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The Progress Bar read by people interested in emerging Internet marketing, technology, social media, reputation, virtual environments, blogs, the Boston Internet scene and much more. If you like what you see you should subscribe to my RSS feed or via email in the sidebar. Thanks for visiting!Marketing Vox says Virgin Mobile will give away free [...]

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My friends and I showed up in a new story about my favorite beach being closed due to pollution from last week’s storm. The water really wasn’t that bad. Link.

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Aldo Castañeda posted our podcast discussing the marketing implications and emerging surfaces of identity and attention systems. The talk primarily covers the layers of the identity stack, with particular focus on data providers and aggregators leading up to my thoughts on how our digital self will be represented in the future.
The podcast is located at [...]

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Interesting article in the NY Times about Timberland going carbon neutral in 2010. Turns out the majority of carbon monoxide in the shoe making process is from the cows in the fields, i.e. methane. I’d never head the term carbon neutral before, I bet it takes off now.

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A great history of online music recommendation engines, from Ringo to Pandora and a lot of other systems I’d never heard of.

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PaidContent breaks the story that the Grey Lady is investing in Root/Markets, which is creating a market to trade consumer information.
From a recent Forbes article:
Root has developed a software program that allows consumers essentially to spy on themselves, sending every click into a “vault” of information at Root that can be stored, edited and used [...]

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Here’s what’s new at iKarma from their May 2006 newsletter.
Directory - List your iKarma profile in the iKarma directory. It’s free!
Tagging - Tag your profile so you can be found in the iKarma directory and on search engines.
RSS Feeds - Add your iKarma profile to your blog or monitor your reviews with your newsreader.
Resume Post [...]

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This is awesome, fast user switching using the built in hard drive sensors. Check out the video.

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All I’m going to say is that I was totally blown away by the Lost season-closer. I’m warming up to the pre-show concept of recapping the year in the previous hour, helps fill in the blanks, as I have missed a few episodes this season. Many twists and turns, as are to be expected, and [...]

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My good friends Nora and Eric are celebrating the birth of Evan Bradford Foster. Between his parents good looks, brains and athletic ability, this kid is going to be a superstar. Here’s to the beginning of an amazing life, I am humbled.

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