Looking back through my content for the past year, I noticed that the longer more research intensive posts were my top content. Much a surprise to me given content has somewhat become a #bite140 world.  The posts are some of my favorites as well so I thought I’d do a short list of them here... Read More →

Chris Brogan is right. When I started thinking about the things I wanted to accomplish in this shiny new year, I realized it does boil down to 3 words to me.  Not goals.  For that, I have a mind map of goals that I need to accomplish this year which are measurable. I’ll add this. ... Read More →

I hate sales. Let me rephrase that. I hate the idea of cold calling prospects, pinging Twitter accounts, filling people’s inboxes in hopes to get their attention long enough to take money from them.  I find it highly distasteful.  I hate the subtle sales pages that make promises for only $47 dollars you get a... Read More →

As a web developer, I use many tools to wrangle websites and designs on a daily basis.  Photoshop is a godsend when doing mockups but that’s just the tip of the iceberg.  Here are some other tools that help me with different aspects of the design and implementation process. Themes for WordPress Quite often, a... Read More →

At both Podcamp Boston and Podcamp New Hampshire I gave a talk on social media and competitive intelligence.  The last time I spoke in front of crowd as a presenter was at NewBCamp 1 in Providence.  I came away from that talk discouraged at the idea of speaking in front of a crowd. Then I... Read More →

As a long time Gmail fan, every email that I send or receive goes through my gmail account.  Once I was annoyed by it’s clustered conversations but then it won me over with keyboard shortcuts and amazing search of my inbox. One thing that does terrify me is their ability to lock you out of... Read More →

Now that I have your attention, go read this post by the awesomest lady, Tamsen: “I’d prefer my gender be an additional piece of information you know about me, rather than the primary one.” - Tamsen McMahon (@tamadear) If you don’t read it, you’re definitely a boob. Read More →

I read about SwiftKey after seeing it tweeted as a keyboard alternative for Android users. When I landed on the home page of their website I saw this: I immediately went to search for their app and paid for it.  It took less than a minute to sell me on this product. I haven’t come... Read More →

It’s been a crazy 5 years, well, 4 for me, but 5 for Podcamp Boston. For those of you who do not know the history of Podcamp: A PodCamp is a usually free BarCamp-style community UnConference for new media enthusiasts and professionals including bloggers, podcasters, YouTubers, social networkers, and anyone curious about new media. The... Read More →

I recently finished a project that has required me to skim resources that are related to kids, education and digital media skills.  It’s made me ponder our educational situation here in the U.S. I’m also pondering how the generational lag between teachers and students is, in some cases, contributing to a lack of very necessary... Read More →