It’s no secret that Amazon is slowly taking over South Lake Union. With the company rapidly growing, Amazon is hard at work in constructing their new buildings and setting the foundation for their headquarters. GOOD Inc. got ahold of these renderings today that depict Amazon’s new developments as a Greenhouse. This isn’t so surprising since the city of Seattle is very much a “green” city.
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The news was released this morning, but it has taken me until the end of the day to post about it. This morning it was announced that Yahoo purchased Tumblr for $1.1 billion. Can you imagine what you could do with that much? Apparently, buy out an entire social media platform. At Yow Yow! we like our Yahoo, but we like our Tumblr a little more only because Tumblr provides us with the inspiration to construct our “A Collection” posts. With this new acquisition, everyone is wondering how things will change. I read an article this morning that the number of WordPress users spiked last night as they migrated their Tumblrs over to my platform. I also heard Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer promise “not to screw it up.”
“The product roadmap, their team, their wit and irreverence will all remain the same as will their mission to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve.”
With Tumblr going corporate, I could see a lot of great things coming out of this, but as always you can’t make everyone happy and there are certainly those that are unhappy. For now. Readers, I know some of you are on Tumblr. How do you feel about the new change? Will you stick with the company and remain loyal or will you make a switch?
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Today, is just a big news day for Yahoo isn’t it?! Today Flickr gave every single one of their users 1TB of free storage. That’s a lot. I actually started using Flickr back in 2007 and after I stopped renewing my pro account I was only limited to about 300 photos that I was able to view. News about storage expansion though is exciting because it now gives me another reason to return back to the photo-sharing website that I once loved. In addition to the storage, the interface has been completely revamped displaying photos in a BIG and bold way from your profile page.
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Urban Outfitters is upping their retail game in Williamsburg! With the upcoming store opening, there are a few surprises the company is about to hit us with and that is that it will double as a restaurant and bar. WHAT?! Is this unheard of? I think so. Then again, is there anyone that hasn’t felt hungry or thirsty while shopping? Of course they do and that’s why malls exist so that we can get that fix. However, that often means leaving the store itself and Urban Outfitters doesn’t want that. Smart.
Hipster food – get at me.
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Without even noticing, every “A Collection” post has some sort of a theme. I always enjoy going back and looking at the different sets asking myself what the common theme was. What was I feeling that day? Why did I select this photo, that photo, and this series of photos? I started writing this about a fourth into completing this post and I noticed that all of the photographs are pretty simplistic, but also muted. There are times when I won’t remember why there is a theme, but I think this completely embodies how I’m feeling right now. Somewhat muted, but it’s a refreshing time right now because there is so much that is unknown. Also – Seattle has the hottest weather in all of the country right now, which is incredible and NEVER happens. Funny, because you would think that these photos would be much brighter to resemble that, but they are not. Surprise!
Earlier this week, I came upon this image on Pinterest and fell in love with it. I am NOT the most artistic person, though that should probably run in my blood, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t know how to appreciate it and promote it. Check out the video of how this installation came to be below!
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I kind of love the emphasis on food in their new features, but who doesn’t love food AMIRITE?
Oh Google, how you always know the way to win over my heart.
For a fun little surprise Google Image “Atari Breakout” to play this old school game.
Thanks Google, you are so sweet.
If you are an avid Pinterest user, you often times will forget when you’ve already pinned something. When re-organizing my boards, I sometimes would find that I had pinned a pin not once, not twice, but three times! I was being inefficient. Luckily for people like me who kept running into this problem, Pinterest has created a feature to make our lives easier. Now, if you’re pinning something that you have pinned before, you will be notified with a message. Repetition crisis averted!
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I’ve brought up Airbnb several times on Yow Yow! and in the past I’ve discussed their business and how well it is being received by users all over the world. What you don’t know is that I also like to peruse Airbnb sometimes just for fun so that I can be awakened to some of the most amazing spaces that exist without us even knowing. Today, I came across The Recycled House located in Charlottesville, VA and you won’t believe how incredible it looks inside. For $250 a night? Why yes, I’d love to stay for a visit!
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It was just a year ago that Pinterest made the move from Palo Alto to San Francisco and now they’ve moved again, but within the city! Today, the Pinterest team moved into their new home and with open spaces and bright windows, the place is gorgeous. Gigaom caught up with founder Ben Silbermann and had the chance to tour the new location and capture some pretty spectacular photos. With over 100 strong and new improvements to the website, the social media network isn’t showing any signs of slowing down.
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It’s been another busy week here in Seattle!
Here are some of my favorite articles from the week that get to be combined with some other posts…
The 20 Mistakes You Don’t Want To Make In Your 20s – Oh, where was this three years ago?
NBA star Royce White speaks out about his anxiety disorder.
- Makes me proud to be a Seattleite!
- This Is Water
Now, I can’t be the only person that runs into this problem. Everywhere I go I am always reminded of something that I feel the need to write down or rather type into my phone whether it’s a song I need to add to my Spotify playlist, a blog I need to visit, or a person I need to look up. Normally, I would just put it into my notepad function, but I have accumulated so many different notes that even though I thought I was being organized, I became…unorganized.
Thinglist is an app that I kind of want to download myself because now it has easy icons that tell me exactly where my little thoughts should go. Check out this Vimeo introducing the app.
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It’s been awhile since I’ve come across something so extremely breathtaking and as amazing as this. As a little girl, I always dreamed of having a wedding outdoors or maybe even in a vineyard though I have never been. I never thought my taste in weddings would align with chapels, but if they are as magnificent as this one, then I might have to change my tune.
The chapel, which can be found in Eureka Springs, Arkansas houses one of the few examples of organic architecture. Designed in 1980 by architect E. Fay Jones, Thorncrown Chapel provides some stellar views and follows a very organic design. The structure is such a wondrous piece that it is hard to believe that anyone or anything could think of harming it, but that is currently what the chapel is up against. Recently a power company has applied to construct a 48-mile high voltage transmission line that will put it right alongside the chapel in the woods where it is located. I hope that this structure can be kept safe and at peace in its tranquil home, but it’s tough to say at this point what will happen.
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Did you ever think that ice cream could be transformed into bread? I didn’t. It blew my mind and now I want to try it – correction I NEED to try it. Apparently, the recipe is actually pretty simple and only involves two ingredients and two steps. It’s like how I made all of my meals in college all over again except back then, I wish I would have had this recipe. To make ice cream bread, you just need to mix softened ice cream of your liking with self-rising flour. I’m not exactly sure what comes next…
For me I need very detailed steps because knowing me, this could go very wrong.
Check out the source here.
