amir cohen

Blue Bottle Roastery, a coffee shop from San Francisco just opened around the corner from my apartment. It’s delicious!

My redesign of the BustedTees shopping cart launched today! We focused on simplifying the interface and making the checkout process easier to digest. We also added user accounts so users can save their info for speedier checkouts in the future. Many thanks to our developers Joe Burns and Jason Chen and the rest of the BT team for making it all happen. Very excited about this :)

Here’s a preview of the new and old checkout designs.

My footer layout for BustedTees was featured on webdesignerdepot!

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2010/03/how-to-build-a-footer-that-doesn%E2%80%99t-stink/

Playa Chiquita, here I come!

annnna:

johnzanussi:

streeter:

That’s right, we’re launching TWO new Tumblrs today!

1. HardlyWorking.com - A place to watch Hardly Workings and get HW-specific news and info.

2.The CH Staff Blog, at Blog.CollegeHumor.com.  A place for the CH staff to post funny things we find throughout the day.  Also, we’ll post about jobs and internships here so follow if you’re interested in getting info like that.

This is what I was working on a few weeks ago. The themes were designed by Anna and I coded them and got them all set up on Tumblr.

Yay for designing stuff!

Very excited for these new sites. Good work team!

brieflynoted:

hipsterdiet:

Hot Chip - I Feel Better

Stream the new album here.

Been listening to this all day. Love it!

This song is making me dance in my seat at work.

adamgotterer:

johnzanussi:

SURFBANG.com is something I’ve been working on in my free time for almost six months and today I am officially launching it to the world. It is mainly targeted to the surf community but there is some cool content on the site along with a lot of surf videos. For todays launch, we have an interview with pro surfer CJ Hobgood and a contest to win 2 new Freestyle watches.

Check out the site and let me know what you think. Pass it along to your friends!

Also, if you like the logo, it was designed by Kevin Crowe.

Site looks great John! Good luck!

This makes me want to surf! Awesome site.

Help us raise money for haiti relief, and help yourself be entertained… AT THE SAME TIME!

jeffrubinjeffrubin:

CollegeHumor has been around for over a decade (which is like a century in website-years), but we’ve never done anything charitable. That changes today with LOLaid. We are raising money for Haiti relief, and if you chip in we’ll send you some exclusive CollegeHumor originals we are never going to post anywhere else.

Here’s how it works -

- Go to FirstGiving.com/CollegeHumor and make a donation to Doctors Without Borders. This wonderful organization is in Haiti providing still much-needed emergency assistance to those who need it, and your donation could help provide them with much needed supplies.

- After you donate you will get an email with a link to three CollegeHumor videos you are never going to see anywhere else. There’s a Hardly Working, a Jake & Amir, and a commercial parody that has lingered unreleased for years because we thought it was too offensive. That’s right, we are using the lure of something upsetting to encourage donations to a good cause. Like I said, we’ve been on the Internet for a while now.

- That’s it. There is no third step! Just enjoy the videos and encourage your friends to donate. That link again is FirstGiving.com/CollegeHumor. Go! Donate! And if you can’t donate, help us spread the word then find someone who can!

Magnetic Fields ..::.. Long Forgotten Fairy Tale

You said, “There’s nothing to explain, in every life a little rain” …etc.

Saw this blog today, and remembered that I used to listen to this song every day in the summer of ‘06.

phil get’s me every time. two at a time! two at a time!

sarahschneider:

Ohhh, so THIS is what Arnold Schwarzenegger was talking about during the Golden Globes.

LOL. I can’t stop laughing at this.. Well done sarah! Well done.

streeter:

Connected Ventures, January 2010

My, how we’ve grown

Vampire Weekend ..::.. Oxford Comma

Why would you lie about anything at all? First the window, then it’s to the wall. Lil Jon, he always tells the truth!

(via willschneider)

lol. i’m with him too! go team coco.

adamgotterer:

Working here is awesome and is most likely better then where you currently work. You should probably quit your job and join us… Just saying. Please forward to anyone you know who might be interested :)

——-
Connected Ventures is seeking an ambitious, well-rounded PHP engineer. You need to think like a user, be passionate about coding and excited to build and iterate features that impact millions of people. You will work with our small talented team of developers on a number of large high profile websites which include: CollegeHumor, Bustedtees, TodaysBIGthing, SportsPickle and a few new sites in the works. Collectively our sites reach over 12 million users every month. Connected Ventures is part of InterActiveCorp (IAC), a leading internet company with more than 50 fast-growing web properties.

Our primary stack is PHP on a custom MVC framework, Apache, MySQL and Memcached running on virtualized solaris and linux machines.

Responsibilities:
* Implement and iterate on new and existing features
* Contribute to product design and implementation discussions
* Not be afraid to get your hands dirty playing with framework level code
* Profile / optimize code and queries for performance
* Work closely with our engineering team to build and scale back-end services
* Enjoy nerf gun fights

Skills:
* Experience working on a high volume website
* Fluency in PHP 5 and the LAMP stack
* MySQL with performance tuning and scalability
* Strong understanding of Object Oriented Programming
* Expertise with MVC methodologies
* Caching / Scaling (Memcached, APC, etc.)
* Thorough understanding of HTML, Javascript, CSS and XML
* Experience with SPL a major plus
* e-commerce, credit card authorizations, and billing feature experience
* Experience with Linux or Solaris a plus
* jQuery or Prototype
* Experience building scalable frameworks
* A preoccupation with staying on top of industry trends and technologies

This is an on site, full time position at our office in New York City. Please email your resume and code samples to techjobs@connectedventures.com. Please no recruiters or development shops.

New York public library.

copycats:

Kids - Ben Lee
originally by MGMT
(posted by sometimesagreatnotion)

“Ben Lee covers MGMT, filmed in a single take by Shoot the Player in Sydney, Australia.”

johnzanussi:

jheath:

probationaryperiod:

crookedindifference:

AAA will offer its Tipsy Tow program for free again this year. Starting at 6pm on New Year’s Eve, anyone who has had too much to drink can call AAA.

The road service will send a tow truck that will take you anywhere within ten miles and you can have your car towed home at no charge.

The program runs through January 1 until midnight on Friday. So, if you need a tipsy tow Thursday or Friday, call 1-800-AAA-HELP (1-800-222-4357). You do not have to be AAA member.

Be safe out there, folks.

Sand Drawing. This is simply amazing.

brieflynoted:

Flightless Bird - Iron & Wine

On repeat.

This song is preeeeetty.

I’ve been working on an epic party playlist. I’m trying to find those gems we all know, but are surprised that we haven’t heard them in too long. Here’s a small preview of what I have so far:

I Saw The Sign    Ace of Base
Girlfriend    Avril Lavigne
Where’s Your Head At    Basement Jaxx
Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)    Beyoncé
Boom Boom Pow    Black Eyed Peas
I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You    Black Kids
Girls and Boys    Blur
Motownphilly    Boyz II Men
Lovefool    The Cardigans
Holidae In ft. Ludacris & Snoo    Chingy
Jumpin’, Jumpin’    Destiny’s Child
OOH AAH…Just a little bit    Gina G
You Make My Dreams Come True    Hall And Oats
I Want You Back    Jackson 5
Whatcha Say    Jason Derulo
Empire State Of Mind    Jay-Z Ft. Alicia Keys
D.A.N.C.E (original)    Justice
SexyBack (feat. Timbaland)    Justin Timberlake
Hot N Cold    Katy Perry
Since U Been Gone    Kelly Clarkson
La Bouche - Be My Lover    La Bouche
Every Other Time (Radio Edit)    LFO
Dead Disco    Metric
Electric Feel    MGMT
Smooth Criminal    Michael Jackson
Party In the U.S.A.    Miley Cyrus
Dirty Pop    N*Sync
99 Red Ballons    Nena
Where Do You Go    No Mercy
Boom Boom Boom    Out Here Brothers
1901    Phoenix
Rhythm Is A Dancer    Snap
Crank Dat Soulja Boy     Soulja Boy
Wannabe    Spice Girls
Semi-Charmed Life    Third Eye Blind
I Think Were Alone Now    Tiffany
The Way I Are    Timberland
Rich Girls    The Virgins
In Da Club    50 Cent

Request Something!?

xmas day brunch.

How does one make a website… in 10 words or less?

Think. Design. Code. Repeat.

Ask me anything

do you like that you look like Chromeo? i do. hehe

I’ve heard that before. And after watching this video, I very much do.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppNC0uAaCv0

Ask me anything

Christmas is here. Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas!

Sunset reflection at IAC

Ask me anything http://formspring.me/amircohen

Does your cat make toooooo muuuuuuuch noise!?

My new home away from home.

More holiday party photobooth fun.

Marilyn Monroe (via brit) (via davemorin)

As we’re about to move into a new office, I’ve been thinking about changes a lot. Change is good important.

adamgotterer:

In honor of our last day at the Connected Ventures Park avenue office. Here are some of the epic pranks from the past few years…

Unfortunately I was the victim of more than one of these.

Holiday Party Photo Booth.

johnzanussi:

We’ll see if the new office gives us excellent views of the sunset like here.

Miss you already 225!

copycats:

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Coldplay
originally by Judy Garland
(posted by sometimesagreatnotion)

Say whatever you want about Coldplay, this is absolutely beautiful.  Chris Martin’s voice suits this song to a tee…

Justin Bieber ..::.. One Time

I love this kid. And even though It’s a struggle, love is all we got.

tweetyyum:

frankhejl:

(via retrollama)

Freaks and Geeks is my bible

agreed.

Metric ..::.. Twilight Galaxy

Playing this song on repeat lately.

“Did they tell you, you should grow up
When you wanted to dream
Did they warn you, better shape up
If you want to succeed
I don’t know about you, who are they talking to?
They’re not talking to me

I’m higher than high, lower than deep
I’m doing it wrong, singing along”

Santa kiss.

brieflynoted:

Click away. Cool project.

A super cool collaborative project.

Following in Amanda and Will’s footsteps… here’s my most played music. I often get caught humming these songs aloud at work.

My favorite thing about December is Christmas music. All of the music. All of the magic.

Somewhere in my memory from Home Alone (John Williams)

p.s. I love this movie and it was on TV twice this weekend!

Made my flavors.me/amircohen page!

Thanksgiving Weekend in Los Angeles!

caitlinoppermann:

russann:

Google

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!

Snoopy!

amandalynferri:

zachklein:

Justin and Marissa met on CampusHook.com, a social network Jakob and I built in the early days of CV, but sold after a year.

Justin’s Profile, Marissa’s Profile

Congrats!

justin:

Watch this in case you’re not sure …

Amazing! Congratz.

A while back, Jake Hurwitz, Vincent Peone and I sat around my kitchen table drinking whiskey and chatted about our high school bands. We were convinced our bands were the best, and immediately made this blog: MyBandRuled.tumblr.com. Several months later we got our first submission from our friend and coworker Jake Oliver.

Check out the blog, reblog, follow us, and submit your best high school compositions!

This should be awesome.

brieflynoted:

Dear Amir,

Thanks for being my decoy while I unsuccessfully attempted to shoot the guy nearby reading his paper. That photo sucked, but this one turned out great!

xoxo,

Erin

Dear Erin,

You’re very welcome! It’s a good thing that guy was keen to our plan… otherwise this photo would never have existed.

Amir

nblumenfeld:

This will never get normal.

So excited for switchfoot tonight.

johnzanussi:

streeter:

amirblumenfeld:

I pranked Streeter again.

It happened a few weeks ago, and I’ve kept the whole thing under wraps because that video (Prank War 8) is being premiered TOMORROW (Thursday) night on Jimmy Kimmel Live at 12:05am/11:05pm central on ABC — and Streeter and I will be on the show to talk about it.

It’s not only my first prank on Streeter in over two years, it’s the first CollegeHumor video EVER to premiere on network television. You will also be able to watch it (in its entirety) on…

It’s true, I’m afraid.  I know this one was better than the Yankee Prankee but I still don’t think it tops my half court shot one.  It’s all worth it if I get to meet Danny Devito, though.  Anyway, tune in if you want to see me be embarrassed on TV.

This should be epic.