Paulie 1000 (Taken with Instagram at Beacon Hill Pub)

Paulie 1000 (Taken with Instagram at Beacon Hill Pub)

ballershots: Andrew: Look at them. Look at how they… try. Pau: But I thought trying was good? Don’t we want to win? Andrew: Ha! By not trying, we do win. We’ll get shipped off to other cities, away from Kobe, where we can be the best player on the team. And the best part is, we still won’t have to try! Pau: But I love LA. I have a home here. And my medical practice! Besides, you did try tonight. You got a 20-14! Andrew: But a -27! Never give them too much, or they might start liking you. Now if you excuse me, I have some threes to shoot. (pic via 24seconds)

ballershots:

Andrew: Look at them. Look at how they… try.

Pau: But I thought trying was good? Don’t we want to win?

Andrew: Ha! By not trying, we do win. We’ll get shipped off to other cities, away from Kobe, where we can be the best player on the team. And the best part is, we still won’t have to try!

Pau: But I love LA. I have a home here. And my medical practice! Besides, you did try tonight. You got a 20-14!

Andrew: But a -27! Never give them too much, or they might start liking you. Now if you excuse me, I have some threes to shoot.

(pic via 24seconds)

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Steelers Unveil Terrible Towel Wall The Formation of a Nation

Steelers Unveil Terrible Towel Wall

The Formation of a Nation

Cobb Burger (Taken with Instagram at North Street Grille)

Cobb Burger (Taken with Instagram at North Street Grille)

Back Bay Skyline (Taken with Instagram at Longfellow Bridge)

Back Bay Skyline (Taken with Instagram at Longfellow Bridge)

Freshly Painted RunKeeper Wall (Taken with Instagram at RunKeeper)

Freshly Painted RunKeeper Wall (Taken with Instagram at RunKeeper)

Bean Bagging It

Bean Bagging It

fuckyeahmovieposters: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade by Maxime Pecourt

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade by Maxime Pecourt

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SoundCloud & Community

You know when you’re really impressed with someone and you think they’ve reached their impressive quotient, but, they just keep bringing the hits. Those mind-blowing moments that keep you coming back for more.

Like, in Old School, when Frank the Tank takes down the beer bong, constantly demanding, “I’m gonna do one more.”

Then, he goes streaking in the quad.

Then, he beats James Carville in a debate.

 It all culminates with his takedown of Dean Pritchard and recovery of the illusive tape.

This nonstop, awesomeness is something I’ve recently experienced with SoundCloud. In fanboy-ish fashion, I had the ultimate evangelist moment with the company this past weekend in San Francisco. As part of their SoundCloud Heroes program, they flew myself and 8 other passionate SoundClouders out to their US HQs in the Mission District for a weekend of brainstorming, networking and community building.

Beyond loving the actual web/mobile product, their commitment to users is where the real loyalty is fostered. Hearing great presentations by David Noel, Community Evangelist, and other SoundCloud employees, we learned that community is a core function of the company, both from a product strategy and marketing perspective. 

What company, let alone, startup flys out aspiring podcasters and electronic musicians? Yelp, always the gold standard of community development, holds cool local events, but nothing that rivals what SoundCloud pulled off.

The weekend with SC couldn’t have come at a better time for me with my new job as Community Manager with RunKeeper. Already a passionate bunch of fitness buffs, the SoundCloud team provided me with great ideas to energize the RK community and make users even happier.

Mad props to Jane Shin and the rest of the team for a great weekend.

 Check out our sounds from the weekend:

RunKeeper Job!

RunKeeper

Hi guys. I wanted to post a quick note letting everyone know I’ll be joining the RunKeeper team as their new Community Manager. As many of you know, I’m a big fitness nerd and even bigger geek when it comes to consumer web/mobile companies, so, the ability to marry these two passions is something I’m really stoked about.

I’m moving up to Boston this week and will begin work with the RK team on April 16th. In the meantime, join RunKeeper (if you’re not already signed up) and if you are a current RK user, send over suggestions/feedback to improve your experience.

Oh, and congrats to Jason Jacobs, CEO of RunKeeper, as he and his wife welcomed their first child, Tyler Jacobs, into the world late Sunday night! 

Check out these TechCrunch videos to learn more about the RunKeeper product:

http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/01/founder-stories-runkeepers-jacobs-on-his-strategy-for-playing-the-fundraising-chessboard/

http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/02/founder-stories-runkeeper-striving-to-becoming-the-facebook-for-health/