RFID Tags Could Mean No More Lost Luggage
CNN reports today about using RFID tags on luggage. It’s being tested in Hong Kong Airport. “If you have a misplaced piece of luggage today, someone has to physically stand next to it, or the bag has to pass in front of the reader before we know where it is,” […]
Get the Digital Issue of Nylon, Click the MySpace Links
Poring over the NY Times again while visiting Steve Gilbert’s big house in Lambertville, I found this short article about MySpace providing a spot on the web for Nylon magazine. It’s an ingenious idea: The music and fashion magazine will publish a digital June/July issue, which readers can download, that […]
What You’ll Do With Your Cellphone Some Day
Wired News had a story about an Australian entrepreneur who has started a new cell phone company called Amp’d. “Here’s how Peter Adderton sees the near future: You’ll be asleep in your house, and your wireless entertainment device will wake you up. It’ll be voice-activated, so if you want some […]
Armless Man Stopped for Speeding
The AP had this story today. “An armless man stopped for speeding was driving with one foot on the steering wheel and another on the pedals, a policeman testified in court. Colin Smith, who was born without arms and has never held a driver’s license, appeared in court Thursday charged […]
A Treasure Trove of Reading at Nat and Val’s House
We woke up late today at Nat and Val’s house in Blawenburg. The season is ahead of our colder New England climate, so her garden is in full bloom. One thing I’m always amazed about when I visit here is the smorgasbord of reading materials at hand. The New Yorker, […]
Anticipating the Holiday Weekend
It’s already a steamy day, a Friday, a day of travel and anticipation. We’re on our way down to visit the family in Jersey, a ritual done at least every six months, but one that always excites me. I am the only member of my family who lives far away, […]
Panty Raider Gets Her Come Uppance
Laura Crimaldi writes with charming righteousness in the Boston Herald about an Andover woman who cheated welfare and stole panties from Victoria’s Secret. “A brazen lingerie hustler who lived luxuriously for years in an Andover gated community while bilking $117,500 in welfare from taxpayers is still tooling around in a […]
The Web is More than a Way to Sell Newspapers
Paul Maidment writes in Forbes.com about a meeting of newspaper execs facing the new Internet publishing world. “Even the mighty minds behind Google took several years to realize that they were a media company, not a tech company. But they and their fellow West Coasters have invented a new way […]
Mushrooms in Amsterdam: Rock On!
Seth Stevenson writes in Slate about taking mushrooms in Amsterdam, the day before he was flying home to the US. “I’m in an H&M, on the edge of the socks and accessories aisle, when the drugs begin to take hold. My body starts to yell at me: “Something is happening! […]
What Would You Do?
I came home this afternoon and there was a rare message for me on the home answering machine. Rare because nobody ever calls me at my home number, they know I am always at the office or on the cell. I listened to the voice on the tape…it wasn’t familiar, […]
Equity, Ownership Excite Ryan Seacrest
Ryan Seacrest was profiled in today’s NY Times by Lola Ogunnaike. The Idol host gets up at 4 am to do a radio show, then works for E! and has his hands in lots of other things–including hosting duties on the #1 show on TV. “Equity, ownership, production fees, license […]
Me and the Legends on TV
Tonight I watched TV for a long while, beginning with the Making It Here episode that was taped in October about GoNOMAD. It was a rush to watch it after such a long time in coming. I kept expecting myself to stumble on a word, or botch up something but […]
Crowdsourcing: Using the Masses to Solve Problems
On Sunday I read the entire new issue of Wired, and found many fascinating ideas to ponder. One was Crowdsourcing, a new trend that uses the masses to achieve what was once only done by professionals. In corporate R&D, for example, Procter and Gamble employ more than 9000 scientists and […]
Forget Frequent Flyer Miles this Summer!
Today is a grey day, but a great day to read the news on the laptop. The NY Times had a story about a tough summer for air travelers. “Airlines, still struggling because of high fuel prices, have been able to raise fares because of the tight capacity. David Strine, […]
GoNOMAD Profiled on "Making It Here," TV Show
Last fall, Marla Zippay from WGBY Channel 57 came to visit us in our former small office at 14A Sugarloaf St. I drove up to the building on my scooter, they taped a few takes to get it right. She was filming the episode of “Making it Here,” that will […]
Magazine Publishers "Get" Video on the Web
The Boston Phoenix had a story last week about the future of magazine publishing. It’s not as bad as newspapers, said the story. “One operator gambling on online video is the Ehlert Publishing Group, a company that owns more than a dozen publications, most focused on “enthusiast” subjects such as […]
