MeetJennings

Techcrunch did an early writeup on bit.ly bundles, a new product from bit.ly that I worked on all summer as an intern at Betaworks.

There is a simple rule on the Internet when it comes to passing links around: the easier it is to share links, the more links will be shared. Bit.ly and other URL shorteners proved this with their billions of links repackaged for a 140-character world. Later today or tomorrow, bit.ly will be introducing a new feature called bit,ly bundles which lets you shorten a bunch of links into one single bit.ly link. Don’t pretend like this isn’t your dream come true.

http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/15/bit-ly-bundles/

A couple days into my internship I was asked to help design a new product to share multiple bit.ly links. A couple days before my internship ended, I was demoing an early prototype of what you see here. 99% of my time in the betaworks office was dedicated to bundles. I feel like bundles was my baby, though I was not working alone. The prototype team consisted of Jason Morrow, Neil Wehrle, Nina Khosla, and myself. After my internship ended, the prototype was passed off to production.

If you are a social media enthusiast, you probably start your day with logging onto your computer and finding out what the trending topics are. But what if you could do this while you were waking up in bed? RoosterAM helps you do exactly that.

http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/roosteram-latest-social-media-trends/

Out of 19 presentations, Jablonowski won with his creation “Cockle Doodle Doo,” an alarm clock with the ability to call someone and read them the news, remind them of appointments and go through the most recent posts on whatever websites they frequent most.

http://www.dailytargum.com/university/student-hacks-way-through-competition-1.2381967

Like many other college students, 19-year-old Ian Jennings Jablonowski treks to rock concerts and plays videogames. But the East Brunswick, N.J., native also designed his first website when he was 13. Now, he’s part of a new project trying to reshape New York’s job market.

A semi dated article from the Wall Street Journal.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703302604575294740285039332.html

Well you can’t do that just yet, but a Rutgers University college student may have invented the next best thing. Rooster.am is a crazy alarm clock, which not only wakes you up with “Cockle Doodle Doo” but also reads the news to you that you missed while you were sleeping. 20-year old hacker Ian Jennings unveiled his project to a group of 750 local tech enthusiasts at the monthly NY Tech Meetup.

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2010/11/03/rooster-am-a-crazy-new-alarm-clock-that-wakes-you-up-with-the-top-twitter-and-social-media-news/

When he’s in front of people, Ian Jennings Jablonowski, the 20-year-old hacker from New Brunswick, stands over his laptop like a DJ at a club, feet planted far apart and further out than they need to be, back hunched, arms stretched out. He talks fast and has piercings in both ears and in his lip. His pointy black hair looks like that of an anime character, and the straight-brimmed black hat that sits carefully askew on top of his head does not come off.

Check out the full article here.