joshauerbach.com/post/17319048389Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:02:54 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljy9v6RUsc1qf1hl1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>The Lions Mane Jellyfish is the largest jellyfish in the world. They have been swimming in arctic waters since before the dinosaurs (over 650 million years ago) and are among some of the oldest surviving species in the world.</p> <p>The largest can come in at about 6 meters and has tentacles over 50 meters long. Pretty amazing when you think these things have been swimming around for so long.</p> <p>They have hundreds of poisonous tentacles that it used to catch passing by fish. it then slowly drags in it’s prey and eats it. </p> <p>That is terrifying. </p> </blockquote> <p>Holy crap.</p>http://joshauerbach.com/post/17214328094http://joshauerbach.com/post/17214328094Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:10:56 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyqfz2NUy21qz5fszo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>The Work Pyramid</strong></p> <p>(via <a href="http://www.thesefriesaregood.com/articles/this-is-how-you-spend-your-workday/attachment/workpyramid/">workpyramid | These Fries Are Good</a>)</p>http://joshauerbach.com/post/16878924742http://joshauerbach.com/post/16878924742Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:06:38 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyh42qk1y61qz5fszo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://magazine.wesleyan.edu/">WESLEYAN MAGAZINE</a>)</p> <p>Why, what a handsome collection of betaworkers that is!</p>http://joshauerbach.com/post/16591308752http://joshauerbach.com/post/16591308752Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:11:14 -0500