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“Some day you will die and
Somehow something’s going to steal your carbon”
- Parting of the sensory by Modest Mouse
I’ve always loved Modest Mouse’s lyrics.
I heard this track on my walk to the office today and had to share it. Pretty simple reminder that life is temporary.
Go get it.
NYC Tech Blood Drive - Round 3
For anyone who’s still wondering if we here at Shelby.tv actually bleed video, or if Myles is really a cyborg, you can get your answer on February 11 when we host the next NYC Tech Blood Drive.
Besides THE CHANCE TO SAVE A LIFE, we’ll be hanging out watching Shelby, talking tech, and maybe even playing a little ping pong once our blood pressure comes back.
So sign up. Seriously. Takes two seconds. Saves a life. Do it.
This time around will be the Valentines Day edition of the NYC Tech Blood Drive. It’s being held on Feb 11, from 11am - 5pm at the ShelbyTV offices, located at 110 E. 23rd Street, 10th floor.
For those have you who don’t know, the blood drive is something I’ve been organizing since Sept 2011, and it’s something I hope to make permanent in the NYC Tech community. I’ve written a blog post on why I started it, and why I think everyone should come out and donate.
It’s really been one of the best things I’ve done over the past few months. It’s great to see all the people who show up and donate. It’s a mix of people I’ve known for a while, and people I’m just meeting for the first time.
It’s a fun day, and once the day is done, it’s a great feeling to give back in whatever way we can. It’s yet another reason why I love the NYC Tech scene, and I hope to be a part of it for a long time.
Relativity of speed
This morning I decided our ugly office door had been an ugly office door for too long. I told Lauren I wanted to paint it black and get a Shelby sign made for it.
By the time I got out of our board meeting, Lauren had a sweet concept for how to lay-out our logos (ours and our officemates). By the time we finished eating and a quick game of ping pong, Vincent had the logos all done up… oh, and he had a friend with a laser cutter who could make us a stencil. Sweet.
Dan finished his day by hitting Home Depot for some supplies we needed and picked me up some paint. An hour later, my hands are covered in paint, but our door is painted black and ready for some sweet logo action tomorrow.
This story in and of itself, isn’t that interesting… but Lauren’s comment to me as I applied the second coat stood out…
“I’m still amazed at how fast we get shit done. At [my old job], there would’ve been a meeting to decide IF we should paint the doors, and THEN what color and so on…”
Lucky for me, I never worked for a big company. I don’t know anything about setting up planning committees. I’ve never had more than one person to ask permission to do something (and they usually just said, “yeah, don’t even ask next time.”)
So for me, this feels pretty normal. For Lauren, it is light-speed (and she loves it). Point is, speed is relative. And sure, I’m talking about painting a door - a trivial decision - but the speed with which we executed was awesome, that’s how it should be in a startup and that’s how we roll when it comes to decision making in general.
This morning, Dan and I took a trip up to Times Square (yes, above 23rd st… really.) to do a quick video shoot of our Shelby pitch on the set of NASDAQ’s Marketsite.
Obviously, we nailed our pitch ;) but not without a few laughs like the photos above.
Test! How many times can you find me in the panorama?
[Panorama taken with 360 Panorama by Occipital. Awesome app.]
I make a dish called “Plantain Lasagna.” It’s pretty tasty if I do say so myself, and last night I finally documented some of the process of building it.
The cool thing about making Plantain Lasagna for others is that it’s usually the only time anyone’s ever had it, so by default, it is “the best Plantain Lasagna you’ve ever had.”
Thanks to my wonderful (read: patient + trusting) guests at dinner last night as well as my fantastic (read: great bartender + pastry chef!) co-hosts Jessica and Brian.
More pics here.
“Welcome to your life/ there’s no turning back… everybody wants to rule the world.”
Seem like appropriate lyrics since it’s TechStars For A Day - in which every entrep is vying for a spot in TechStars, and all of them want to change the world.
I remember being so excited when we went as applicants, but as an alum it is very different. While I love the energy in the room and all the new ideas, I sometimes get tired of being hardcore pitched or pinned into a corner for too long.
So here are some tips for everyone who will be there and entreps who attend events like this in general.
i finally got around to watching this jaw-dropping slow-motion footage. chills. “Biggest Teahupoo Ever” [Original 720p video] on http://shel.tv/yjvJnI
Shelby.tv is going dark to protest SOPA
Last week, when Myles asked the team if we planned to blackout Shelby.tv today, I was proud when everyone around the table said “F*** yeah.”
By now, we’ve all heard about SOPA (booooooooo!). Shelby.tv is joining sites such as Wikipedia and Reddit to protest this dangerous bill, and will go dark tomorrow (January 18th) to show just how sad the web would look under SOPA. (And a world without Shelby is a sad, sad world.)
If SOPA passes, the U.S. Department of Justice and copyright holders could seek court orders against websites that host or link to user-uploaded content that potentially infringes on copyrights, and block those sites from search engine results, ad networks, and more. The bill would also make unauthorized copyrighted content streaming (such as video playback) a crime punishable by up to five years in prison.
If you haven’t done so already, contact your representatives and ask them to keep the web open. Don’t wait any longer.
In solidarity,
Team Shelby
we dominated.
