Inside the Envelope

Since my blog is called 'back of the envelope' i thought i'd call this one inside the envelope.

[micropolisnyc]

Disappearing water, pita, beer and bread.

HURRICANE SANDY COMETH.

[brycedotvc]

If you haven’t downloaded the new Timehop app, stop reading and go do that right now.

I’ve been fortunate to have had the app on my homescreen for a while now. It’s been a treat to watch it evolve from something raw and clunky to the beautiful piece of software it is today. I’ve always...

[jwegener]

Love this

[ilovecharts]

Kind of a cool way to look at things

[zachklein]

Of the thousands of projects shared by kids in DIY’s first week, this one is in my top five.

[ilovecharts]

Tea Time

[bijan]

Our latest investment, Timehop - a social time machine

I’m really excited about our latest investment - Timehop. The company announced the investment earlier today. 

I’m completely addicted to my daily emails from the service. And the founders Jonathan and Benny have some exciting things in the works.

My colleague Andrew Parker wrote about our thinking behind this new investment. Give it a read and then go sign up for Timehop.

Love to hear what you think! 

[bijan]

Nicole Thomas, 23, an art director from Brooklyn, said she nearly cried when Timehop reminded her of her good fortune in landing a job last year. Austin Sevener, 26, a survey programmer in Fort Worth, said he hadn’t realized that he had bought his wedding ring on the same day as a lunar eclipse.

Timehop, a New Online Service, Tells You What You Were Doing a Year Ago - NYTimes.com

I love Timehop

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[arainert-deactivated20130102]

Well done.

(via Creative Camera Lens Window Design)

[thefrogman]

[jwegener]

garychou:

joshuanguyen:

strle:

These photosets are srsly almost too much awesome when you add GIFs

I sense that we are gonna need to come up with a new name for this type of storyboarding. Soon.

Epic!

[andrewharper]

[jwegener]

andrewharper:

Commercial GIF // Skittles Ad

Whether it was Skittles themselves or a fan, making this spot into a GIF is perfect. The concept works just as well as a GIF. First an interactive TV spot is cool enough, but making it work on the web without video puts it over the top. 

[bethtucker]

[jwegener]

msg:

These are starting to pop up everywhere and are kinda gross.

NFC devices cant come sooner

thanks for the find bethtucker

[bdotdub]

[jwegener]

bdotdub:

Really awesome (scary?) stuff you can do with video waves

Momentum: Hacker with iPhone take over NY Times Square screens

[jwegener]

Who is your favorite cofounder?

oh come on..

[jwegener]

[apsies]

[jwegener]

apsies:

Workers inspect a caved-in section of a prefectural road in Satte, Saitama Prefecture, after one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in Japan slammed its eastern coast March 11. (Saitama Shimbun/Associated Press/Kyodo News) #

[charlietodd]

[jwegener]

charlietodd:

The nastiest mound of snow left in New York. 27th and 8th.

[jwegener]

WHERE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO VISIT ON YOUR PLANET?

Tokyo!