by David | Feb 24, 2009 | economics, media, transportation, urbanism
I got on the T and sat down next to a seat occupied only by two copies of that free newspaper that I’ve been thinking too much about. I picked one up and started reading it. At the next stop, the woman sitting on the other side of the newspapers, who was...
by David | Feb 22, 2009 | culture, economics, media, technology, working
Last Wednesday I had a double dose of interesting thinking about giving. First, I talked at a Harvard Extension social media class about Firstgiving and Twestival, then I popped in at the Philosophy Cafe to hear some deeper discussion of the limits of altrusim. And...
by David | Feb 12, 2009 | design, economics, urbanism
I was walking from Central to Harvard yesterday morning and I noticed that the Porter cluster of furniture stores about midway between those squares is changing. Maybe a sign of the economic times, maybe just neighborhood evolution. Since I’m in the market for...
by David | Jan 21, 2009 | economics, media, technology
Not that long ago I laughed at comparisons of Facebook and LinkedIn because I didn’t see much point in using Facebook. Now I laugh because the tools are so different, most comparisons seem silly. Facebook is still the place where people live their online...
by David | Jan 19, 2009 | economics, media, working
If you’ve been following @tangyslice (and if you haven’t, what are you waiting for, an engraved invitation?) you may have noticed that he’s back and tangier than ever. For a while there he was spending many long hours a day comforting a screaming...
by David | Jan 17, 2009 | culture, economics, media, technology
I try to rethink on a daily basis, if not constantly, but like most people, I don’t do the Big Rethinking often enough, maybe mostly around milestone birthdays, new years, yom kippur, presidential turnovers, etc. Now I’m preparing to move and going...
