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Now I’m Steady Jerkin’… The New Dork

What happens when you combine Jay Z, a hit song and social media? Perfection!

LYRICS:
Now Im in the blogosphere, Now I’m in the twitterverse
Fans get so immersed, But I’m a nerd forever
I’m the new Zuckerberg, And since my website
I been cookin dough like a chef servin killa-bytes
Used to be the basement, Back at my mom’s place
Buildin web traffic so that we could sell an ad space
Make way for the, One man businesses
Bail outs finished with, White collar criminals
New sega genesis, Entrepreneur time
Makin big plans, To dominate the online
Yeah, I’m on YouTube, this is one man
Sharin’ google revenue, With songs on my webcam
Science is the new art, Databases day to day
Geeks spreadin’ sheet smarts, Hustle, make the data pay
I could be in Valleywag plus Geekologie
Tell from my avatar, That I’m most definitely

The New Dork,
Social networks – what dreams are made of, There’s nothing you can’t do
Now you’re the New Dork
This V.C. money is brand new, The geek is now damn cool
Let’s hear it for new dorks, new dorks, new dorks

Catch me up in Techcrunch, Right on the homepage
Hell, I’m on Gizmodo, In a photo bout a phone craze
And Im up in Mashable, weekend trip to New York
Bar pitty, 1oak, parties full of New Dorks
Now I’m pitchin business plans, From the backs of napkans
Micro-lend to Africans, Monetize Kazakastan
Catch me up on linked-in, Dog, C.E.O.
You can see where I be, With the I.P.O.
Now I’m up in skinny jeans, Now a hipster’s lurkin’
Used to be a reject, But now I’m steady jerkin’
Now my glasses mainstream, Now the girlies eyein me
Popular kids copy me, The new swag is irony
Comin’ from the small time, Girls couldn’t find me
Now I scale models, Like I climb on top of Heidi
Start big trends, with tweets that I pass on
You should follow me, cuz I’m friends with Ashton
CHORUS

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Coffee Break

In order to call any place home I need three things:

A coffeeshop

A bookstore

A music venue

I spend more time than I will ever admit working, pretending to work, people watching, pretending to work while people watching, enjoying coffee, postponing work to enjoy coffee at a coffeeshop. It is my “haven.” Although San Francisco has its share of great coffee spots, San Jose was a bit lacking. I called home to only two places and served very different needs. But now I am here, in the land of coffee houses. I took it to my twitter page to find out what coffeeshops I must experience before calling one home.

Initially the idea was to:

Try one coffeeshop a week…

Visiting it at least twice…

On both occasions having the basic non fat cappuccino…

Once to go, Once to stay…

My reasoning for this was because the cappuccino is one of the most basic coffee drinks and one of the most often made incorrectly. The balance of coffee, milk and foam needs to be precises and I am a self proclaimed expert. Just ask my mom.

Like I said, I took this to twitter then compiled my list in a Google Excel Doc. With nearly 30 places submitted I knew this idea of one per week would have to be squandered. So here I am, with a list of coffeeshops that I need to get through… Unfortunately, I think I found my favorite during week one but a challenge is a challenge. No calling one home until I’ve tested them all.

Wish me luck!

Coffeeshop  –  Recommended by

  • Albina Press (N) — @brittontaylor
  • Albina Press (SE) –  @jacobgrier
  • Ava Roasteria  –  @jamespolits
  • Barista  -  @brookelynnNY
  • Baristadors  –  yelp
  • Beveland Coffee  –  @rnoah
  • Blend  –  yelp
  • Capital Coffee  –  @jamespolits
  • Cartola  –  @jerryketel
  • Coffeetime  –  @verymickey
  • Fresh Pot  –  @evoldog
  • Heart  –  @jacobgrier
  • Insomnia  –  @torriejae
  • James John Cafe  –  @evoldog
  • Jazz Cat  –  @rnoah
  • Kens  –  @verymickey
  • Kettleman’s  –  @verymickey
  • Manhattan Cafe  –  @calebbryant
  • Metro Perc  –  @jamespolits
  • Mississippi  –  @evoldog
  • NW Coffee  –  @verymickey
  • Red E Cafe  –  @jacobgrier
  • Spella  –  yelp
  • Stumptown  –  @rnoah
  • Three Friends Coffee  –  yelp
  • Urban Grind  –  @torriejae
  • Vivace   –  @torriejae

If you want to add more to my coffee list or join me in a cup of cappuccino, just @ message on twitter @danidotnoah!

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