by David | Jun 27, 2010 | urbanism
Just about two years ago, I wrote about Cambridge’s Cronin Park, a triangle of green near Central Square. These days, location-based stuff is all the rage, and I was pleased to note that Cronin Park is a place on Foursquare. I quickly became the mayor. But when...
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 | Jun 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Almost exactly two years ago, I lamented the closing of Magnolias Southern Cuisine, and about a year after that, another southern joint, Tupelo, opened on the very spot, apparently barely even bothering to redecorate. It’s rather shameful that I didn’t...
by David | Jun 14, 2010 | culture, eating, travel
I’ve spent some time analyzing the comparison of the Mass Bay area with the SF Bay Area, and occasionally even commented on the Red Sox – Yankees rivalry, but a recent trip to Europe has brought to the fore another instructive comparison. You may not...
by David | Jun 12, 2010 | eating
I’ve been informed that today, June 12, is National Peanut Butter Cookie Day. What better day to test my crackpot theory that you can improve things by adding peanut butter. For example, here is Quaker Oats’ “Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookie”...
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 28, 2010 | culture, eating, urbanism
You know how some locations just seem cursed? Those odd retail or restaurant locations that just can’t seem to support a business no matter what? Sometimes it becomes a sport to guess how long the next one will last and sometimes you just stop bothering to...
by David | Apr 23, 2010 | eating, science!, travel
I try not to be too much of a food snob but there are a few things that just sort of make me nervous for no good reason, and having sushi far from the open sea is one of them. This is bogus for any number of reasons, most notably that a great deal of all restaurant...
by David | Apr 19, 2010 | culture, eating, urbanism
I recently posted about an amazing vegetarian meal I had in Chicago at Green Zebra, and pondered why such a high-end vegetarian restaurant somehow exists in Chicago but not Boston. I stick by my assessment that there’s nothing quite like Green Zebra around...
by David | Apr 16, 2010 | culture, reading & writing, working
I was editing a blog post at work the other day – it may surprise you to learn that writing this blog is not my job – and I amended “the data says” to “the data say” because as everybody pedant knows, “data” is the...
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:...
