April Joyner |
Assorted, bite-size musings on entrepreneurship, entertainment, education, race, social justice, life, etc. |
Mochi Ice Cream Inventor Passes Away, Leaves a Legacy: Frances Hashimoto, one of L.A.’s historic Little Tokyo’s most influential community members and inventor of mochi ice cream, passed away earlier this week. Hashimoto saw her famous rice cake-ice cream hybrid become mainstream during her time as the president of Mikawaya, her family’s century-old business selling traditional Japanese sweet pastries and snacks.
Would have been a good one for Inc.’s dearly departed Legacy page.

An awesome takedown of the Atlantic Wire’s inane post on Burger King’s new bacon sundae.
Virginia Willis, food writer, on Paula Deen’s recent announcement that she has Type 2 diabetes
Images from The Unthinkable Mind’s Ebony “Frontal Lobe” Flowers’ final project which was an illustrated collection of short autobiographical...
Buying Tumblr is a big enough deal for Yahoo that they...
Independent learning suggests ideas such as “self-taught,” or “autodidact.” These imply that independence means working solo. But that’s just not...
”Backtracking is our recurring look back at the pop music that shaped our lives....
Google Glass apps: everything you can do right now
We test every Google Glass app so you don’t have to
“The 24 Most Melodramatic Pieces Of Yahoo/Tumblr Fanart” should be enough to make you question if you’re really that angry about this buyout,...
Yahoo Meeting Minutes - 05.20.13 by Lee Crutchley | Quoteskine on Flickr.

I’m delighted to announce that we’ve reached an agreement to acquire Tumblr!
We promise not to screw it up. Tumblr...