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Mad Men might be over ...but Don Draper lives on: Sigh. Sunday's were Mad Men days for me and, er, the rest of the Internet. I even followed a (very) few of the Sterling Cooper twitterers, though I've more or less cut that out because, while charming, I have enough trouble... Continued » |
My first panelWell, my first panel went off without a serious hitch Thursday night, for which I'm eternally grateful to both panelists, Rich Miner of Google and Duncan Perry of Treedia, and particularly to even chairperson Julie Son who basically pulled the... Continued » |
The Cornell Club of Boston presents ...The Cornell Professional Network of the Cornell Club of Boston presents Marketing in the New World Part III: The Mobile Frontier featuring Rich Miner, Director, New Business Development, Google and Duncan Perry, Eng '84, A&S '... Continued » |
Insightful political analysis from across the borderMy old college pal Charlie from Ohio offers up insightful analysis, as always: Isn't Bush right now like a college kid going through terminal senioritis? I imagine Obama like the newly appointed frat president, being given a tour of this wreck of... Continued » |
Cha Cha starts to monetize ... badlyWell, at least it's a start. One of my favorite mobile services, and the reason I occasionally break my 500 texts/month limit with a vengeance, is Cha Cha. I'm not alone, as now Cha Cha's the fastest growing mobile text search, beating out the... Continued » |
24 years old ...... and my handwriting is as bad as ever. At least some things don't change. Continued » |
If it's not ok to blog critically about your job ...... why do so many people have different micro-blogging (Twitter, Tumblr, what have you) standards? Further Reading: More on just this question at CNET, which reports that a McCain staffer was suspended for Twittering something ... inappropriate. Continued » |
What happens when the structures outlast the function?One of my favorite places to stroll around in Manhattan is the Meatpacking District, just a few blocks from where I lived the summer I worked at the New York Daily News. The giant trestles, unused since the 1980s, once used to hoist freight trains... Continued » |
Why don't we see real innovation in the news industry?You know, maybe something like this: Q. I was curious about digital newspaper distribution. I know most papers have their own Web sites, but do any have a virtual subscription? That is, can a newspaper be e-mailed, in much the same way it used to be... Continued » |
Cloverfield: A diastrous movieI don't get very hyped up about many movies, particularly to the point of paying to actually see them in a theater, but I'd wanted to see Cloverfield for a while. Why? Because I'm a B-movie Sci-Fi fan at heart, even if I don't devote enough time to... Continued » |
What Michael's been up to elsewhere ...
Mon, 2010-09-06 13:53
michael linked to Companies Fund Lawmakers’ Charities - The Daily Beast 1:53pm#
michael shared 6 SaaS Metrics You Should Track 5:30pm#Sat, 2010-09-04 21:56
michael tweeted ".@DocumentCloud's backend analysis tools are way cooler than sliced bread." 9:56pm#Sat, 2010-09-04 12:48
- michael tweeted "Digg's decline, illustrated http://bit.ly/bpaodc" 12:48pm#
- michael linked to http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=4904 12:47pm#
Fri, 2010-09-03 15:45
- michael tweeted "The 7 habits of highly effective writers http://bit.ly/azbVEP #8: When all else fails, make lists /via @estherschindler" 3:45pm#
- michael linked to Q & A: Longshot co-founder Alexis Madrigal : CJR 3:30pm#
- michael tweeted "@spanoplos And maybe all the bugs, too." 3:29pm#
- michael tweeted "Facebook sees impressive growth via time travel, signing up every human ever: http://bit.ly/aKgHYQ" 3:05pm#
- michael tweeted "Dictionary Attack, Middle Earth-style http://bit.ly/bv7RXS #Security" 1:30pm#
Thu, 2010-09-02 13:00
- michael shared “Data Is the New Soil” 1:00pm#
- michael linked to A Times Must-Read on the News Corp. Hacking Scandal : CJR 9:35pm#
- michael linked to NOW, union blast Levy, Beth Israel board - BostonHerald.com 9:23pm#
- michael tweeted "@andymboyle Take solace: They're rich in anti-oxidants bc they're made with tomato puree not paste. Had a cookbook with Spaghettio recipes." 7:02pm#
- michael tweeted "RT @zseward: Ken Cosgrove and Harry Crane marvel at the Macbook http://3.ly/KKFp #MadMen" 4:25pm#