Joey Primiani (born Joseph Charles Primiani, October 27, 1988) is an American Internet entrepreneur, design expert and businessperson best known as the creator of Cortex.
Life and career
Primiani started his first freelance web development and design company at the age of 8. He designed products at Google, , Revision3 and NYSE as an intern by the age of 19. He studied Computer Science and Human Computer Interaction at University of Central Florida, and later at University of California, Berkeley. During college he traveled to Silicon Valley every summer to "work with the smartest people he could find."
Primiani was an intern at Google where he helped design the touch interfaces for search on mobile and tablet devices used by half a billion people around the world working under influential leaders like Marissa Mayer.
Primiani says the number one feature of any product should be its speed. He focuses on building beautiful products that people use on a daily basis. His work is said to be heavily influenced by the work of the 1960s German designer legend Dieter Rams.
Primiani launched Cortex, a sharing platform and website on December 7, 2010 providing the fastest way to share links, articles, videos, images, music to friends and family across the web. The service emphasizes its speed and user experience. Cortex has been widely noted for its unique user interface, which incorporates many ideas that Primiani had which are generally uncommon, such as the use of pie menus. Experienced users use muscle memory without looking at the menu while selecting from it (see Fitts's law). This gestural interface technique is optimized for the use of sharing on multi-touch devices.
Life and career
Primiani started his first freelance web development and design company at the age of 8. He designed products at Google, , Revision3 and NYSE as an intern by the age of 19. He studied Computer Science and Human Computer Interaction at University of Central Florida, and later at University of California, Berkeley. During college he traveled to Silicon Valley every summer to "work with the smartest people he could find."
Primiani was an intern at Google where he helped design the touch interfaces for search on mobile and tablet devices used by half a billion people around the world working under influential leaders like Marissa Mayer.
Primiani says the number one feature of any product should be its speed. He focuses on building beautiful products that people use on a daily basis. His work is said to be heavily influenced by the work of the 1960s German designer legend Dieter Rams.
Primiani launched Cortex, a sharing platform and website on December 7, 2010 providing the fastest way to share links, articles, videos, images, music to friends and family across the web. The service emphasizes its speed and user experience. Cortex has been widely noted for its unique user interface, which incorporates many ideas that Primiani had which are generally uncommon, such as the use of pie menus. Experienced users use muscle memory without looking at the menu while selecting from it (see Fitts's law). This gestural interface technique is optimized for the use of sharing on multi-touch devices.
Atlantis Vertigo Rave
*The Atlantis Vertigo Rave took place on the top of the CN Tower, Toronto Ontario, Canada, October 23, 1993. It was sponsored by a rave promotions team called Atlantis that began in 1992 as a rave promotions group called Nitrous in the city of Toronto.
*The history of rave in the United States and Canada is somewhat sketchy, as many people are now just beginning to find articles on the internet related to the time frame and the internet was still a very new phenomenon in colleges. People were somewhat still disconnected from it in every day life. Those that understood how to organize information and move music around the world via computer had something of an advantage during the 1990s, and techno emerged so quickly as a new music that it literally transported from its origins in Detroit, to Europe, and back into popularity through Canada in the early 1990s.
*House parties in history actually date back as far as the Beat Generation writings, and some even earlier. The house parties of Detroit, New York, London, and Toronto, however brought music, people, dancing, drugs, technology, and creativity into whole new places, spaces, fields, and city streets. Word spread fast of raves evolving and by the mid 1990s, there were events numbering 30,000 people or more, one example is Love Parade.
*As a first hand witness to the raves of Toronto nightlife between 1992 and 1993, they all held one thing in common. World class music that couldn't be heard anywhere else. The DJs shopped and purchased records with new materials so quickly, that it was hard to go from weekend to weekend without hearing a new anthem that would leave an indelible impression. CD anthologies of rave music began to appear on record shelves with Various Artists listed because the artists were producing so much new music so quickly, and using multiple names to identify themselves, that it was difficult to keep track of who was writing what. As a consumer, I purchased more than a few of them.
*The Atlantis Vertigo Rave amounted to around 3,000 persons in the city of Toronto, at one time or another during the event, taking the elevator to the top of the CN Tower. At the top, around the observation deck, was the most sophisticated layout of speakers I had ever seen. And the DJs did not turn the volume down for a second. It was as loud as the raves in the warehouses of many of the events I had attended previously, if not louder because of the finite space.
*Today I found an article regarding some of the early discussions about raves in the media archives of a website that was popular in 1998 called Hyperreal. For those interested in early Toronto rave culture please read here. It led me to create this article to document a piece of what is often forgotten history. Please edit and augment this article with any other scraps you can find related to this particular event.
Citations:
*http://media.hyperreal.org/library/articles/globe.canada.oct9.1993
**The Toronto Globe and Mail Article regarding Atlantis rave organization planning in Toronto including an email sent from a techno mailing list at Stanford 2 days prior to the event.
*http://poetry.wikia.com/wiki/Atlantis_Vertigo
**A first hand account of the event as published in the poetry anthology American Mohawk: Collected Poems reprinted for free reading in Wikia Poetry.
*http://www.beats.to/images/flyers/161093-atlantis-cn-tower.jpg
**A flyer found from the initial announcement of the rave. The actual rave date is incorrect on the flyer to the best of my knowledge. The event was one week later.
*http://cydonian.com/sigmaforum/uploads/post-10-1075701256.jpg
**A document resting in a forum discovered with a simple google search. Another early announcement of the event. See discussion threads in the next link.
*http://cydonian.com/sigmaforum/index.php?showtopic=81
**A discussion forum about the Atlantis Vertigo event.
*The Atlantis Vertigo Rave took place on the top of the CN Tower, Toronto Ontario, Canada, October 23, 1993. It was sponsored by a rave promotions team called Atlantis that began in 1992 as a rave promotions group called Nitrous in the city of Toronto.
*The history of rave in the United States and Canada is somewhat sketchy, as many people are now just beginning to find articles on the internet related to the time frame and the internet was still a very new phenomenon in colleges. People were somewhat still disconnected from it in every day life. Those that understood how to organize information and move music around the world via computer had something of an advantage during the 1990s, and techno emerged so quickly as a new music that it literally transported from its origins in Detroit, to Europe, and back into popularity through Canada in the early 1990s.
*House parties in history actually date back as far as the Beat Generation writings, and some even earlier. The house parties of Detroit, New York, London, and Toronto, however brought music, people, dancing, drugs, technology, and creativity into whole new places, spaces, fields, and city streets. Word spread fast of raves evolving and by the mid 1990s, there were events numbering 30,000 people or more, one example is Love Parade.
*As a first hand witness to the raves of Toronto nightlife between 1992 and 1993, they all held one thing in common. World class music that couldn't be heard anywhere else. The DJs shopped and purchased records with new materials so quickly, that it was hard to go from weekend to weekend without hearing a new anthem that would leave an indelible impression. CD anthologies of rave music began to appear on record shelves with Various Artists listed because the artists were producing so much new music so quickly, and using multiple names to identify themselves, that it was difficult to keep track of who was writing what. As a consumer, I purchased more than a few of them.
*The Atlantis Vertigo Rave amounted to around 3,000 persons in the city of Toronto, at one time or another during the event, taking the elevator to the top of the CN Tower. At the top, around the observation deck, was the most sophisticated layout of speakers I had ever seen. And the DJs did not turn the volume down for a second. It was as loud as the raves in the warehouses of many of the events I had attended previously, if not louder because of the finite space.
*Today I found an article regarding some of the early discussions about raves in the media archives of a website that was popular in 1998 called Hyperreal. For those interested in early Toronto rave culture please read here. It led me to create this article to document a piece of what is often forgotten history. Please edit and augment this article with any other scraps you can find related to this particular event.
Citations:
*http://media.hyperreal.org/library/articles/globe.canada.oct9.1993
**The Toronto Globe and Mail Article regarding Atlantis rave organization planning in Toronto including an email sent from a techno mailing list at Stanford 2 days prior to the event.
*http://poetry.wikia.com/wiki/Atlantis_Vertigo
**A first hand account of the event as published in the poetry anthology American Mohawk: Collected Poems reprinted for free reading in Wikia Poetry.
*http://www.beats.to/images/flyers/161093-atlantis-cn-tower.jpg
**A flyer found from the initial announcement of the rave. The actual rave date is incorrect on the flyer to the best of my knowledge. The event was one week later.
*http://cydonian.com/sigmaforum/uploads/post-10-1075701256.jpg
**A document resting in a forum discovered with a simple google search. Another early announcement of the event. See discussion threads in the next link.
*http://cydonian.com/sigmaforum/index.php?showtopic=81
**A discussion forum about the Atlantis Vertigo event.
BMEjobs.co.in is India's first biomedical engineering job portal website which features jobs from biomedical sector available in India. BMEjobs.co.in started in November 14, 2010 and was founded by Chintak Dholakia, Pratik Gandhi and Sumit Sathwara, 3 Final year Biomedical Engineering students of L.D.College of Engineering.
The website aims to develop unique portal for biomedical engineers and let them find high paying jobs. The main motive behind the development is to spread awareness of biomedical Engineering course in India and to motivate students to take up biomedical engineering. The website offers free job posting for biomedical companies and free for users too.
To keep running website, 3 First year students of Biomedical Engineering department, L.D.College of Engineering are voluntarily been working for the website in various departments like job acquisition, marketing and website development. The website plans to start Resume uploading services for job seekers and make the work of employers easy by finding the right candidate.
History
BMEjobs.co.in is a brainchild of three biomedical engineering students. Biomedical Engineers in India unable to find suitable job.With respect to such a scenario,a biomedical engineering job portal can help secure biomedical jobs in India. The website offers free job posting since its inception.It was started on 14 November 2010 from L.D.College of Engineering campus
Business model
BMEjobs.co.in offers free job posting for employers all across India and even the user doesnot have to sign in to apply for the job. It is completely free on both the sides. The revenue is generated from advertisements and other donations.
Discussion Forum
BMEjobs.co.in launched discussion forum on their website on 31 October 2011. There are five categories like biomedical community news, Sharing of research and final year project work for collaborations, also biomedical space for sharing everything about biomedical engineering. It requires to be member to take part in discussion.
Team
* Chintak Dholakia, Founder
* Pratik Gandhi, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer(Job Acquisition)
* Sumit Sathwara, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer (Marketing)
* Aesha Shah, Site Manager (Job Acquisition)
* Dhruvan Shah, Site Manager (Marketing)
* Bindi Patel, Site Manager (Website Management)
The website aims to develop unique portal for biomedical engineers and let them find high paying jobs. The main motive behind the development is to spread awareness of biomedical Engineering course in India and to motivate students to take up biomedical engineering. The website offers free job posting for biomedical companies and free for users too.
To keep running website, 3 First year students of Biomedical Engineering department, L.D.College of Engineering are voluntarily been working for the website in various departments like job acquisition, marketing and website development. The website plans to start Resume uploading services for job seekers and make the work of employers easy by finding the right candidate.
History
BMEjobs.co.in is a brainchild of three biomedical engineering students. Biomedical Engineers in India unable to find suitable job.With respect to such a scenario,a biomedical engineering job portal can help secure biomedical jobs in India. The website offers free job posting since its inception.It was started on 14 November 2010 from L.D.College of Engineering campus
Business model
BMEjobs.co.in offers free job posting for employers all across India and even the user doesnot have to sign in to apply for the job. It is completely free on both the sides. The revenue is generated from advertisements and other donations.
Discussion Forum
BMEjobs.co.in launched discussion forum on their website on 31 October 2011. There are five categories like biomedical community news, Sharing of research and final year project work for collaborations, also biomedical space for sharing everything about biomedical engineering. It requires to be member to take part in discussion.
Team
* Chintak Dholakia, Founder
* Pratik Gandhi, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer(Job Acquisition)
* Sumit Sathwara, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer (Marketing)
* Aesha Shah, Site Manager (Job Acquisition)
* Dhruvan Shah, Site Manager (Marketing)
* Bindi Patel, Site Manager (Website Management)
Fuel Fight Gear is an American brand that develops, licenses and markets athletic equipment and accessories for boxing and mixed martial arts. They are an independent company based in Orlando, Florida, and market equipment in North America, and are one of the fastest growing independent businesses, having their products featured in professional sports events and used by renowned fighters.
History
In 2009, at 22 years old, avid boxer Ali Mahvan was unhappy with available boxing equipment and pricing at the time. In 2010, he founded his own boxing equipment line with partner Nicole Sciancalepore and began developing gloves and
other accessories. Using his own fighting experience and boxing history, he tried to develop equipment that would be comfortable and perform well.
In January, they released their first line of training gloves. On February 19th, 2011, they released their first professional fight gloves, the Fuel Pro Fight Glove. Initially, the padding in the gloves held up well, but Mahvan still
thought they wore down too quickly. After going back to the drawing board, Fuel Fight Gear released their trademark Fuel X2 Sparring Gloves, followed by the Fuel X2 Pro Fight Glove line.
On June 15th, 2011, professional boxer Thomas LaManna was appointed director of product placement and branding for Fuel Fight Gear.
On June 22nd, 2011, Ossie Duran won the USBA middle weight title wearing an original pair of Fuel Fight Gloves, against Latif Mundy.
On July 8th, 2011, Melissa St-Vil, WIBA women's posed for a photoshoot using the Fuel X2 Pro Sparring Gloves.
On July 16th, 2011, the X2 Pro Fight Gloves were used professionally at the Resorts Casino in Atlantic City, NJ.
On August 13th, 2011, Fuel Fight Gear's gloves were featured on Top Rank Live.
Fuel Fight Gear's gloves were featured in Golden Boy Promotion's 'Solo Boxeo Tecate' on August 19th, 2011.
In October of 2011, Fuel announced the release of a new line of Mexican professional fight gloves, dubbed the 'Fuel Diablos', pending release in December of 2011.
November 10th, 2011, Pawel Wolak was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame for boxing, and can be seen wearing a pair of Fuel X2 Sparring Gloves in his picture.
Numerous professional boxers have been seen training with Fuel Fight Gear's equipment, including Eddie Chambers, Ossie Duran, Pawel Wolak, Rico Ramos, Erislandy Lara, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Nate Jones, Orlando Cruz, Steven Chambers, Sherif Jr. Younan and Dmitry Salita.
Products
Fuel Fight Gear produces several boxing gloves and accessories for use in professional fighting and sparring. They have three lines of boxing gloves, including the X2 Sparring Gloves, X2 Pro Fight Gloves and most recently, the Diablo
Fight Gloves. Among their products are hand wraps, track jackets, lace guards and boxing trunks. Their products are marketed in the United States, with a European division of the company being formed.
Sponsorships
Fuel Fight Gear has one signed, exclusive athlete under its name, "boxing prodigy" 'Sugar Boy' Jr. Younan.
Numerous fighters also carry the Fuel Fight Gear brand unofficially.
Competitors
* Cleto Reyes - based in Mexico City
* Everlast Boxing
* Fairtex Boxing
* Grant Boxing
* Lonsdale Boxing - based in London
* Ringside Boxing
* Title Boxing
* Twins Boxing
* Winning Boxing
History
In 2009, at 22 years old, avid boxer Ali Mahvan was unhappy with available boxing equipment and pricing at the time. In 2010, he founded his own boxing equipment line with partner Nicole Sciancalepore and began developing gloves and
other accessories. Using his own fighting experience and boxing history, he tried to develop equipment that would be comfortable and perform well.
In January, they released their first line of training gloves. On February 19th, 2011, they released their first professional fight gloves, the Fuel Pro Fight Glove. Initially, the padding in the gloves held up well, but Mahvan still
thought they wore down too quickly. After going back to the drawing board, Fuel Fight Gear released their trademark Fuel X2 Sparring Gloves, followed by the Fuel X2 Pro Fight Glove line.
On June 15th, 2011, professional boxer Thomas LaManna was appointed director of product placement and branding for Fuel Fight Gear.
On June 22nd, 2011, Ossie Duran won the USBA middle weight title wearing an original pair of Fuel Fight Gloves, against Latif Mundy.
On July 8th, 2011, Melissa St-Vil, WIBA women's posed for a photoshoot using the Fuel X2 Pro Sparring Gloves.
On July 16th, 2011, the X2 Pro Fight Gloves were used professionally at the Resorts Casino in Atlantic City, NJ.
On August 13th, 2011, Fuel Fight Gear's gloves were featured on Top Rank Live.
Fuel Fight Gear's gloves were featured in Golden Boy Promotion's 'Solo Boxeo Tecate' on August 19th, 2011.
In October of 2011, Fuel announced the release of a new line of Mexican professional fight gloves, dubbed the 'Fuel Diablos', pending release in December of 2011.
November 10th, 2011, Pawel Wolak was inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame for boxing, and can be seen wearing a pair of Fuel X2 Sparring Gloves in his picture.
Numerous professional boxers have been seen training with Fuel Fight Gear's equipment, including Eddie Chambers, Ossie Duran, Pawel Wolak, Rico Ramos, Erislandy Lara, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Nate Jones, Orlando Cruz, Steven Chambers, Sherif Jr. Younan and Dmitry Salita.
Products
Fuel Fight Gear produces several boxing gloves and accessories for use in professional fighting and sparring. They have three lines of boxing gloves, including the X2 Sparring Gloves, X2 Pro Fight Gloves and most recently, the Diablo
Fight Gloves. Among their products are hand wraps, track jackets, lace guards and boxing trunks. Their products are marketed in the United States, with a European division of the company being formed.
Sponsorships
Fuel Fight Gear has one signed, exclusive athlete under its name, "boxing prodigy" 'Sugar Boy' Jr. Younan.
Numerous fighters also carry the Fuel Fight Gear brand unofficially.
Competitors
* Cleto Reyes - based in Mexico City
* Everlast Boxing
* Fairtex Boxing
* Grant Boxing
* Lonsdale Boxing - based in London
* Ringside Boxing
* Title Boxing
* Twins Boxing
* Winning Boxing