Avi organized an event called Code & Beats in New York City when I happened to be visiting. The gist of it was a dance party with DJs and workstations for ‘hardcore coders’ to set up shop and work to the music. The twist was that the coders’ laptops were hooked up to monitors that [...]

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I met Tony at New Work City, a coworking space in Manhattan he helped found. Whitney Hess, a member, suggested I swing by, but it wasn’t until September, when Mark Burstiner actually dragged me in, that I got a chance to check it out.
On my second visit to NWC, I didn’t have any friends with [...]

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I’m visiting NYC again for the holidays! I’m not taking any days off from work, other than company observed holidays. Due to availability of reward travel dates (I booked this trip using my miles), I had to fly out in between work days. Red-eye FTW!
The thought of a long red-eye flight doesn’t really bother me. [...]

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Mascha and I connected via Twitter & Facebook — she promised to stalk me when she found out I liked to go snowboarding. Unfortunately, she soon discovered that I was merely a casual snowboarder, going once or twice a season, if that. As part of Secret Sauce Labs, Mascha helped build a social network for [...]

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Andrew is an awesome developer, and a multilingual one at that. I met him at SXSW in 2008. At the time, he was the CTO of Carrot Creative, which led to my introduction to Mike Germano.
It’s hard to say exactly how he’s going to hit it big, but it’s just a matter of time before [...]

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