The Progress Bar

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! I spent last weekend in New Hampshire relaxing [...]

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My cousin Laran has a blog which I stumbled across by chance.

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A family friend who is the copy editor for the Foreign Desk at the New York Times was featured in Pursue the Passion. When you read about Iraq or Israel, his eyes are the last to see every story before they get shipped off to production. Truly a gifted and passionate individual as any I [...]

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I met a guy a few years ago who lived on my street in the 1930’s. It turns out my apartment was a a house of ill repute back in the day.
Over the past 2 years my neighborhood, the South End, has gotten progressively more dangerous, even though my block is considered an Historic District, [...]

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My good friend Chris turned 40 this week. Everyone wore this t-shirt to the ballpark at the Jersey shore where his wife threw the surprise party. She did a great job keeping the party a secret, Chris had no idea what was going on. I have two more years until I go through the [...]

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This weekend I ran in the Bunker Hill 8k. It was my first road race in a long time and I was fortunate to be running with a group of friends. Running is one of the few things that clears my head and does a quick emotional reset, perfect for someone who sits in front [...]

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I went to the Verizon store today.
My two year contract is up.
I wanted a Helio Hero phone.
$80, all you can eat vox and data. Cool with the Myspace kids, if they can afford it.
Dropping $275 on an untested phone on a patchwork roaming network is not my idea of reliable fun. Even if it is [...]

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I’m going to see Radiohead tomorrow night. Absolutely the best band I’ve ever seen live. To say I’m excited would be the understatement of the year.

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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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