VideoEgg shutting down! - this was in my inbox this morning. I’m not surprised really. Use Viddler….its awesome.
5 months ago
the tumblog of Ari Newman - a dad, entrepreneur, and cyclist in Boulder, CO
Does it get any better than this?
5 months ago
Tagged...
I was tagged by David Duey to list 8 things people may not know about me…
- I’m a 3rd generation San Franciscan and in fact, all 3 generations were born in the same hospital. It was, of course, recently torn down.
- I have extensive burns on my right elbow. Got burned when I was 9 months old in Lake Tahoe when I yanked a coffee percolator cord. Guess I was lucky!
- My middle name is Harris, named after my Dad’s father Harrold whom I never met. He died when he was 44 and my dad was 15. He survived WWII only to come back home and die 15 years later of a heart attack.
- I’m a competitive cyclist and love to ride both road and XC mountain. I love to train and ride hard even though I’m at a “genetic disadvantage” according to the BCSM. This means I work hard but still kinda suck…
- There was some confusion over my given name at birth, and I luckily ended up with “Ari”, named after the lead character in a book by Leon Uris, “Exodus”.
- My wife Leslie and I were set up the old fashioned way, by our parents. It actually worked out and we fell in love and got married. Now we are breeding so look out people!
- I’ve been involved in startups and tech companies since high-school. I’ve worked for or started 10 early stage tech-focused companies since then.
- I’m a closet DJ - used to play in SF all the time but now just play for my friends once in a while. House, progressive house, techno, breaks, etc….and I don’t take requests. Yes, I have played a wedding but it was for a bunch of ravers ;)
Just came across these gloves on WWD and have to say I have run into this problem living here in Colorado and being an iPhone user. We are truly in the digital age when even winter gloves have to be made tech-toy compatible.
5 months ago
Office move
Today will our last day working out of “the bunker” - the Techstars space in downtown Boulder. Partly sad to be leaving the 10 Mbps pipe and the constant entertainment provided by Socialthing!, but pretty excited to be moving to our own space! 6 months agomany, many late nights...
Here I am again in front of the computer after midnight and I guess my bio clock has adjusted because it doesn’t even feel late to me anymore.
We’ve been cranking hard at Filtrbox every day and night for the last two weeks getting ourselves ready (reasonably) for VCIR and the launch of the new site (which is about an hour away!).
Big week for Filtrbox - our 4th hire, new site going up, VCIR pitch, and one more announcement I don’t want to spoil here…
We are having fun too - there is something about working your ass off and seeing the results each day. Reminds me of the JustOn days a bit…
6 months ago
“Google on Wednesday said it has seen 50 times more search requests coming from Apple iPhones than any other mobile handset — a revelation so astonishing that the company originally suspected it had made an error culling its own data.”
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AppleInsider | Google iPhone usage shocks search giant
Note: This is significant for a few reasons. One it confirms a long running suspicion that the gatekeeper to explosive mobile internet usage is the USER EXPERIENCE, not the network or access speed. The fact there is a real browser in there, and google search is the default search engine has a lot to do with it. Jut wait until the 3G phones come out. The other big thing here is that it validates mobile search and mobile commerce will happen as soon as the UX catches up on more platforms.
6 months ago