Automated or Connectimated

I guess I am really looking for here is an answer to a question that a lot of people are asking these days.  One that had become all to real to me recently: Is it better to have automated services or people backed services.  I am not talking about Robots doing the work - but [...]

I am finally getting what I once thought wis.dm was going to give me

I was once a member of the social networking site wis.dm - back before it changed it’s platform from a link sharing format to the current question/answer format.  I wrote about the site a few times and at the beginning was very interested in the content that I had amassed there - and the relationships [...]

Twitter: @locksmith:springield:ma

I would like to add the following API to twitter or to have a service that would have made it easier for me today. I have to tell you a short story to set up the situation I was in today.
My wife (Shannon) and I decided to go to Six Flags Great Adventure today [...]

When technology changes rip out your bottom line

I was inspired by this great article in the only “paper” magazine that I subscribe to (Fast Company). The article is about the fall of AOL and how their tumble into obscurity was marred by general business mistakes which compounded with the eventual loss of the company’s largest revenue generator (dial-up).
I got a call [...]

Noise filter: “On”

I have to agree with Robert Scoble on the fact that “I love the noise”.  I am referring to Scobleizer’s post about Noise vs. News and why sites like Google News and Techmeme don’t have any noise:
First, let’s do a little definition of the difference between news and noise. The noise examples were pulled off [...]

Views on Nationalism

Referring to the recent suspension of three teenagers for not “standing” (yes standing) for the pledge of allegiance. There are a lot of different angles you could come at here.  You could play the whole religous role - since the word “God” is in the pledge of allegiance maybe receiting this is offensive towards your [...]

Blogging - opening the door to sales

Blogging for money may be a dangerous use of resources but what about ‘trolling’ for money.  Today I came across this awesome blog post by Jeremiah Owyang (Senior Analyst for Forrestor) - someone that I follow on Twitter and a blog that I enjoy reading.
The post (entitles CMS Horror Stories, and Your Soon-To-Be ‘Legacy’ Community [...]