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brycedotvc:

Peep the poster on Zuck’s desk the day Facebook filed their S1.
Right. On.
via TNW

Peep the poster on Zuck’s desk the day Facebook filed their S1.

Right. On.

via TNW

Musings of a Digital Nerd: A Motivating Factor, Nostalgia

Today’s motivating factor wasn’t getting a badge. The motivating factor was this nostalgic moment that last year I did this. It was an awesome feeling… Not only do I feel great about my run, but I am thankful that these tools exist and help remind me that I can do it, that sometimes in life the motivating factor can be just as simple as… me.

— Musings of a Digital Nerd: A Motivating Factor, Nostalgia

Love this post by one of our awesome users. A lot of people ask “why would I ever want to look into the past?”, and this! This is one of the reasons why.

Humans have a naturally short memory and distort the past in different and interesting ways. Simply being reminded where you were ago, and thinking about what you can/have accomplished, and how far you come can be very powerful

BRYCE DOT VC: Our Investment in TimeHop

brycedotvc:

About a year ago, while on a trip to NYC, I had back to back to back meetings at Pastis. For those who know, this isn’t that far out of the ordinary.

What was unusual about this particular morning were the two names that kept surfacing in each of the three meetings- Wegs and Benny….

Been a big fan of Bryce and his writing for a while, so it’s a privilege to be working with him on timehop

Our latest investment, Timehop - a social time machine

bijan:

I’m really excited about our latest investment - Timehop. The company announced the investment earlier today.

I’m completely addicted to my daily emails from the service. And the founders Jonathan and Benny have some exciting things in the works.

My colleague Andrew Parker wrote about our thinking behind this new investment. Give it a read and then go sign up for Timehop.

Love to hear what you think!

It’s ok :)

PS: We’re hiring

The Gong Show: Timehop

thegongshow:

Personal data on the web is growing rapidly. More people are spending a greater percentage of their time social networking (time spent per user on social networking sites has grown over 300% in the last two years). Additionally, there are more people coming online for the first time every day,…

Honored to be working with such an incredible investor!

scanzen:

Winston’s shell. Designer Graham demostrates Winston Churchill’s personal pressure chamber, created to enable him to make high-altitude flights safely. In: Life, 10 Feb 1947.

To protect the precious bulk of Winston Churchill in wartime a special one-man pressure chamber was built for the personal plane which carried him many times across the Atlantic and to Casablanca, Moscow and Yalta. Churchill was warned by his doctors that it was dangerous for a man of his age and physical condition to fly above 8,000 feet. The solution was a pressure chamber complete with ash trays, telephone and an air-circulation system good enough to prevent smoke from the ubiquitous cigar from fogging the atmosphere.

so badass