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lovely house http://tpr.to/1a34

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:19:13 -0400

lovely house http://tpr.to/1a34

condenasttraveler: Where to See Free, Outdoor Films in NYC |...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:08:33 -0400

condenasttraveler:

Where to See Free, Outdoor Films in NYC | HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival

my favorite place in Central Park @ Conservatory Boat Pond...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:48:35 -0400

my favorite place in Central Park @ Conservatory Boat Pond http://tpr.to/19zn

iOS7 at works

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:00:35 -0400

iOS7 at works

"‎I turn on my computer, I wait impatiently as it connects, I go online and my breath catches in my..."

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:06:55 -0400

“‎I turn on my computer, I wait impatiently as it connects, I go online and my breath catches in my chest until I hear 3 little words. You got mail”

- Meg Ryan from You’ve Got Mail

I tweeted this yesterday. Nice job by foursquare about my...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:34:40 -0400

I tweeted this yesterday. Nice job by foursquare about my checkin history.

Not surprisingly my top place was an icecream shop and sadly my number 2 place was an airport :(

stevekovach: John McCain would be proud.

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:49:56 -0400

stevekovach:

John McCain would be proud.

swtdisposition: #bryantpark #nyc #citylove

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:47:33 -0400

swtdisposition:

#bryantpark #nyc #citylove

My take on CitiBikeNY

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:47:23 -0400

I have been using CitiBikeNY since the first day on May 27th.

In 15 days I have made 22 rides. In most cases the bike ride has replaced a subway run, in some case a cab ride and in others a simple walk. If I keep the same frequency of use, assuming 8 months out of 12 for traveling and bad weather, I am going to ride the bike about 360 times a year, saving about $1,200 as well as getting some exercise. Not bad!

So this is what I like about CitiBikeNY:

(1) bikes are really good: I have tried many of them and the performance is very consistent. Easy to ride, good balance between lightness and reliability, they have lights both in the front and in the rear.

(2) The mobile app is nicely done:

allows citibikers to know which are the closest bike stations and more importantly how many bikes are available at each station in real time

(3) The service platform is very functional too. It shows all your trips, from which I derived the stats above, and expose nice APIs to developers. I expect some interesting apps coming out soon (my friend @fabrygio is currently developing one pretty cool)

There is some room for improvements as well:

- bikers drop off bikes at the station in a “require maintenance” mode; those bikes are not available for riding (until unblocked) but they show up in the app as available at the stations. A couple of times I went to a station but no bike was avialable;

- the web site is a bit clunky; it doesn’t remember the password (it should allow a fb connect or login with twitter);

- customer service is really underwelming: I sent them 2 emails but I never got an answer. 800-number has long waiting time and works during limited hours; no engagement on twitter.

I understand to ramp up this service is very complex, however the start is very promising. I have also read that they are shipping new keys in batches and a long waiting list is out there. We may expect more people on the system with lower availability of bikes.

But definitely it is a fantastic addition to the NYC mass transit system that is making my life easier and healthier

UPDATE: the other day I used the bike for over 30m (actually 44). I haven’t been billed the $4.00 yet. I suspect overtime billing is not ready yet

fastcompany: This week, Apple gave the world its first peek at...

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:26:23 -0400

fastcompany:

This week, Apple gave the world its first peek at iOS 7, the software that will power iPhones and iPads starting later this year.

Helmed by hardware guru Jony Ive, the update will bring the most dramatic visual overhaul of Apple’s mobile OS to date. As expected, it embraces a flat aesthetic that allows for layering based on functionality. For example, you can peek behind icons to see your wall paper. So while the UI may be flat, the UX is anything but.

Just how different is iOS 7 compared to the software we’re running now? Take a look for yourself.

cnnmoneytech: This Tumblr is both brilliant and inevitable.

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:24:34 -0400

cnnmoneytech:

This Tumblr is both brilliant and inevitable.

"There are a thousand “no’s” for every “yes”."

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:17:41 -0400

“There are a thousand “no’s” for every “yes”.”

- Designed by Apple in California (via minimalmac)

sefsar: This, I can appreciate.

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:07:21 -0400

sefsar:

This, I can appreciate.

"Can’t innovate anymore my ass!"

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:24:09 -0400

“Can’t innovate anymore my ass!”

- Phil Schiller at today’s WWDC 2013 Keynote. (via minimalmac)

"There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often,..."

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:59:29 -0400

““There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork. It was even conceivable that they watched everybody all the time. But at any rate they could plug in your wire whenever they wanted to.””

- George Orwell in “1984”

Stunning @giuliarattazzi dominates the scene @morandi (at...

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 12:47:50 -0400

Stunning @giuliarattazzi dominates the scene @morandi (at Morandi)

Brunch under the sun (at Morandi)

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 12:43:59 -0400

Brunch under the sun (at Morandi)

"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither..."

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 14:42:16 -0400

“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety”

- Benjamin Franklin

Conservatives and Bloomberg

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:57:33 -0400

Conservatives hate Mayor Bloomberg, a cosmopolitan billionaire who thinks he knows better than them and has the right to control their lives. Bloomberg wants to take their guns, and, even worse, he wants to take their enormous sodas

parislemon: courtenaybird: Nielsen reported this spring that...

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 08:56:42 -0400

parislemon:

courtenaybird:

Nielsen reported this spring that there are now over 5 million cord cutters in the U.S., up from 3 million in 2007. In these “zero tv” households, almost half were under the age of 35.

(via TechCrunch)

It’s important to note that “zero TV” doesn’t mean these homes don’t have televisions — most do. It simply means they’re not paying for cable.

The graph above clearly illustrates what might be considered a “trend”. Or, to put it another way, winter is coming.