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Twitter and Open Culture

I woke up one morning last weekend with visions of Twitterplums dancing in my head. In other words, I was mulling over the concept that I hold so dear: that Twitter enables, rather, encourages open communication in a way that was never before possible. The examples are abundant: there’s the open sharing of the Twitter [...]

27.02.2009

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Teaching my Mom to Twitter

A couple of weeks ago, I made a pledge to teach someone how to blog or use Twitter.  The initiative was suggested in GV’s internal e-mail list and everyone immediately embraced it – and so Valentine’s Day 2009 became Social Media Kisses day. I was willing, of course – the problem was that I couldn’t [...]

14.02.2009

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I Love Bruegger’s Bagels, or Why Panera Can Seriously Bite Me

My love-hate relationship with Panera Bread has officially turned to all-hate, all the time.  I spent the majority of last Sunday at Panera’s Brookline location, in an effort to plow through my workload uninterrupted.  Mind you, the food at Panera is delicious for fast food…ever since my high school days of sneaking away to Panera [...]

08.02.2009

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Ridding the Internet of Child Porn: Filtering isn’t the Answer

Today’s op-ed in Australian IT by Bernadette McMenamin, CEO of an organization called Child Wise is naive at best, dangerous at worst.  McMenamin, whose organization seeks to prevent child sexual abuse, claims that Australia’s internet filtering scheme is the solution to preventing child pornography on the Internet.  She argues that ISP-level filtering is one part [...]

05.02.2009

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Winter

I think that if I had to describe winter in Boston without using words, I would show you this photo: It probably goes without saying that I’m really looking forward to my upcoming trip to Miami.

01.02.2009

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