June 2009
25 posts
“In today’s world you get journalists, geeks, bloggers, connectors, to read your...”
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“The site has been around for over two years now but I have always abstained from...”
– Why Publish Full RSS Feeds instead of Partial Summary Feeds - Digital Inspiration
A Bunch Of New Stuff From Boxee →
Image via CrunchBase
Our portfolio company Boxee is announcing a bunch of new stuff tonight (Tues night) in San Francisco. I blogged about this event last week and I hope some of…
Wintercheck Factory: Good Design From the Back of... →
Furniture company Wintercheck Factory offers designs they hope will appeal to customers who are seeking “a unique product that is sturdily made, intelligently designed and moderately…
Twitter the front desk at playful new Maastricht... →
A midnight snack in 140 characters? Guests at a new Maastricht hotel won’t have to leave their Twitter stream if they’re feeling peckish—they can just tweet their requests to the front desk,
We will talk about ubiquitous products when we are... →
*This is a ubiquity play. Intel and Nokia banding together? And they’re not saying
why? They’re not gonna build a sexier iPhone. They’re gonna spew wireless chips
all over the place.
*As they…
A Bunch Of New Stuff From Boxee →
Image via CrunchBase
Our portfolio company Boxee is announcing a bunch of new stuff tonight (Tues night) in San Francisco. I blogged about this event last week and I hope some of…
Artists Create Guerilla Sculptures in Paris DIY... →
Wander around a Paris area home improvement or gardening big-box store and you might happen upon the work of the French artists collective called Encastrable. The group randomly visit DIY…
‘Vertical Canal’ Building Facade →
Dutch architectural firm Cepezed has installed a gorgeous, shifting facade on its offices in Utrecht. A three hundred square meter metal grid contains a giant array of small plastic…
Food’s Increasing Mobility →
From underground supper clubs that create curated, one-of-a-kind evenings to gourmet meals-on-wheels, food’s increasing mobility is rendering the static dining experience obsolete. We…
Oh, to be the Economist →
When newspaper people in the U.S. aren’t wishing they were the Wall Street Journal – “well, they can charge” – they aspire to be The Economist.
Dream on.
I just got email announcing The…
Mos Def launches New Album on a T-shirt →
Some people accept the demise of the physical album as an inevitability, others embrace it. Like Mos Def: He’s releasing his latest album, The Ecstatic, as a T-shirt. How does that work?…
Global Bathrom : All-in-One Bathroom for Universal... →
Global Bathroom is an all-in-one bathroom concept that can serve you with all aspect. This concept comprises a four shelved wardrobe for storing cloths and others along with an on-top roller shaped…
Building Successful Long Term Relationships →
Twenty-two years ago today, the Gotham Gal and I were married. I’ve learned a lot in the twenty-seven years that we’ve been living together and much of those lessons have spilled over into my…
Adding value in the new news ecosystem →
How can and should news organizations and others add value to the new news ecosystem that is being used in the Iran story?
Or to put the question another way: The New York Times keeps talking…
Building Successful Long Term Relationships →
Twenty-two years ago today, the Gotham Gal and I were married. I’ve learned a lot in the twenty-seven years that we’ve been living together and much of those lessons have spilled over into my…
Geolocating Your iPhone Users via the Browser →
Hallelujah! Geolocation is available in the iPhone’s browser. I was thrilled to finally have this app ask to use my location. This is only true for the new 3.0 version of the browser…
Geolocating Your iPhone Users via the Browser →
Hallelujah! Geolocation is available in the iPhone’s browser. I was thrilled to finally have this app ask to use my location. This is only true for the new 3.0 version of the browser…
What’s next: a Mint for your physical location? →
I don’t mean to scare you, but there’s a faceless entity that knows you better than your friends, your spouse, and even you: your technology. As the Internet and phones weave into your life,…
From Russia, with Love (and Brad Pitt) →
On the heels of our most recent discussion of driving, infractions, and class-warfare, here’s this possibly made-up but undeniably awesome story from Jalopnik. Apparently, local traffic cops in…
British Paper Asks The Crowd To Check Over 450,000... →
Over a month ago in the UK, the Daily Telegraph spurred public furor after the broadsheet newspaper released details of parliamentary official’s botched expenses. MPs had apparently…
6 in 1 Solar Robot Kit →
The 6 in 1 Solar Robot Kit is a super cool, eco-minded toy for kids and adults, packed with half a dozen gadgets for solar powered fun. The Solar Robot takes the shape of a robotic dog,…
User economy v. consumer economy →
I’m fascinated with the services that are popping up in Italy - and now, I see, in the U.S. - enabling people to rent instead of buy things and to rent out the things they have: to share, in…
Can VCs reinvent themselves? →
I nearly missed it, but Peter Rip of CrossLink Capital wrote a very thoughtful article on the future of venture capital for BusinessWeek back in April.
He basically demonstrates how the…
Jeff Jarvis On Advertising As Failure →
On his blog, Jeff Jarvis has three videos that explain his thoughts on the idea of advertising as failure, or in other words, why advertising is only required when a product does not…