July 2010
14 posts
“The fact that the Internet never seems to forget is threatening, at an almost...”
– The Web Means the End of Forgetting
WatchThese ladies are great.
Mashups, Markets and Motherhood: XX Combinator →
This weekend, while packing my girls up to go to the Town Park Pool to escape the heat, I had an idea. The more I think about it, the more badly I want it. In the meanwhile, it’s picked up a some steam.
I commented about it to Fred Wilson in an AVC.com comment, who liked it, and then…
I like it!
“Looking attractive, at any age, is just what Frenchwomen do, especially the...”
– Aging Gracefully, the French Way
Hot Potato: HP Presents at the NY Tech Meetup →
On Tuesday night, we presented the latest Hot Potato release to a packed house at the NY Tech Meetup. We had a lot of fun demo’ing our new stuff and had the pleasure of sharing the stage with some amazing NYC startups (Foodspotting, LearnVest, Jetsetter, HowAboutWe, to name a few…
Fun times!
June 2010
24 posts
Hot Potato: Version 2.0.1 of the app is here! →
It’s been an exciting few weeks here at Hot Potato HQ. We pushed out a brand new release that we hope you’re finding easier and more fun to use, and we’ve been hard at work improving the experience and building new features, including a way for you to easily invite friends to join Hot Potato (stay…
HAWT.
Grateful Dead Live at Barton Hall, Cornell... →
yvynyl:
I’m on a Dead kick (again) this morning. Damn this was a great show.
Amen.
Hot Potato: On Hot Potato Awards →
One of the new features that we are really excited about here at HQ is Hot Potato awards. We have only mentioned the awards briefly since launching our new release because we wanted to let you play around and discover them yourself. So now we would like to take a minute to explain more about the…
Love these!
WatchLet’s see that USA goal again.
Hot Potato: The low-down on activity update push... →
With the introduction of sharing your activities with your friends in the latest app, we’ve also introduced a new iPhone push notification type. I’d wanted to write something up explaining it at as we rolled it out but I wasn’t able to pull it off. Here it is, better late than never and hopefully…
Pitchfork Reviews Reviews: what the Pitchfork... →
so i walked into the pitchfork party last night and honestly all of my darkest suspicions about pitchfork were like immediately confirmed. the first thing i noticed was the walls and floors of ceiling were made of stone, the office looked just like a medieval castle or the clubhouse of an ancient…
Ron muthafkin Swanson
parksandrecgifs:
Cdixon Tumblog: Things startups do and don't need →
Things startups do need
Sunny office
Windows that open
Democratically controlled music system
Two forms of internet access
Beer on fridays
EVDO cards
Video game system
Good coffee maker
Proximity to public transportation
Proximity to park
Heating that goes all night
Health care plans…
Digging this list!
Hot Potato: State of the Potato Vol. 2 →
Sup, friendos! First things first, we want to thank all of you for your support and feedback over the past several months. Our goal at Hot Potato is to make it easy to share what you’re doing with friends and connect with others who have similar interests. We’ve been hard at work on some new…
Hi, we're Hot Potato.: Holla, KickBALLAs →
saucy:
So last Friday, we (from left: Will, Lincoln, Saadiq and Vanessa) played some kickball against a bunch of other NYC tech startups. We also discovered that here at Hot Potato we’re kinda awesome at kickball. Who knew?
Good game, V, good game. But did your team win “MOST TEAM SPIRIT” and did the founder of Hot Potato earn “MVP” of all games combined? Nope. Didn’t think so.
OHHHHHH...
WatchConan was amazing last night. My face still hurts from laughing so hard.
“I am 200 feet away from NBC headquarters. 200 feet away. So ladies and gentleman, sit back, relax and enjoy … an incredibly awkward situation.”
(via NY Mag)
May 2010
11 posts
Jean-Ralphio!
parksandrecgifs:
Hell yeah, break it down.
Rejected Jokes: Jean Ralphio Goes Clubbing on... →
Last night, Jean-Ralphio made his sleazy return to Pawnee in a hilarious episode of Parks and Recreation (which featured Rob Lowe and Adam Scott) titled “The Master Plan.” As always, everyone on set was amazing. It was so much fun coming back for a third time. Here are all of Jean-Ralphio’s…
So so good!!
April 2010
5 posts
Matt Langer: Where the ladies at? →
For a brief moment there from about 5pm on Sunday until 10am Monday morning it looked like our entire week would be consumed by chatter about Doree’s tech startup cover story—then Gizmodo disassembled an iPhone and the internet found something else to freak out about (a windfall for me,…