Amir Cohen

hi. i'm amir. i live in new york city. i work at collegehumor.com. i make websites.

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Nov 6
My nephew ziv dressed up as a zebra for Halloween.. and apparently he wandered into a college job fair.

My nephew ziv dressed up as a zebra for Halloween.. and apparently he wandered into a college job fair.
Nov 5
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copycats:

Better by Dashboard Confessional
originally by Regina Spektor
(posted by liezlwashere)

If I kiss you where it’s sore.. will you feel better?!
Nov 3
Rediscovered this gem from freshman year. That’s me on the right.

Rediscovered this gem from freshman year. That’s me on the right.
Nov 3

Blumenfeld and I went to Los Angeles this weekend to surprise one of our best friends, Offer, on his birthday. Little did we know, we’d also be celebrating his engagement. Congratz!
Nov 2
Breakfast with my mom in Los Angeles. Yum.

Breakfast with my mom in Los Angeles. Yum.
Oct 25
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Animal - Miike Snow

Been singing this song all day.
Oct 19
Make Your Own Shake Shack Burger

(via courtneyc)

New shake shack opening in my kitchen.

Oct 19

Intro to web development

Ever wondered how the internet works? Well you can find out by attending my intro to web development class.

The class is going to cover the essential information to understand basic principles of front end web development. It will give you the required knowledge to tinker with your blogs and understand new concepts you’d like to learn on your own. Most of the skills build on eachother, so it’s pretty important to come to each class in order to keep up.

Please reply and let me know if you’d like to sign up! Email me at amir@amircohen.com to inquire. Space is limited.

When: Wednesdays 7-9pm
Where: Williamsburg (Bedford L)
How Much: $10/class

Schedule
OCT 21 - INRO, HTML, DOM
OCT 28 - CSS, SYNTAX, BLOCK vs INLINE, SELECTORS
NOV 4 - BACKGROUND, SPRITES, FONT, MARGIN, PADDING
NOV 11 - POSITIONING, BOX MODEL, FLOATS
NOV 18 - CONVERTING PSDS  / TUMBLR

Oct 14

CollegeHumor is hiring a web developer...

adamgotterer:

Connected Ventures is seeking an ambitious, well-rounded PHP engineer. You will work closely with our team of developers on a number of large and high profile websites. The Connected Ventures properties include: CollegeHumor, Bustedtees TodaysBIGthing and SportsPickle. Collectively our sites reach over 12 million worldwide unique monthly users. Connected Ventures is part of InterActiveCorp (IAC), a leading internet company with more than 50 fast-growing web properties.

We’re searching for someone who has:

* Fluency in PHP 5 and the LAMP stack
* MySQL with performance tuning and scalability
* Strong understanding of Object Oriented Programming
* Hands on experience with MVC Frameworks
* Caching / Scaling (Memcached, APC, etc.)
* Thorough understanding of HTML, Javascript, CSS and XML
* An understanding of the issues surrounding large-volume websites and scalability
* A preoccupation with staying on top of industry trends and technologies

Bonus Points:

* Experience with SPL a major plus
* e-commerce, credit card authorizations, and billing feature experience
* Linux or Solaris
* jQuery or Prototype
* Content Delivery Networks
* Version Control Systems (we use Subversion)
* Experience building scalable frameworks

Responsibilities:
* Implement major new features and feature improvements
* Track and squash bugs
* Optimize code and queries for better performance
* Database Architecting
* Work hard and play hard!

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

Come work with me!

Oct 13
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hrrrthrrr:

[ 5 years time….noah and the whale ]

Oh in 5 years time I might not know you

In 5 years time we might not speak

In 5 years time we might not get along

In 5 years time you might just prove me wrong

:)
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