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...
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...
by David | Jan 12, 2009 | economics, technology
My mobile phone is showing signs of age. Sometimes it has trouble going to sleep or waking up, sometimes it’s just slow, sometimes it suffers from embarrassing premature discharge. So I headed over to the local T-Mobile store this weekend to have it checked out....
by David | Jan 3, 2009 | economics, technology
Shred day is my new favorite holiday, supplanting yak shaving day. I’ve been remiss in observing shred day so I’ve got some catching up to do. Shred day is observed by some in early January and by others in mid-April. It’s when you shred a...
