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Re: http://trevorowens.tumblr.com/post/3280534905

Cody Brown — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 18:44:42 -0000

My experience with Hackathons is that they are almost always hit or miss. Some are well organized and are fun, some of them make you want to stab brain.

Hackathon's are in many ways similar to 24 or 48 hour film festivals. The expectation is that you won't come out with that great of a film but you'll refine your skills and get to scope other talent. That last part seems like the greatest value, hackathon's are good places to recruit.

Re: Who and What Is Rachel Sterne?

Cody Brown — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:58:15 -0000

Kaboom.

Re: http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/post/2492850124

Cody Brown — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:46:50 -0000

Hells yes.

Re: Is Quora the biggest blogging innovation in 10 years?

Cody Brown — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 16:20:07 -0000

Quora is one of many platforms in the 'structured blogging' space right now. See foursquare, twitter, tumblr, and for my own personal bias: kommons.

Re: http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/11/kommons-launches-quora-like-platform-to-question-public-figures/

Cody Brown — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:13:10 -0000

What's your twitter handle and what problems are you having? We had a bunch of new signups so I don't think there is a general problem.

Re: The Scene Will Kill You

Cody Brown — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:35:49 -0000

Interesting. So it would be like daily deals for vintage pictures of dead birds. I'd like to invest.

Re: Graveyards

Cody Brown — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:27:47 -0000

Foursquare is essentially all of these graveyard ideas rolled into a single application.

Re: The Internet teaches you Ruby-on-Rails

Cody Brown — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:16:36 -0000

You're missing the entire point. Kate isn't saying that she is going to hit a few books and become a genius CTO, she's saying that learning how to code is a better alternative to bitching endlessly about not being able to find a quality technical co-founder.

Re: NSFW: Generation Whine – Why I’m Relieved not to be a Millennial

Cody Brown — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 22:10:59 -0000

Dear Any Millennial Reading This,

Do not spend any time rebutting this whiny blog post. You have better things to do.

Re: http://kommons.tumblr.com/post/1245288700

Cody Brown — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:42:32 -0000

Thanks Drew, we were thinking about experimenting with a time constraint. Lots of potential there.

Re: a live blog

Cody Brown — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 17:10:01 -0000

If TechCrunch is a platform for discussion it is an incredibly awkward one. I can read it but if I want to interact, my only outlet is to "comment" on discussions that someone else is starting or email Arrington and ask if he'd let me start my own. It is trustee style media and it's inherently condescending if I want to go direct and have a live discussion. Gawker and every other popular blog trying to get more value from it's "readers" have this exact same problem. It's best to choose, you are either a platform with users or a media company with readers. Aol has a ton of properties that are these awkward hybrids.

And while they figure out which direction they want to lean, I can just use Quora, Twitter, and Kommons. Which, in Quora's case, is already a much better way to learn about the valley than TechCrunch. Not good at everything TC does yet, but it could be.

Re: http://kommons.tumblr.com/post/1173763701

Cody Brown — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:06:51 -0000

You can dethrone me anyday if you have the numbers. The stats are organized by questions asked then answered in the past 30 days.

Re: Kommons looks to challenge Twitter for trustworthy news in real-time

Cody Brown — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:16:13 -0000

This article is now really inaccurate. We pivoted quite a few times, for an update go to http://kommons.com/questions/3

Re: Kommons looks to challenge Twitter for trustworthy news in real-time

Cody Brown — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:15:42 -0000

This

Re: http://codybrown140plus.tumblr.com/post/1076704651

Cody Brown — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:51:39 -0000

Yes! Bushwick Penthouse > Soho

Re: http://codybrown140plus.tumblr.com/post/1076704651

Cody Brown — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:09:59 -0000

ha. You already have a hacker house in the east village!

Re: http://codybrown140plus.tumblr.com/post/1076704651

Cody Brown — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:09:38 -0000

Awesome! What's your facebook? Housewarming will be in the coming weeks, would love to have you guys over. Especially Sushi.

Re: http://codybrown140plus.tumblr.com/post/1076704651

Cody Brown — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:08:11 -0000

Ha. Photographers have plenty of potential apartments in NYC!

Re: http://codybrown140plus.tumblr.com/post/1076704651

Cody Brown — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:07:36 -0000

Rent will be between $500—$1,000 a month depending on how the rooms are divided. Special price for someone who wants to pitch a tent in the summer on one of our terraces.

Re: http://codybrown140plus.tumblr.com/post/1076704651

Cody Brown — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:06:21 -0000

do it.

Re: Bus In the Hackers: NYC Startup Weekend

Cody Brown — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:27:53 -0000

This needs to happen. Willing to help in whatever way I can. Maybe we can put together a video.

Re: - This is going to be BIG! - Maximum Impact

Cody Brown — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:51:52 -0000

At a certain level the community inside nyc is coming along really well—I think one of the best ways to improve NYC startup culture is to start thinking more about the cities/universities *around NYC*. A post you wrote a while back touched on how recruiters are out-flanking nyc startups at a lot of east coast schools —it's time to correct that in a big way. I forget who was originally telling me this idea but you could do a weekend every semester where you literally *ship in the nerds* for a week-end of talks and partying with NYC startups. Organizing that would be a giant operation but I think you are in a unique position to pull it off.

Re: Observations From Three Days Without Internet

Cody Brown — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:11:28 -0000

You'll never be smart enough to know if the data you're creating in an average foursquare check-in could be valuable in the future.

I initially couldn't stand foursquare because it seemed frivolous (and was also raiding my twitter stream) but that's ultimately what won me over and I think will win more people over. There will be a lot more apps like it to come.

Re: - This is going to be BIG! - Outflanked, Not Outspent: The Real Story of Recruiting for Tech vs Wall St in NYC

Cody Brown — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 12:13:01 -0000

Agreed.

There is a reason systemic change is, you know, difficult.

Organizations like Tech@NYU/HackNY and companies with narratives like Foursquare all help turn the rudder. We need more. And we need it to reach deeper into NYU, Columbia, Fordham, etc.

Re: Can Anyone Replace the Local Beat Reporter? - Ideas Special Report - The Atlantic

Cody Brown — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:25:33 -0000

Was expecting a typical abstract argument after I read this headline but this was perceptive and detailed.

I think it comes down to public leverage, that's what newspapers have historically cultivated and it's one of the only things that can motivate someone in power to answer questions about their work. The example you gave about why a politician in Lynwood would feel compelled to address charges from a newspaper and not an average person is exactly the point. Fear is critical to political discourse.

So in that sense, the question isn't so much about the status of a specific job, it's more about how we ensure there is still robust public leverage. How can we design a tool that makes it easier for a a lampshade maker in in Lynwood to effectively ask their government a question?