May 2012
2 posts
Next El Bulli: Adria Inspired Menu for Cancer...
The culinary world wept, and those (including me) who never made it for a meal, took it especially hard when El Bulli closed last summer. Feran Adria’s whimsical and magic meals, which essentially launched molecular gastronomy as a cooking phenomenon, captivated diners and singled out El Bulli as the world’s finest restaurant. This snippet of Anthony Bordain’s visit should give...
April 2012
3 posts
301 Redirects & How to Move Sites Without Losing...
In today’s market, as folks continue to move their websites to content management systems like HubSpot or Wordpress, people rightly tend to fear losing their SEO authority if they are changing their site URL during a rebrand, or consolidating content from multiple URLs. While we explain that this can be avoided through the use of 301 redirects, I had difficulty understanding exactly how this...
Levon Helm Is Laid To Rest →
It’s a sad day for fans of real American music, as another heartbreaking tale of a musical genius, innovator, and towering legend of a golden era of music passes on after a life filled with mistreatment and tragedy relating to his music career and finances. Levon Helm was a master, a bluegrass country rocker who oozed soul and formed the backbone of perhaps the greatest American band of all...
March 2012
3 posts
Afternoon snack 3/7/2012
1 cliff builders bar, 1 banana, 1 glass grapefruit juice. #foodlog
Lunch 3/7/2012
Sushi / Sashimi combo meal (4 pieces nigiri, 8 pieces sashimi), miso soup, small bowl white rice, jasmine tea. #foodlog
Breakfast 3/7/2012
1 popover, 1 cup of coffee w/ cream & sugar. #foodlog
February 2012
5 posts
Jason Shah: Airbnb UX Wins and Losses | How The... →
As a guy desiring to learn more about UI/UX, this was a great read on what AirBNB is doing right and wrong.
jasonshah:
There must be something to learn from the Airbnb user experience.
Airbnb, like many startups following in its path of collaborative consumption or others simply trying to power offline action, have the challenge of earning user trust. While PR, word of mouth, and direct...
2/16/2012 breakfast
Smoothie (flax seed, chia seed, 1 banana, cup of frozen blueberries, 2 heaping tablespoons Greek yogurt, almond milk) #foodlog
2/15/2012 dinner
Double whopper, chocolate Frosty. #foodlog #redalert
Breakfast 2/15/2012 10:00AM
Did yoga at 7:45, had very light practice of meditation and stretching. Ate a banana, 1/2 avocado, 3 picarones with syrup, 2 glasses of OJ, and a cup of tea. #foodlog
December 2011
3 posts
just tristan.: resolutions. →
Bought the book, thanks for the recommendation. I hope to drink not one sip of coffee this year, too!
tristanwalker:
It’s about that time of year.
Last year, on dec 31, I met with my good friend nathan folkman for a cup coffee at cafe barrone in Menlo Park. That was the last cup of coffee I had. I realized I had no real need for it and wanted to see if I could pull off not drinking any coffee...
“All of the buildings and all of the cars were once just a dream in...”
– Peter Gabriel ‘Mercy Street’
November 2011
2 posts
October 2011
2 posts
How Mobile Payments Will Evolve In the Next... →
I’m pretty jazzed on mobile payments, and this is a nice overview of what’s going on in the space. My favorite thing currently happening, though, is over at TheLevelUp - sign up if you haven’t if you’re in Boston, Philly, NYC, or SF.
September 2011
3 posts
TheLevelUp > Groupon
Can’t say enough good things about TheLevelUp from the fine people at SCVNGR. Their take on the daily deal concept has evolved to the point of allowing users to pay with their phones via their app at merchants who use TheLevelUp, and all you have to do to redeem your coupon is go to that merchant and pay as you would normally, and you get your discount.
So, from the perspective of a small...
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August 2011
1 post
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July 2011
6 posts
1 tag
Happiness is a choice. I choose to be happy. I...
it’s the truth, choose the happy.
Rainy Friday Thoughts
There is much good in the world and that is easy for me to see when I am in a good mood. The challenge of life is taking the actions to make myself see these things when I am in a less than good mood. But the rewards are immense - who wants to take days off from feeling good and connected? Not me.
June 2011
7 posts
“Now we will count to twelve
and we will all keep still.
For once on the face...”
– Pablo Neruda ‘Keeping Quiet’
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“Call the roller of big cigars,
The muscular one, and bid him whip
In kitchen...”
– Wallace Stevens ‘The Emperor of Ice Cream’
May 2011
12 posts
Jonathan Franzen in the NYT on love, technology,... →
I loved this Franzen Op-Ed on love and how it is a risk to love, whereas liking and devoting energy to being likable is safe and by turn cowardly. I wish I could say I’m above that, the truth is that I’m not, but it’s something I aspire to devote less energy to. It’s a great and fitting analogy to tie this phenomenon as it plays itself out in contemporary culture through...
“She hears, upon that water without sound,
A voice that cries, ‘The tomb...”
– Wallace Stevens, ‘Sunday Morning’
Book Report: Hard Boiled Wonderland and The End of... →
I was torn on this book, I definitely liked it, but think it is probably my least favorite of the Murakami books I’ve read (Norweigan Wood, The Wind Up Bird Chronicles, and Kafka on the Shore). Some of the stuff was hard to follow, and I drifted between having a picture in my mind of what was going on, and just reading lots of words that (maybe?) were essential to the plot, and not...
My Answer on Quora to why Atheists don't believe... →
Speaking first from my own experience, I was raised Catholic, though not strictly so, then considered myself an atheist for a while, though I don’t really think I knew what that meant at the time. I rejected God for many reasons, mostly because I rejected the Catholic church as I couldn’t abide the pedophilia scandals, particularly close to my home in Boston. Eckhart Tolle ...
@ReallyVirtual Unwittingly Live Tweets Bin Laden... →
April 2011
8 posts
