Do you take our National Holidays for granted? Do you actually stop to reflect on their meaning? For the first time in a long time I am taking the time to reflect on the meaning of today. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the United States most revered and special citizens. I will not […]
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My super simple philosophy on life
When you get down what do you do? Do you eat? Sleep? Sit on the couch? Me, I tend to sit and marinate on my couch and order way too much Chinese food – in college I would have been called defeated. (Tony, Prastaro have seen this) Avoiding personal defeat is one of the goals I […]
loadingloading: This Broken Social Game Scene series tries to look at why most current social games break usual social norms and suggests a few things we can do to fix it! In the previous post, I talked about the distinction between Social Network games and ‘social’ games — the former being a game that is […]
Have you ever thought about owning your online avatar? How many gorgeous pieces of digital doohickeys would you love to actually own? For some of you I bet the answer is I want them all! People are spending more and more time in virtual spaces and building up an unbelievable amount of digital stuff. Stuff […]
Malcolm Gladwell famously wrote that the revolution will not be tweeted in response to the belief that the Green Movement in Iran did not overthrow the theocratic goverment of Iran. He is partially right. Most of the tweets were from non-Iranians supporting the folks on the ground. However he missed an important piece. The internet […]
Ever have that eureka moment when you are certain that you just come up with that next great idea? How about after having that idea you do some research and find some one has already done it? You aren’t alone. It happens all the time, every day and always. In fact its the one of […]
Do you have trouble sleeping because your mind is racing? Do you think about work/world/life issues all the time? We all do somewhat, its part of the human condition. We’re pushed, pulled and jocelled through our own doing all day long. In my life this is a good thing. Thinking obsessively about one problem is […]
Commutes suck. The subway is annoying and I always miss the train right as I get to the platform. Is this a common refrain you have every morning? If it is you should feel lucky to have the opportunity to complain about it. New York City and the many dense urban areas around the world […]
How many hours do you spend watching sports? How about reading US Weekly or People magazine? Sadly, I watch hours and hours of sports. I am guilty of giving away my time to what are essentially meaningless pursuits. As Americans we’re feed entertainment that is designed to be advertised against. Media is essentially created to be banal […]
Do you stay up watching news channels? How about ESPNNews? That’s what I tend to do then regret it in the morning. You should sleep because nothing is going to happen. You should sleep because you’ve already seen these highlights. All the games are over already. All the highlights/news are available online. Its good for […]
Do you care about your friends and family? Do you tell them? If you are anything like me you probably don’t. Unfortunately we all assume our friends and family will always be there. One of the many things I have learned from my amazing and wonderful wife is to thank and appreciate the thing folks […]
Ok. Maybe I over index my reading with technology coverage (ok I definitely do) but I just find it tedious. My biggest gripe is that it is very narrow and there is not a lot of meaning to the writing. I would say 80% are press release churn or at least some version of a press release. […]
I’ve had this blog cooking for a little while now and I think I have done ok with it. (So say the 150 Unique Visitors I get) It’s time to kill the man in my head who says “No one wants to hear that much from you" Well, he’s out, and I am in. I […]
I don’t agree. Quora seems to be taking the text based, Craigslist, Amazon school of design. Things don’t need to look good to be functional. Design is overrated. I have found the site to be functional and easy to jump into. Why is Quora’s UI so unintuitive?
I’m reading ‘The New Capitalist Manifesto’, an interesting book on rebooting capitalism, and it has got me thinking about my beliefs on things. Folks who work with me know my philosophies on the web but I thought I’d share them with the world. Here is my list in no order: More is better. The internet […]
List of 2010 Crunchies Nominees for Social Commerce Category
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My Recommendations for You
It’s that time of year when all the lists of the Best of ________ come out. Some of them are good, some of them are bad and most of then well, there are just too many of them. I am not going to do a best of. Just going to list the things I recommend […]
It doesn’t matter whether I’m talking to an investor, C-suiter, or an entrepreneur. Most of them — like most of the general public — answer the question, “What does social media mean to you?” with “It’s stuff that helps you make ‘friends, digitally!! Do you want to be my friend?” “Sure” I usually reply. And […]
Sometimes blogging can take a back seat. The time I have for blogging is the same time I have for reading. I can only do one at time. Here is what I have been reading Gotham – The History of the City of New York to 1898 Where Good Ideas Come From. The Natural History […]
Its all well and good to want to communicate to your team what is going on in C-level meetings. They need to know certain things and you may want to get their feedback on ideas within the company. Things get sticky in times of change. Mishandling or providing too much information can explode into rumor, […]