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Last night was the first meetup for the New Work City coworking group. If you are not up on the whole coworking idea, basically a few people are trying to rent out shared office space so that different NYC-based freelancers can have a place to work. This space would be affordable and designed so that [...]

So for a few days now Starbucks has been saying that they would have some very big news at noon (EST) today. Before anyone even had a chance to get interested news broke that is was an “everyday blend” of drop coffee.
I’m not a Starbucks fan, but I live in Manhattan, so there is one [...]

It’s no joke…
The first conference designed specifically for widget marketers. A full day of dialogue and productive networking. Case studies, examples, data, insight. An invite-only guest list comprised of the leading agencies, most innovative clients and widget-savvy publishers.
It’s a convention, about widgets. You know, those embeddedable web applications that are popping up all over.
Personally [...]

There are a lot of cool things you can do with RSS once you have a basic understanding of it and a few tools to work with. One of the most capable tools for RSS manipulation and aggregation is Yahoo’s Pipes, which gives users a slick (and easy to use) GUI that can do all [...]

There is no question about it, New Yorkers love their burgers. It’s an odd thing that a city with such refined and diverse tastes has such a huge demand for hamburgers, but the number of establishments based around the burger as well as the amount of attention paid to it is incredible.
The demand for hamburgers, [...]

I just read a great post over at Eater about one unfortune person’s experience at the Waverly Inn. The post was done by a “NYC restaurant professional” who seems very fair, and even liked the food, but clearly felt compelled to write something after experiencing the restaurant’s service. After reading the post, I don’t blame [...]

There is a great picture over at Gothamist (or would that be The Gothamist?) of a Lower East Side building being powerwashed. Normally this would not be newsworthy, but you won’t believe how much grime comes off of this nice yellow brick building.
I really think that this should be some sort of housing law, that [...]