I really need to do a better job of pushing out these digests more often. The intent is that sometimes I come across a link about which I don’t have enough to say to warrant an entire post, but I still want to share with people. So I save them up and when I have […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I came home from work today and fired up my Apple TV to find a special bonus episode of This Week in Startups featuring Gary Vaynerchuk (@GaryVee), author of The Thank You Economy, amongst other titles. I wouldn’t call the program an interview in that Gary is a force of nature and as soon as […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was reading the anti-Facebook privacy driven Internet zeitgeist around the new Diaspora project. I’m not sold on the idea of Diaspora, a peer to peer solution for social networking. I doubt it will have any more success than Freenet and other similar peer to peer projects which haven’t gained traction. What is interesting to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jason Calacanis has launched a new talk show style podcast called This Week in Startups. The first episode came out on May 2nd, featuring Brian Alvey who founded Crowd Fusion. There is also a tech news segment and I enjoy Jason’s “John McLaughlin” style predictions. Overall it’s an enjoyable show, but it’s long. I wish […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m a big fan of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles on FOX. I didn’t start watching the show until earlier this year. But I then bought both seasons one and two from Amazon’s on-demand service to catch up. I also bought the first season on DVD and preordered the second season. I like the show. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have been involved in the Second Life community off and on for several years. For a time I was very bullish on the project and I really thought it might take off and realize Neal Stephenson’s Metaverse concept. But it doesn’t seem that it is going to get there. I thought that if Linden […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After a lot of behind the scenes work, Communications Tool & Die is now up and running. We’ve launched our web site and are taking our first clients. Exciting times, but also a ton of work. I’ve never been one to mind a ton of work though. I think there’s a great opportunity to differentiate […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
By clicking on a banner ad on the Washington Post, I found a link to the first annual Creative Economies conference being held October 24-25 in Tysons Corner, VA. I’m really interested in this subject (Wikinomics was mentioned on this site here and here). I’d love to go to this conference but unfortunately my schedule […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I saw this article on VentureBeat that Mint, the online personal finance site, has launched. I have noticed press pieces about Mint off and on but I haven’t followed it closely. The idea is that you input your personal financial account information into the system and it then tracks and graphs your personal finances so […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I haven’t really updated much here lately as I’ve been super busy. I did end up taking a new position, and it’s in down town DC so getting used to my horrible commute is taking some time. It’s an exciting job, however, and I’m hoping it will work out for the long run (it’s a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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