02.10.2011 
heyamberrae: marsbot: 2/9/11 foursquare HQ Almost a year ago we were working crazy hours; late nights and weekend, all in preparation for SXSW 2010. The iphone app was getting its first visual overhaul, which was a pretty big deal. We had less than half a million users. There were fewer of us then, in fact I wasn’t even a full time employee yet (I was an art director at Hard Candy Shell). That didn’t happen until March 1st and I didn’t move desks until much later. One Saturday I brought my SLR into the office. It was almost 10pm and I snapped a picture of the guys working and posted it on Flickr.  What followed was a stream of documentation. From late nights, working on the weekends, hand cutting tattoos, being too big for the 5th floor, Tie Tuesdays and our eventual move to the 6th floor. But then something happened. I stopped. As our employees grew  and the material on our walls became more sensitive I stopped snapping photos.  This week I decided to start again.  beautiful moment of reflection. 

heyamberrae:

marsbot:

2/9/11 foursquare HQ

Almost a year ago we were working crazy hours; late nights and weekend, all in preparation for SXSW 2010. The iphone app was getting its first visual overhaul, which was a pretty big deal. We had less than half a million users. There were fewer of us then, in fact I wasn’t even a full time employee yet (I was an art director at Hard Candy Shell). That didn’t happen until March 1st and I didn’t move desks until much later. One Saturday I brought my SLR into the office. It was almost 10pm and I snapped a picture of the guys working and posted it on Flickr. 

What followed was a stream of documentation. From late nights, working on the weekends, hand cutting tattoos, being too big for the 5th floor, Tie Tuesdays and our eventual move to the 6th floor. But then something happened. I stopped. As our employees grew  and the material on our walls became more sensitive I stopped snapping photos. 

This week I decided to start again. 

beautiful moment of reflection. 

foursquare tech nyc startup 
 11.16.2010 
PHOTO & NYC - Hells yeah!  This is my town.

PHOTO & NYC - Hells yeah!  This is my town.

nyc photo inspiration 
 11.9.2010 
NYC officials test-drive car-sharing with Zipcar

NYC officials test-drive car-sharing with Zipcar

entrep zipcar nyc 
 10.12.2010 
Guy-to-girl ratio of every bar and restaurant in NYC/SF

Guy-to-girl ratio of every bar and restaurant in NYC/SF

gender LBS ratio nyc sf dating nightlife mobile 
 10.7.2010 
“Most New Yorkers love pretending [they] live in a very big small town.”
>>New York Is Yours for the Taking
nyc opinion quote 
 10.6.2010 
Lean Startup Machine comes to Chi-town: Nov 5th-7!  Get yo’ tix @ http://chicago.theleanstartupmachine.com/ The Lean Startup Machine is a weekend-long startup competition that conforms to Lean Startup principles, a method of using customer feedback to rapidly iterate your product to reach product/market fit.  See y’all in the Windy City!

Lean Startup Machine comes to Chi-town: Nov 5th-7!  Get yo’ tix @ http://chicago.theleanstartupmachine.com/

The Lean Startup Machine is a weekend-long startup competition that conforms to Lean Startup principles, a method of using customer feedback to rapidly iterate your product to reach product/market fit. 

See y’all in the Windy City!

leanstartupmachine lsm entrep nyc chicago events 
 09.28.2010 

What is it?

CTO School is a seminar series to help techies who find themselves in a technical leadership role at a startup learn some of the skills needed to excel and share experiences .  It is organized by the New York Tech Community and NextNY, Charlie O’Donnell & Jean Barmash. 

When:  The series will run in the Fall of 2010, dates are below next to sessions.  All sessions are 6:30PM - 8:30PM.

Where: AOL Ventures has generously donated space for CTO School. 

770 Broadway, 6th Floor

New York, NY

Who Is This For? This course is meant for somebody who has development experience, and possibly even some team leadership experience who is now working for a web startup in leadership capacity.  You are the technology guy responsible for the product, whether your title is Lead Developer, CTO, or VP Engineering, or “The technical guy”.

Your role is to support the business strategy of your business by formulating and executing technical strategy.

Video Stream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cto-school-fall-2010

(Source: nextny.org)

nyc cto tech entrep 
 09.14.2010 
NYC & ENTREP - Launched by Jonathan Wegener, me and the crew after 54 hours of Startup Weekend lockdown! Want to donate your NYC couch to a hacker?  You can!

NYC & ENTREP - Launched by Jonathan Wegener, me and the crew after 54 hours of Startup Weekend lockdown!

Want to donate your NYC couch to a hacker?  You can!

entrep nyc tech founder startup 
 09.10.2010 
Building-top monster: Brooklyn Griffin

Building-top monster: Brooklyn Griffin

art brooklyn nyc cool 
 09.9.2010 
In New York, you always think that if you try harder, work longer hours, make more money, spend more time at the gym, put more effort into networking, read more books, go to bed earlier, drink less booze, avoid negative people, be less shallow about the whole sex thing, be more supportive to your close friends, eat more vegetables and stop smoking so many damn cigarettes, you will eventually be able pull off that great Miracle Of Miracles i.e. you’ll finally, finally, finally be able to live in Manhattan while simultaneously leading a healthy, productive, emotionally-balanced life.  Ha.

In New York, you always think that if you try harder, work longer hours, make more money, spend more time at the gym, put more effort into networking, read more books, go to bed earlier, drink less booze, avoid negative people, be less shallow about the whole sex thing, be more supportive to your close friends, eat more vegetables and stop smoking so many damn cigarettes, you will eventually be able pull off that great Miracle Of Miracles i.e. you’ll finally, finally, finally be able to live in Manhattan while simultaneously leading a healthy, productive, emotionally-balanced life.

 
Ha.
photo funny gapingvoid truth nyc 
 09.1.2010 

Cell Phones And WiFi Set To Invade NYC’s Subways »

Transit Wireless will have two years to set up technology testing sites in a handful of the city’s 277 underground stations.

nyc innovation tech 
 08.29.2010 
“In New York City, an advertising executive recently handed over her American Express Platinum Card to a homeless Manhattan man after he had asked her for change…”
>>How panhandlers use free credit cards
homeless nyc experiment inspiration 
 08.19.2010 
“There are a lot of developers in New York, but I do think they’re often overshadowed by people who are on the business side. In New York, we have this almost hidden culture of technologists”
>>http://www.observer.com/2010/fighting-number-two
tech vc startups opinion nyc boston 
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