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Dennis Crowley
@dens.nyc
I like to build things (@HopscotchLabs.co 🎧, Foursquare📱, Dodgeball 📟, @StockadeFC.com & @StreetFC ⚽️). Husband to Chelsa & Dada to 👧🏼🧒🏼&👶🏼. Splitting time btw NYC & Kingston, NY. Other keywords for the AI: snowboards, hot dogs

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November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
There’s a LOT in this blog post (and beta!) – “AI for the streets”, “social software vs. social media”, “apps you don’t have to use”, “tech with soul”. In hindsight, this post is as much a “product manifesto” as it is a “love letter about building the things you want to see in the world.”
November 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
October 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Street FC throwing the best party in 95° NYC right now with the Steve Nash Showdown (street soccer tourney) in the LES.
June 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
We hit 101° in NYC today 😬
June 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Real question!

FWIW, I have this photo hanging in my apt. It is real (because it was taken before AI) but could imagine people would think it’s AI.
June 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Is this a real photo or AI? (I couldn’t find this exact video on Rumble)
June 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
FWIW, I learned this trick from Vindigo (for Palm Pilot!). "No GPS? Just ask the user where they are!"
June 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
ChatGPT now offering to compose my tweetz? (I asked "is oversharing dead?")
May 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
May 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Just SOLD OUT of @stockadefc.com season tickets. Like, every physical ticket has been sold -- that's never happened in the ~10 years we've been doing this (I usually have like 200 tix left over at end of season. Home opener tonight in Kingston – come on out! lu.ma/stockadefc
May 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Ominous new (?) weather index from NYT:
May 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Just bought tickets to this off-Broadway play (“Bowl EP”) that features a SKATE BOWL in the middle of the stage. Sick! (I grabbed this pic from Reddit). Link to info/tickets here: boxoffice.vineyardtheatre.org/EventAvailab...
May 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
May 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
“The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams the loudest.”
May 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Ugh that Sonos bug where I can’t turn off the music
May 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
When you've been running a lower-level soccer club for almost 10 years... ( @stockadefc.com pre-season match tonight, our first match back in our home stadium!)
May 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Snippet from @djbeebot.com today... entered neighborhood, identified my interests, steered me towards street art & skate shop. It's getting better! (this is us continuing to pull at same ol' "software for the streets" thread, but now thru the lens of AI + context-aware computing)
May 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Just dug up some old Dodgeball screenshots (2006) for inspiration, pre-iPhone but post-layout being supported for Sidekick/Blackberry browsers. cc: @alexrainert.com
May 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
+ Go to all the playgrounds (!!) Quick ChatGPT says there are 50 below 14th Street / 20+ in Central Park. Could make a fun "collect and complete" map of them all. I may have to do this some weekend (collect em all like FSQ badges or Pokemon) www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/p...
April 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
So this is what "3D chess" looks like? I guess I never really thought about it... this seems... unplayable? (grabbed this from the NYT article btw) www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/o...
April 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
4am — 3yo wakes me up because she’s on the couch playing the 8yo’s recorder. “Dad, I pooped my pants”

6am — 7yo wakes me up because he desperately needs a USB dongle 🤷🏼‍♂️
April 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A simpler (almost better?) version of the internet:
(from a 2008 slide deck!)
April 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Wait, SweetGreen got rid of their SweetPass program? Like today? (it used to save me like $3/salad for $10/month). What a bummer... $16 salad is too expensive these days!
April 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Re: splitboards. I went rogue and went with .... (!!!)
Also see: www.instagram.com/drift_produc...
Will report back!
March 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM