Instant History

When I first moved into the Boston area, a priority was finding a civic organization I could volunteer for and make a difference within the community. That ended up being a lot harder than I would’ve thought: I e-mailed organizations I thought would be a good fit blindly, and often... [Read More]

SpareChangeNews.net was down for a good chunk of the day yesterday for some weird billing mixup. It was resolved fairly quickly, except HostGator somehow mixed our most recent backup with the site we had a year ago, and all these files conflicted so the site was broken for 6 more... [Read More]

There’s a whole lot wrong with the idea of news as a video game, but there’s probably a whole lot more right at this point. Patrick Smith does a smart summary of some key concepts, including people will pay for interaction, new as gaming and reader rewards. It’s all stuff... [Read More]

I’ve been working on a (secret-ish!) side project recently that hopes to index a lot of profiles, and allow people to browse through and compare those profiles as convenient. [Read More]

Editor’s note: I’m moderating this panel. Let me know if you’re interested!   The Cornell Professional Network and the Cornell Club of Boston present... [Read More]