by David | Mar 4, 2009 | culture, design, media, photo, technology
I was engaging in some micronarcissism (that means looking at my Twitter page) the other day when I chanced to notice that most of the icons – or avatars if you prefer – were faces, most of those photographic. The old New Yorker cartoon said, “on the...
by David | Feb 25, 2009 | media, technology
Five weeks ago I blogged about LinkedIn’s API policy, and I also applied to develop an application with their API. I had no illusion that my idea was earth-shattering, but I thought it was a good one, and one that LinkedIn might even be able to monetize. It...
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 | Jan 25, 2009 | media, technology
I met up with Newsgal Extraordinaire A at Brookline’s Coolidge Corner Panera Bread for brunch today. She was delayed so I booted up my laptop and availed myself of Panera’s free wifi. After tweeting a bit, I headed on over to this very website and was...
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...
