by David | Nov 12, 2008 | economics, media, technology
Today’s Social Media Breakfast at Ryles in Inman Square was packed. Packed with social media types looking for work and some free pastry, but also packed with meatier than usual discussion of ROI. You can follow much of the live twitter chatter on the hashtag...
by David | Nov 9, 2008 | culture, design, economics, media, transportation, urbanism
Sometimes I get excited about small things. Some would say that’s the point of this blog. Others would say, “that’s what she said.” Today’s little fixation is the Random Redirect WordPress Plugin by Matt Mullenweg. I have implemented...
by David | Nov 5, 2008 | eating, media, technology, urbanism
I got a message from Si in London recommending that I check out this upcoming TweetUp in Cambridge. Turns out it was at Andala Cafe, home of my favorite hummus plate and barely a block from limeduck world headquarters. Once again, the internet pwnz geography. The...
by David | Nov 5, 2008 | economics, media
At Boston Media Makers, there was sporadic discussion of Twitter advertising, mainly meaning people monetizing their Twitter use by selling ads either in their streams or on their profile pages. It was generally agreed that profile page ads were less invasive and...
by David | Oct 24, 2008 | culture, media, transportation
The folks who think the bible is a fairy tale have come up with their own stranger than fiction scenario. The British Humanist Association has raised over 100,000 pounds (far in excess of their original goal of 5,500) to fund something called the Atheist Bus Campaign...
by David | Oct 15, 2008 | culture, economics, media
I started off writing another “grumpy philanthropist” bit, but decided to mellow out a little for once. I’d been getting cheesed off at high-fuss low-impact online (and offline) awareness campaigns that didn’t really do enough for the causes. ...
