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Me, New Yorker of The Month?

May 24th, 2007 ·

Complementary vents are my favorite kind on VentBox.
I had to share this one with people:

Ask a New Yorker.com
We invented venting:) Whoever came up with this idea for Ventbox must be a New Yorker….and I would love to make you New Yorker of the month. Kennedy@AskaNewYorker.com

Maybe I’ll be New Yorker of the month, though I’m not [...]

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@ the NY Tech Meetup tonight — Find Me!

May 1st, 2007 ·

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Boy do I have a great post coming up for you all regarding all that I’m seeing in web video trends.
But for now, I wanted to alert you that I’ll be speaking tonight at the infamous gong-show-styled NY Tech Meetup, hosted by Meetup founder Scot Heiferman himself.
There’s still room for more, so sign [...]

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Rotten Apple Store Experience

April 12th, 2007 · 6 Comments

My vent here mostly says it all.
I’m not even stepping foot in an Apple Store today, but I’m already annoyed with them. I wanted to buy a Black MacBook with 2GB RAM and a 160GB hard-drive. That’s two upgrades from the standard configuration, and Apple Stores don’t carry any configurations in stock (I’m glad [...]

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Imitation is the Sincerest Form Of…

March 29th, 2007 ·

I wrote about it on the BricaBox blog…
…but someone on oDesk is asking for a VentBox clone to be made.
We’re blushing over at BricaBox, and applying for the Gig.

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Tags: VentBox · Web Startup

Everybody, meet the new VentBox.com

March 19th, 2007 ·

Well, I figured I’d announce it here on my blog and on the nextNY blog…
VentBox is live and kicking in version 2.0!
Kyle worked his butt off with this new design to get it out the door in time. His contributions to the code base were also invaluable, and we’re excited that he’ll be sticking around… [...]

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Tags: BricaBox · VentBox · nextNY

VentBox Re-Launch

March 18th, 2007 ·

The time is almost here!
We are working around the clock to get the next version of VentBox out to you. While our official re-launch is scheduled for 6pm on Tuesday — we’ll be presenting VentBox to the NY Web 2.0 Social Networking Tech Meetup — but we’ll likely get it live earlier in the day [...]

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Tags: Business · VentBox · cafeBricolage

VentBox looks for designer/UI guru: Our Wish List

February 27th, 2007 ·

I have lots of issues with the VentBox design, in its current state. The biggest problem is that it’s not compelling — as in there’s no harmony between our platform’s vision and our platform’s design, leaving the site feeling dull. Worst of all, it leaves the site’s visitors and users felling confused.
“What’s with this ‘target’ [...]

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Brica What? The Vision Behind VentBox™, BricaBox™, and Social Knitting

February 26th, 2007 ·

You may be surprise to hear us say this, but VentBox™ isn’t at all about venting — it’s about BricaBox™ and the Social Knitting of people and information that’s going on around us.
“Brica What?!” you ask. “Social Knitting?”
“What’s happening now” with the Internet, or as others like to say, “Web 2.0″:
We see that the shining [...]

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Tags: VentBox · Web-trends

VentBox Launch Party

February 14th, 2007 ·

Thanks to everyone who came out to the VentBox party last night.
Check out the recap on the VentBox Blog
Here’s a photo of the nextNY crew that made it. You guys and gals are great!

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MORE SNOW PLEASE

February 14th, 2007 ·

Hey New York People!
Click on the VentButton if you wish there was more than just three inches of snow in NYC right now.
Thanks to Michael for writing this Vent and inspiring the hacked VentButton.

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