by David | Mar 29, 2010 | culture, media
Tonight is the start of Passover, a holiday celebrating the struggle for liberation with foods designed to remind you of suffering and enslavement. At one point in the traditional Seder, participants recite the ten plagues visited on Egypt , spilling out a bit of...
by David | May 5, 2009 | culture, media, technology
I’ve done it over 2,000 times., and I don’t think that’s immoderate for a man of my age. I’ve done it on a boat but I’ve never done it with a goat. Sure, when you’ve done it as many times as I have, it may seem almost routine, but...
by David | Apr 28, 2009 | culture, design, eating, media, reading & writing, urbanism, working
It’s not every day you go to a social media event in a cargo container sponsored by a shoe company and hear somebody invoke Thoreau when talking about Twitter. Today was just such a day. But first, I’ll back up to last night, when J (have I mentioned...
by David | Apr 12, 2009 | media, technology
First Sunday each month Boston Media Makers at Doyle’s in JP. This April only It was the second Sunday to keep us alert. I brought my netbook, hipster PDA and cards. What’s with the mermaid? Lots of great people, some serious geeking out. Here are some highlights:...
by David | Mar 4, 2009 | culture, design, media, photo, technology
I was engaging in some micronarcissism (that means looking at my Twitter page) the other day when I chanced to notice that most of the icons – or avatars if you prefer – were faces, most of those photographic. The old New Yorker cartoon said, “on the...
