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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
David Gritten writes a blog for the UK Telegraph, he wrote about the film season in Cannes, France. “Strangest of all are market screenings, mainly for the benefit of distributors who might be interested in buying a film for their particular territory. Often these films are being seen for the […]
Today I drove to Easthampton to pick up a new sidewalk sandwich sign painted by Jill MacFarlane. While I was at a cafe I picked up the Valley Advocate, and chuckled through a cover story by Annabel Lee, chronicling 100 Internet dates. Here is the ending: “I’m not sure what […]
David Rich writes for GoNOMAD about elephants in Thailand.“On the first trek into the jungle we quickly learned the most repeated command is bai, which means “GO.” The jungle to an elephant is like a chocolate factory to a Willie Wonka kid; every jungle bit is luscious, edible and available. […]
I remember well watching Survivor in 2000, the summer I lived in a youth hostel on Martha’s Vineyard. Richard Hatch was a big part of that show, and he got sentenced to prison yesterday for tax evasion. Ouch! “It seems unfortunately very clear to me that Mr. Hatch lied,” Torres […]
The Pioneer Valley’s famous bird killers, Michael Zak and Tim Lloyd are getting lots of ink in all of the papers. What most of the stories are saying is how stupid it is to try to keep birds away from a fish hatchery by shooting them. Today’s Recorder had quotes […]
Kelly and Quang just got back from an eight-month trip around the world. In their blog, Global Roam, they talk now about what it’s like to return home… “This is how it feels: We’d rather keep our revelations and our stories to ourselves. In this way, they retain an air […]
