by David | Oct 21, 2010 | culture, economics, technology, urbanism
I was chatting with Boston fixture Joselin Mane and LBS Elder Eric Leist at Social Media Breakfast (organized by the estimable Bob Collins) this morning while pondering the use of altitude information by Foursquare, we stumbled on an interesting question: Location...
by David | Jun 23, 2010 | economics, media, technology
Everybody loves advertising, so I figured I’d share some tips about advertising on Facebook that have accumulated on my plate after a few different jobs and consulting projects using them. o. You can get started with Facebook ads on the cheap. Anybody can run...
by David | Jun 15, 2010 | economics, media, science!, technology, transportation
Well, here’s one thing that doesn’t seem to be in evidence in Sicily: a burbling startup scene. I dropped in at Web Innovators 26 (it seems only yesterday I was at Webinno18) at the Royal Sonesta to check out the demos and pitches. As usual, there were...
by David | Apr 28, 2010 | economics, urbanism
A lot of the people who said that microblogging or Twitter was the Big Thing of 2008 or 2009 are saying that location or Foursquare is the Big Thing of 2010 or beyond. I don’t know if Foursquare is played yet, or if Twitter already has jumped the shark, but...
by David | Apr 11, 2010 | eating, economics, travel
Chicago is all about meat. Chicago Beef hot dogs. The Bulls. The Bears. Mrs. O’Leary’s cow. So naturally, on a recent semi-professional jaunt with Prof. M, we sought out some excellent vegetarian food with photo power-couple LKB+BEM. Our destination:...
by David | Mar 21, 2010 | economics, transportation
I noticed an ad for a major airline selling the fact that they don’t charge for (the first couple of pieces of) checked luggage. And as my premier status on various airlines ebbs, I find myself charged even for the first checked bag more and more often. Despite...
