Zimride and John Zimmer (@johnzimmer) featured on the CBS Evening News!

February 2, 2012

Zimride’s cofounder John Zimmer says, like many internet startups these days, his company is using Facebook as its front door .

“When you log onto our service and we require Facebook and you log into 10 other services that require Facebook, it becomes this social layer for the entire Internet,” said Zimmer. “Which makes it really hard for people not to use Facebook.”

Via: CBS Evening News

Just rediscovered one of my favorite SNL commercials

January 30, 2012

Whisk it…whisk it good

January 29, 2012

Whisk it...whisk it good

Stunning photo of fog rolling in over the Hudson with the Greenpeace ship and Circleline peaking through

January 27, 2012

At Pier 59. Click to see fullsize.

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Google Reincarnates Dead Paper Mill as Data Center of Future | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com

January 26, 2012


In February of 2009, Google paid about $52 million for an abandoned paper mill in Hamina, Finland, deciding that the 56-year-old building was the ideal place to build one of the massive computing facilities that serve up its various online services. It’s the ideal metaphor for the internet age.

Read more at: www.wired.com