Monthly Archives: August 2008

Podcamp Boston Feature – Version 2

This is the second version of the Podcamp Boston feature I prepared for a client earlier this summer. Forging Connections in New Media – the value of Podcamp Boston by Jeff Cutler Correspondent Steve Garfield couldn’t stop talking about meeting … —yes, there’s more—

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Unlimited iPhone Internet Plan – only $20

For a number of years, I’ve been hanging around with a crowd of new-media folks. These people introduced me to Twitter and and showed me how to use other technological connective-tissue applications to converse with and learn from smarties. Now … —yes, there’s more—

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Podcamp Boston feature – Version 1

This is the first version of the Podcamp Boston feature I prepared for a client earlier this summer. Sometime over the weekend I’ll share the second version of this article. Podcamp Boston 3 – A Tech-Centric Event About Making Connections … —yes, there’s more—

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Schedules

From the moment I began hanging around with smart people – the social media crowd, the techies, the scooterists – I’ve become painfully aware that many of them follow schedules that are far more ambitious than the one I’m used … —yes, there’s more—

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So you want to write something?

I’m jetting off to a writer’s conference in a week and I’m also taking part in another conference in the middle of October. The conference for which I have to travel is in Atlanta and will certainly give me an … —yes, there’s more—

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If you’re offered a choice

The one problem I’ve had all my life has been that I’m a semantics freak. I’m a holdover from times when people would get irritated if phrases were misused or words were spelled incorrectly. It seems that the category of … —yes, there’s more—

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Two things, or maybe one hundred

I’ve been away for a week and I’m sorry I wasn’t posting regularly to Bowl of Cheese and to Jeff Cutler. The reasons are simple, I clogged my brain with so many great images and story ideas that I was … —yes, there’s more—

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We need more mirrors

Last night I went out to dinner in Boston’s North End. I was lucky enough to get a window seat overlooking Hanover Street. While enjoying the Restaurant Week fixed-price menu (and I say enjoying to be polite, the meal wasn’t … —yes, there’s more—

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Another couple columns published

One appears at SavvyAuntie – where if you recall, I’m their uncling columnist. The other appears at Made to Order Bikes in Atlanta. I contribute to them occasionally. Enjoy both and please leave comments on the respective sites. Keep reading!

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Dissecting ShopVac by Jonathan Coulton

This is a pure, in-the-shower idea. Meaning it came to me while I was in the shower and listening to Coulton’s music. As some of you are aware, I did a 90-minute interview with the musician this spring and have … —yes, there’s more—

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