Archive for April, 2008
NetSquared Mashup Challenge: Hack Day for non-profits and NGOs
Over on the Yahoo! Developer Network blog, I wrote about something I’ve been helping out with and supporting in recent months, the NetSquared Mashup Challenge:
I wanted to draw your attention to an organization that I and Yahoo! have been supporting that you might want to support, too — NetSquared. The goal of NetSquared is simple: [...]
Must-see film for geeks and hackers: Moog
By total accident, I happened upon the documentary film Moog recently — what a pleasant surprise! I had missed its 2004 release entirely. The subject of the film is Bob Moog, the inventor of the modern synthesizer. The way Moog and his compatriots talk about his work with music and [...]
Party at Brickhouse tomorrow night!
I just posted over at the Next blog about the latest at Brickhouse (all good — Fire Eagle and Yahoo! Live are cranking!), plus details on our party tomorrow night during Web 2.0 Expo.
I’m extremely proud of the team and the work they’ve done over the past couple of months with these products. I’m [...]
Laura Cantrell: finally saw her live (you should, too)
Whenever I come to NY, I step off the plane, grab a copy of TimeOut New York, and flip through the pages on the cab ride to my hotel to see if there are any good shows while I’m in town. More often than not, I’m handsomely rewarded (this is NY, right?) Every [...]
In NY on Wednesday and Thursday
I’m in NY on Wednesday and Thursday with a fairly full schedule, but if you read this blog and want to meet up for coffee or a drink, drop me a line. My email is chad@ the domain of this blog.
(Photo credit: Trey Ratcliff, licensed via Creative Commons)
The last time I saw the Olympic torch. . . .
. . . . I was living in Atlanta before the 1996 Olympics (and during, too). This is one of my all-time favorite photos of myself because it is ridiculous on so many levels. The Harley shirt was sort of the trucker hat of the mid-90s (at least for me).
The torch is [...]
Facebook and platform complementors: history repeats?
The longer I am in this business, the more amazed I am at the new things being invented daily. In an attempt to stay on top of things, I try to train my critical eye for common themes and patterns that transcend the breathless Techmeme zeitgeist because they usually provide the deepest and most [...]