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Oh The Places You’ll Go… [2010 Edition]
For the past couple of years, I’ve posted a brief overview of my travels, listing all the cities I’ve visited in the past year and it’s time for my update for 2010! I like having this annual recap as an archived summary of my year without getting [...]
80% of the deaths in Cambodia…
Your mind-blowing statistic for today: 80% of the deaths in Cambodia are directly related to water #TEDxCLT @DocHendley
Data, Data Everywhere
I just came across this post over on GigaOm about the data volume generated by social networks vs that generated by the various sensors that exist in objects, surfaces and machines you encounter daily- the numbers are pretty impressive. For example, a Boeing jet generates 10 terabytes [...]
Screw Viral Video
I came across this great AdAge post from Jim Louderback (CEO of Revision3) on the current state of the online video industry and the false god of viral video. It has a couple of really great points, but the entire thing is worth reading. I think these [...]
Hello, Brooklyn
After 18 months without a long-term living plan in New York, I’ve finally locked down a great new apartment in the DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) neighborhood in Brooklyn. I think this warrants some Jay-Z:
On Mediums and Technical Interaction
Recently, I saw someone trying to use their fingers to move something on their Blackberry screen- after about half a second, he said to his friend “Ah, Im just so used to my iPhone, I keep forgetting the buttons.” I realized that his brief misstep is actually [...]
New York City Snowicane
In case you haven’t heard, New York has gotten a ton of snow this month- so much in fact that February 2009 is now the snowiest month in NYC history (breaking a 114 year old record). Well I came across this time-lapse video of the latest storm [...]
Open Letter from OK-Go on Music, the Internet and Everything Else
“With or without this embedding problem, we’ll never get 50 zillion views on a YouTube video again. That moment – the dawn of internet video – is gone. The internet isn’t as anarchic as it was then. Now there are Madison Avenue firms that specialize in “viral [...]
Oh the places you’ll go… [2009 Edition]
I’m a few weeks late on this, but better late than never! Last year, I followed the lead of a few blogs I like and posted a recap of my 2008 travels to various cities. I like the idea of making this an annual post, so here [...]
Feelings, Cash and Retirement
I have had an ING savings account for a few years now- it was awesome back when I had a 4% interest rate circa 2005… it’s at a significantly more modest rate now, given the whole ‘stuff your money in a mattress’ trend that is going on right now, but [...]
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