13.Jul.2010 The Boston Globe Trek
I’ve had some experience with SCVNGR – not only are they great people – but their platform is pretty stellar. I’m excited that they are getting such great local exposure with The Boston Globe Trek – they are homegrown after all. Good luck to all – I am planning on kicking some arse.
08.Jul.2010 The Stupids
“One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision.” – Bertrand Russell The more I grow, the more I realize that the Dunning-Kruger effect explains a lot.
29.Jun.2010 Bienvenida Chrando!
Me: Do you have a baseball bat next to your bed? Chrando: Among other things.. Me: What things? Chrando: Ka-ra-tay Me: You have karate next to your bed? Chrando lifts his shirt to show me his leather black belt.
28.Jun.2010 The Birth of @FortPointBoston
Many of you already know about my pet project FortPointBoston – for those who don’t – I have created a new page on dfly as background. My intention is to start chronicling how the project is going - to track the challenges and the triumphs – so it seemed appropriate to extend a formal introduction. [...]
03.Jun.2010 Meet Leroy Stick
Meet Leroy Stick – the man behind @BPGlobalPR. His press release is a lot of brilliant – and a reflection on how important social media is for our culture: “So what is the point of all this? The point is, FORGET YOUR BRAND. You don’t own it because it is literally nothing. You can spend [...]
27.May.2010 Tsunami Bill
Lately, Chray has been great about trying to cheer me up and keep up the good fight. Usually he’ll check in via email and if I don’t get an email, I leave him a voicemail as if I’m calling customer service to complain. Yesterday I told him that I was thinking about heading down to [...]
25.May.2010 Lessons from Fashion’s Free Culture
This is a really great TED video – Johanna Blakley discusses how innovation and copyright are related…especially how the digital age has blown up the paradigm…she has a chart, you’ll see.
18.May.2010 Brand Values
This terrific post from my friends over at Black Coffee is definitely worth a read. We have definitely become a culture who takes its identity from the brands we consume. This is a little troubling, but it is the case. If I say to you “Apple, NPR, Banana Republic, HBO, Starbucks” you’d have a pretty [...]
13.May.2010 The Facebook Backlash: A Geek Call to Arms
While walking through the common last night, @evanmcd and I tried to figure out what was going to be the next big thing. That lead into a discussion around privacy and Facebook (I know us geeks are kind of cliche). Now, groups are banding together to address the issue – in a true geek call [...]