May 2012
3 posts
BRYCE DOT VC: Ten Years of Innovation Highlighted... →
brycedotvc:
On the morning of September 11, 2001 I walked into my living room, flipped on the TV and saw scenes playing out in NYC that I will never forget. Both local stations and cable outlets were a buzz with speculation, stories and facts as they became available. As I drove to my office that morning…
Oldie but a goodie. Very poignant observation of how far technology can come in 10...
April 2012
9 posts
“Even in my darkest haze I always seemed able to post a little “Guess who...”
– Timehop – Revisit Your World from a Year Ago - blog - Pregnant Chicken
Also, another gem:
I’m going to go ahead and assume that these are the kind of guys that would know how to change the picture on my desktop.”
notebook » Blog Archive » More nerd things! →
I found this fun little script on my super old blog: a command that looks at your most frequently used unix commands. Here’s mine:
hgwells:~ benny$ history|awk '{a[$2]++} END{for(i in a){printf "%5d\t%s\n",a[i],i}}'|sort -rn|head
52 coffee
41 gst (git status)
30 cd
29 hlogs (heroku logs)
28 l
28 ga (git add)
26 gd (git diff)
25 httperf
25 gc...
March 2012
9 posts
Tales of Timehop: Now you can post your own... →
talesoftimehop:
Amidst the shuffle of your year-ago life, there are always a few gems. Your first bubble tea. Your eighth martini. A stunning bike ride. An awesome anniversary. A new job. A new friend. A new city. You know what’s good. Here’s the deal: 1. Post the photo, checkin, or status to our…
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parislemon: NUTS! →
parislemon:
Business Insider on January 6, 2011 after OMGPOP’s $10 million Series B:
IS HE NUTS? This Guy Thinks He Can Beat A $5.5 Billion Company With A $10 Million Funding Round
Business Insider today after OMGPOP was purchased for about $200 million by aforementioned $5.5 billion (now public) company,…
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BRYCE DOT VC: SXSW in Ghost Mode →
brycedotvc:
The first time Jonathan and Benny talked to me about turning their side project into their only project they used Mario Kart’s ghost mode as a plausible analogy for one direction the service could go.
If you’ve not seen it, ghost mode let’s you race against a ghostly image of your best…
And if you’re down in SXSW, come see our badass Delorean at 4th & Trinity!
February 2012
14 posts
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Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals →
Laura and I made a trip out to the Morgan Library & Museum a few weekends ago. It’s a cool space where you can explore J. P. Morgan’s personal study and library, and view rare and interesting manuscripts that you’re unlikely to find anywhere else. (Foursquare Checkin / Gallery)
The pieces that were the most surprisingly impressive were the Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals. I...
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Take my data
Holy shit I want to “Like”, +1, retweet, reblog this a million times
bijan (emphasis mine):
The Path story continues this week.
You can check out all the various posts on the subject on Techmeme right now.
The issue is that Path 2.0 had used our personal address book data to find friends that also use Path.
At the highest level, I think that is [sic] a feature - not a bug or a...
“Billions of page visits per month per engineer”
– High Scalability - High Scalability - Tumblr Architecture - 15 Billion Page Views a Month and Harder to Scale than Twitter
“Players don’t usually come out of nowhere. If you can go back and take a look,...”
– Kobe Bryant on Jeremy Lin (via garychou)
Look at his harvard stats!!
Gary Chou: Small Sample Size Case Study of the... →
richardschang:
In his last three games, Jeremy Lin has averaged 25.3 points and 8.3 assists in leading the Knicks to three wins. This is what Stephen A. Smith, an NBA commentator, said when asked if he’s buying into Linsanity:
“Not yet, I’ve got to wait and see,” he said, very stoically,…
January 2012
15 posts
Musings of a Digital Nerd: A Motivating Factor,... →
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...
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...
Our latest investment, Timehop - a social time...
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...
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!
best puns on the net
ryangraves:
omg
Timehop resurrects Steve Jobs for a day
cnnmoneytech:
A year ago today, Steve Jobs took a leave of absence from Apple. Obviously, he didn’t get better. Thanks for bumming me out, Timehop! -David
Sorry!
reecepacheco.com: Respect all. Fear none. →
reecepacheco:
This bracelet is from my local gym in my hometown and was given to me by the owner’s nephew (who was hustling everyone in the place one $2 sale at a time. Love it).
The phrase itself isn’t that original, but it stuck with me as we (Shelby.tv) are generally in the midst of a…
Great post by reece. Have to keep your head straight!
“Nicole Thomas, 23, an art director from Brooklyn, said she nearly cried when...”
– Timehop, a New Online Service, Tells You What You Were Doing a Year Ago - NYTimes.com
I love Timehop
(via bijan)
“Our ability to reconstruct the past, to interpret the present, and to construct...”
– Legendary Stanford psychologist Philip Zimbardo in one of 7 essential books on time (via curiositycounts)