Pitchfork’s 50 Best Albums of 2008

December 22, 2008

Get out that iTunes gift card, Pitchfork has selected their top picks for 2008. I just found Flying Lotus, which is spectacular for background music while working. The future of hip-hop some call it. FL is related to Alice Coletrane.

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All Your Comments Belong to Someone Else

December 16, 2008

Good TechCrunch overview of how Google and Facebook may win the Comment Wars. This upsets me on several levels. If we had a decent centralized comment management system I could easily link to the comments I’ve left at Disqus, TC and other places. Someday this will be possible. For now, we wait for FB and [...]

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Is Twitter’s Business Model Coupons?

December 16, 2008

VentureBeat says that Twitter has made Dell $1 million in revenue. Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) says Twitter has produced $1 million in revenue over the past year and a half through sale alerts. People who sign up to follow Dell on Twitter receive messages when discounted products are available the company’s Home Outlet Store. They can [...]

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Facebook Connect On TechCrunch

December 4, 2008

I just left a comment on TechCrunch after signing in via Facebook. Very cool, although I have to go check the FB privacy settings to make sure TC doesn’t spam my wall. I’m installing Google FriendConnect on one of my other blogs today to see how that works.

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Plentyoffbass, The Movie

November 19, 2008

Longtime readers know that I love to fish and have posted photos here of some fairly large striped bass I’ve caught over the years. My friend James “Stickman” Waldron spent the last few years putting together a documentary about Plum Island fishing, where I do most of my striped bass fishing. The video is in [...]

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Tuesday 11-18-08 Links

November 18, 2008

Make Your Own iPhone App. Too lazy to come up with your own status updates? Try Generatus. Wonder why nobody is visiting your site? Usertesting.com. Upgraded blog to Thesis theme. Whether you’re operating online or off, creativity is the key to your future success. Messing with code, switching themes, and constantly changing the variables of [...]

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SNCR Tweetup in Boston

November 13, 2008

I’ll be at Vox at 7pm tonight for the Shel Holtz tweetup. Haven’t seen my social media peeps in a while.

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The Big Four-Zero

October 21, 2008

I turned 40 today. It’s been quiet around here, most of the blogging has been over at OnlineDatingPost.com, where I’m helping several anti-fraud companies partner with social networks and dating sites. I’m still doing some social media consulting, waiting for clients to deploy some of the services we developed.

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The History of the Smoot

October 5, 2008

Anyone who has lived around Boston will enjoy this video of Ollie Smoot, the MIT student who’s height was used years ago to measure the length of the Mass Ave Bridge- 364.4 Smoots and one ear, which converts to 2,164.8 feet. Story at Boston.com.

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James Nachtwey’s Big Reveal

September 30, 2008

James Nachtwey, who’s War Photographer documentary I absolutely loved, is breaking a story on October 3 and has asked people to add a widget to their blog to promote the story. The link the widget in this post points to will change on the third to reveal the true story. James Nachtwey is preparing to [...]

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