May 2010
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April 2010
26 posts
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Phosphorescent - The Mermaid Parade
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“Realize that a startup puts you on an emotional rollercoaster unlike anything...”
– Marc Andreessen (via msg / mikehudack / saadiq) (via josephsunga)
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For the past month or so we’ve been on that part of the roller coaster where you’re clicking up the super-steep incline at the beginning, both eagerly anticipating and anxiously dreading what’s on the other...
Feist - 1234 (Sesame Street version)
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NY Times: The National Agenda
With the National, it’s never only rock ’n’ roll. Watching them record a song is like looking on as a group of skilled chefs make a sandwich together; even in a B.L.T., they can foresee endless possibilities.
They are now five men in their mid- to late 30s, with mortgages, children, wives or serious girlfriends and musical tastes that have likewise settled into convictions. Each National song...
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The Avett Brothers - Glory Days (Springsteen)
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Corporate Songs & Anthems →
Today’s journey across the internet led me to the website of a firm that “writes the songs that make the whole company sing.”
Their most recent example is entitled “Blue Box Values” for American Express. Go watch and listen.
Oh, and all you web startups out there, don’t worry if you’re not quite at the stage where you need an anthem. They also do...
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Mumford and Sons - Wagon Wheel (Old Crow Medicine...
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Seattle 2.0 Awards - Best Startup Technologist
I’m a nominee in the Seattle 2.0 Awards’ Best Startup Technologist category.
The description of the category is “Which technologist would you like to be the CTO (and first developer) of your *next* startup?”, and my fellow nominees are quite an impressive list, so it’s really an honor.
Damon Cortesi - Co-founder of Untitled Startup, and several killer twitter apps.
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Anna Waronker - Head Over Heels (Go-Go’s...
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The Kooks - Head Over Heals (orig. by Tears for...
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Big changes coming at TeachStreet
“Since day one, we’ve provided our customers with the best tools and services we could, and offered most of them for free. In order to build on the TeachStreet products and services, produce increasing revenue (so that our business will continue to expand), and attract even more students for our teachers, we’re making the following changes in the coming weeks” - News from our Founder, Dave...
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Black Francis - Wheels
Original by The Flying...
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WatchBand of Horses - Compliments
New Band of Horses!
