Jason Purdy's Virtual World: Archive

My Favorite Slides from Mary Meeker

There’s been a lot of chatter about Mary Meeker’s 2012 Internet Usage report. It’s quite long, over 112 pages, but here’s the slide that’s got people talking the most. Working in mobile at the AP I know first hand how much spend ad money is spent on print vs mobile, yet the usage is strikingly the opposite. The fact that people are spending more time on...

Jun 1st

If I Was A Venture Capitalist: My List of 17 Hot...

A friend of mine recently graduated from college and asked me where he should apply to work. We talked for a while about what he’s looking for in a company, what he wants to do and the various positives and negatives a company can offer. Venture capitalists are all about finding companies ready to grow, invest money and take equity. I told my friend that if he was interested in taking a pay cut...

May 31st

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Data Storage in the Post-PC World

Last weekend I had the most fun technology conversation I’ve had in a long time. It wasn’t at a local iOS developer meetup or an industry conference. Instead it was with my brotherin-lawwho lives in Boulder, CO who was wondering what computer he should get to replace his 6 year old Toshiba which is on its way out. I tend to get quite a few emails and requests from friends who I am in the mobile...

May 29th

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Ice Cube - It Was A Good Day #ringtone...

One of the best hip hop ringtones for iOS here and android and all others here. Side note: Actual day discovered:http://murkavenue.tumblr.com/post/16553509655/i-found-ice-cubes-good-day

May 28th

Aereo - TV Without the TV

After my wife and I moved out to Brooklyn we “cut the cord”, deciding not to sign for a cable TV service. Although we have an upgraded internet connection through Time Warner that streams Netflix well, we do not have any reliable way to watch live TV. We tried a HD antenna and that worked about as well as you’d expect a $5 product to work. My friend Matt showed me this video which I plan to build...

May 24th

How I Use Email + New iOS Mail Client Sparrow

When it comes to email, I am an adamant ‘inbox zero’ kind of guy. I love knowing how many emails I haven’t read. Whenever I see someone with “Unread: 4,534”, I shiver. How do they ever know if they received new email since the last time they checked? I’ve only had to commit email bankruptcy a few times (basically selecting all email and hitting either marked as read or archive), and those were...

May 22nd

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Mad Men Theme #musicmonday #ringtone

Who watched the episode of mad men last night? Soooo good. Celebrate the next to last season with this ringtone for iOS devices and Android and other phones

May 21st

Click To Text

Everyone generally agrees that iOS is the cleanest, most intuitive mobile platform out there, but that doesn’t mean it is perfect. Do you ever search for an app that you thought you had on my phone and then, upon realizing you hadn’t downloaded yet or previously deleted it, have to close the search, open the app store and search again? Instead, the OS should automatically search in the app store...

May 17th

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Android Fragmentation Visualized

First there was this photo from Hong Kong based Android Development shop Animoca: Just look at all those beautiful Android options. Great for the consumer, horrific to develop and support. I thought that was fun, but this article from OpenSignalMaps is even better. They went through all their logs and noted how many different combinations they’ve seen and then mapped them on everything from...

May 15th

Louis CK - A Sign of The Future of Online Content

I’ve heard of Louis CK before, but never watched any of his standups. His bold move to invest over $200,000 of his own money to produce, edit and more than anything, DISTRIBUTE his latest stand up, was pretty surprising. Perhaps this is old news for the tech folks that usually really this blog, but I was really happy to see this big, bold paragraph from Louis CK directly: To those who...

Apr 24th

Photos = Social...and $1,000,000,000

I love where I work on days like today. AP is the place to be for breaking news, hands down. Upon seeing the breaking news tweet about Instagram being acquired for $1BB for cash and Facebook stock (right before IPO too…nice), I ran downstairs like a child on Christmas, with my air-rifle wrapped present being the background and insight that only these few people know. Everyone was already in a...

Apr 9th

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ATB - First Love #musicmonday #ringtone

One of my favorite ringtones. Also a great alarm too. Soothing and easy listening. iOS and mp3

Apr 9th

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Population Density - World's Population in One...

I love infographics and this one is great. What if all of the world’s 7BB people lived in one city? The physical size of that city would depend on the density in which people lived right? This graphic compares how big that city would if the density was equal to various cities existing today. I love Paris, but surprising NYC isn’t more dense. Must be because of the Bronx, Harlem, etc....

Apr 7th

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All My Ringtones - Now on Gumroad

First off, let me say that I love Gumroad, I’m impressed by their founder Sahil Lavingia, and more than anything, I love their simplicity. I’ve always had a big problem with my ringtones, how to distribute them and more than anything, how to easily upload and host them in a way that’s easy for friends to download. I’ve had servers die, IP issues, and overall hosting content...

Apr 6th

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Average American Budget

More cool infographics today, this time from NPR. I especially like the comparison vs 1949. Amazing how much more we pay in health care, despite all the technology available for simple services. Also transportation is a lot less for me since I live in NYC, but food, drinks and entertainment are more…actually rent should probably just be the entire graph.

Apr 5th

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Infographic on Religion

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Mar 28th

New House, New ISP...Clear? Time Warner?

My wife and I recently moved to Brooklyn and setting up internet was, as always, #1 priority. I loved Verizon Fios and was saddened to hear that our pre-war building didn’t have fiber connections, surprise surprise. Instead my options were DSL or Time Warner cable. I’ve heard horrific things about Time Warner’s customer service, and DSL is just far too slow, so I did some research. If those were...

Mar 22nd

Predictions for the iPad – iPad 2S/HD?

Everyone knows that today’s event is going to be about the iPad but what can we expect? I’ve guessed about past events before, and largely been correct, and I really wish I could be there for this one. Here are a few things off the top of my head: For Sure’s: - Updated display: When the iPhone 4 came out it was one of the best displays I’ve ever seen. Now it’s time to take that to the...

Mar 7th

How To Make an Amazing Sandwich

Step One: Whole wheat bread. Step Two: Cheese Step Three: More Cheese Step Four: Cured meats. I love salami, sopresseta, and coppa. Step Five: Toast it. 350 degrees minimum of 10 minutes. Step Six: Add mayo and mustard. Step Seven: Greens. I like a bit of arugula mixed with spinach. Step Eight: Fried Egg…yes, right in the middle of the sando. Cut it in half and dominate! I dedicate this post to...

Mar 1st

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My iPhone Home Screen Today. I'll admit it, I Sort...

I love my home screen of my iPhone and if your app makes it there, let alone the bottom app bar, you deserve huge kudos. I take these 20 locations very seriously and strive to minimize the number of swipes/taps to launch my most common apps. That said though, once I get my set of apps on the home screen, I’m constantly sorting by color…it just looks cool! There’s the obvious...

Feb 17th

Search App Store/iTunes

Have you ever had someone say, “O man, have you checked out this new app?” and thought, “Ya, I’ve heard of it and I think I downloaded it a few weeks back”. You go to the search area, type in the app name, but it doesn’t show up. It is here I ask Apple a question…when you search through my apps and my music, but don’t find it, why isn’t ‘Search App...

Feb 15th

Feb 14th

Meet The Next Self-Made Internet Billionaire –...

Watch out Mark Cuban, Zuck and those Google guys, Sahil Lavingia is coming. I’ve been following @shl for about a year now and he continues to impress me with his design, vision, hard work and overall awesomeness. I wanted to write about him because he’s a perfect example of what our country needs more of. He had some great opportunities growing up, like having a computer and a stable internet...

Feb 13th

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Feb 12th

John Adams & Declaration of Independence

I started watching the HBO mini-series John Adams last night and was moved to read the Declaration of Independence for the first time in years. What an amazing document, I highly recommend you give it a read again. Here’s a few of my favorite quotes. When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for people to dissolve the political bands…declare the causes to the...

Feb 10th

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Harriet →

Love this app cinegram. Amazingly real gifs. (Taken with http://cinemagr.am)

Feb 10th

Holy Infographics!

If you know me, you know I love me a good infographic. Good design + Cool information = great experience. First off SwissMiss posted the above graphic on average lifespans for various animals. Pretty creative and taken for an even more impressive body of work detailing the history of “ISOTYPE” - The international Systemof Typographic Picture Education…aka, infographics. :) ...

Feb 7th

Mobile Usage from Bit.ly

How cool is this!? Bit.ly analyzed the links shared for the entire year of 2011 by mobile device vs browser. I’m fascinated by the sheer volume of data they were able to process and as their blog points out, the most interesting part of this graph is the mini-peaks and valleys for smart-phones and tablets between 10am-2pm for phones and 4pm-8pm for tablets. It’s like you can see the...

Feb 2nd

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Jan 31st

MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY' →

Ice Cube - Today was a good day. Ringtone here. One of my favorite songs of all time. ALL TIME. And now we know what day that actually way. Thanks Murk! murkavenue: CLUE 1: “went to short dogs house, they was watching Yo MTV RAPS” Yo MTV RAPS first aired: Aug 6th 1988 CLUE 2: Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on: Feb 23 1993 CLUE 3: ”The Lakers beat the Super ...

Jan 27th

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How To: A New Album Every Time You Sync Your...

When I bought my iPhone 4S, I opted for the 16GB model, mostly because I sync my phone a couple times a week clearing photos, videos and other data. I underestimated how much data 1080 HD video takes up and I would suggest future buyers to go for the 32GB upgrade. The other major data source on the phone is of course music. I consider myself a bit of a music hound, getting dozens of new albums a...

Jan 16th

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Nokia Lumia 900: Better than the iPhone (Yes,...

Although I’ve had a Nokia Lumia 900 at work for a few month now, the device is now official after being unveiled at CES this week. I can’t say I’m surprised that it’s getting some pretty great reviews. Hell, even Apple fanboy MG Siegler is getting in on the positive reaction. I used the device around the office as my daily phone for about two weeks and was in love with it...

Jan 11th