Since at least some New Yorkers have adopted the name, we think using it will help the public find information that will help them be prepared and safe during the storm – and that’s our goal in communicating during severe weather,” Julie Wood, the mayor’s deputy press secretary and voice behind @NYCMayorsOffice, said in an email. “We know that a lot of New Yorkers get their information via Twitter and that’s why we put information there and on other social media platforms with great frequency during severe weather. We want that information to be searchable and easy to find.
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And New York City is at the core of the phoenix-like rise in US manufacturing. Says Matt: ‘Brooklyn is a really exciting place to be with Maker’s Row, because the makers community is huge here. [The] manufacturing scene doesn’t get as much appreciation as it should in the New York area, but it’s a huge opportunity for us to be stationed here.’
Can MakersRow.com Bring Manufacturing Back to America? (Forbes.com) A New York City success story, via NYCEDC Entrepreneur at Large Steve Rosenbaum. (via nycedc)
Brooklyn!!!
There was blackout in the third quarter last night. Perhaps it represented the still fragile state of New Orleans’ recovery, and the city’s delicate infrastructure. Or maybe the stadium simply blew a fuse with the technological schock-o-thon at halftime. The game itself was pretty good. But the blackout had another meaning to me. It may have featured Destiny’s Child – but it most surely lacked destiny’s children.
“We want our policy to be more end-user-centric and not carrier-centric. That’s where there is a difference in opinion” with carriers and their partners, said a senior FCC official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the proposal is still being considered by the five-member panel.
In reality the pilot of the plane was trained by the U.S. Air Force and was a decorated veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, where she flew aerial refueling missions for transport and reconnaissance aircraft. She has been flying for American Airlines for four years, and is one of that airline’s most experienced 737 pilots.
If there were a grade after F, it would be G. That’s what many riders would give the G train,” said Squadron. “As the Brooklyn and Queens neighborhoods surrounding the G continue to grow, their lifeline must grow with them.
THE REVOLUTION WILL BE A/B TESTED.
When you hear the loudspeaker system announce the next street the bus is stopping at, you have defacto data activists to thank.
…what we’re missing most is sustained engagement with the residents of the city of Chicago. That’s how we can turn mere hacking into real innovation. The magic combination of government, developers, and community members is what we’re after.
if you ever wondered how many Brooklyn-based bookstores it takes to create a one minute make-out scene inside of a bookstore on Girls, the answer is confusingly: two.