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On sale now. Be the hipster in your Datacenter.
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PlayOn The Road - Houndmouth
This Louisville group is coming out with their first full length in June. I really like what I’ve heard so far from them.
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summer has begun
Dinner under a clear blue sky at GoogaMooga in Prospect Park last night. -
Friday on Flickr.
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More dumpling exploring on 8th Ave in Brooklyn’s Chinatown (at Kai Feng Fu Dumpling House)
Checking out some 8 Ave Brooklyn Chinatown dumplings (at Great Taste Dumpling)
NEW ALBUM WEEK: One of Us Is the Killer by The Dillinger Escape Plan - Not sure why I wanted till a Saturday to talk about this album as this is clearly the best out of all the new albums I posted. Probably had to do with the fact that the album dropped on Tuesday and I did not have time to give it a proper listen until last night. Whoa, One of Us Is the Killer could very well be the best TDEP album yet.
Most consider this band mathcore, but I just call them an aural assault squad that happens to make tuneful music. Such is the case with the title track, which is one of the more radio-friendly tracks on the album, but it also has some of the best hooks without giving up on intensity. Compared with the first two tracks, you might wonder what is going on giving it is sounds like some groove chill thing. Give it a little while though and things will start to get interesting.
College Is Going Online, Whether We Like It Or Not - Zachary Karabell - The Atlantic (via infoneer-pulse)
Bullshit. Online Ed that is nothing but a talking professor sucks. Great online education costs money too, just in different places.
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I agree with David. Here is what is going to happen, lesser schools will look at online as a money grab by cutting staff while increasing enrollments (class size does not matter so much when its all online). However, the smarter schools will understand the true value of online education and will invest more dollars because online is merely a supplement to a more holistic learning experience, but one that can dramatically improve student performance.
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Chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting…thinking it needs a topping though. Maybe a salted caramel sauce drizzled on top?
Friday night snacks…blueberry streusel bars.
Lookee here…the NYC Chinatown Dumpling Tour is an official event during Internet Week New York. Now you might ask innocently enough what dumplings have to do with the Internet, so instead of taking you out back and smacking some sense into you, I will tell you why dumplings are VITALLY important component of Internet Week:
1) Highlights the growth of collaborative consumption - The dumplings will be overflowing and you may just succumb to Severe Dumpling Satisfaction Overdose. The name of the game on this tour is consumption.
2) You are seeing the benefits of social networking at work - What is more social that walking around Chinatown with red Solo cups, taking in all the sights, and stuffing one’s face full of dumplings in the company of other like-minded techie food enthusiasts? There will be much embarrassing Instagramming.
3) All the dumplings are made using 3D printers - Just kidding, but that would be kind of awesome is a nerdy sort of way. As for drone-controlled killer dumplings, I have no knowledge of that.
4) Dumpling are fun than grumpy cat memes and animated GIFs - This is a scientifically proven fact, so please do not dispute this claim with your so-called “facts”.
5) Our company name Dumplr took its inspiration from Tumblr - David said its all cool. A little known fact is that David was inspired to start Tumblr over a steaming plate of fried dumplings.
So there you have it, you are now REQUIRED to join this tour next Wednesday, May 22nd at 6 PM. Sign up via my posting on Uniiverse.
What Google’s Move Against Spotify Could Mean for Music - Businessweek Gerd adds: totally agree on that (via futuristgerd)
When Netflix offers unlimited streaming of movies and shows across any device for only $7.99 per month, It becomes harder to rationalize Spotify’s price point. Unfortunately, it is the artists that get screwed.
The busiest sector continues to be companies selling software to businesses. Marketing-software maker Marketo Inc., and analytics-software company Tableau Software Inc. priced their IPOs on Thursday night, and are set to begin trading on Friday. Tableau sold more shares, and at a higher price, than expected, according to a person familiar with the sale. Network security firm FireEye Inc. and corporate mobile-device management company Good Technology Corp. have hired banks and could list later this year, said people familiar with their plans. Another considering the leap is utility-software company Opower Inc.
A cluster of advertising-technology firms, including Criteo and YuMe Inc., are also eyeing 2013 listings, people familiar with the situation said.
“Pace Picks Up on Tech IPOs” via The Wall Street Journal
It was a slow start to the year for tech IPO’s, but looks to be heating up now, especially for the B2B enterprise tech companies.
