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Talking About Tech Bubbles & More at the Dublin Web Summit [VIDEO]
The good people over at Dublin-based Websites Made Easy recorded and edited a talk I gave at the Dublin Web Summit in March. My talk, “The Top Questions in Technology,” focused on fostering a discussion around the big issues that have kept the tech world buzzing, including whether we’re in a tech bubble and what… Continue reading Talking About Tech Bubbles & More at the Dublin Web Summit [VIDEO]
Challenges & Frustrations
“All challenges are frustrations, but not all frustrations are challenges.” From my random (nonexistent) book of quotables.
It’s About the Little Details
For the last few days, I’ve been in the fantasy world that is Disneyworld. Mashable held its first annual Mashable Connect conference at the Disney Contemporary Resort, and it was fantastic fun. This post isn’t about the conference though (I’ll post one later). Instead, it’s about the very, very careful attention to detail that makes… Continue reading It’s About the Little Details
Pic: Tumblr’s @DavidKarp chatting with Mashable’s @SarahFKessler on stage at Mashable Connect: #mashcon
Yup, They Found Lots of Porn in Bin Laden’s Compound
From Reuters: “A stash of pornography was found in the hideout of Osama bin Laden by the U.S. commandos who killed him, current and former U.S. officials said on Friday. The pornography recovered in bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, consists of modern, electronically recorded video and is fairly extensive…” Here’s my favorite part, though:… Continue reading Yup, They Found Lots of Porn in Bin Laden’s Compound
Irrational Persistence
“Irrational persistence is the common thread in uncommon entrepreneurs.” From my random (nonexistent) book of quotables.
My First Article on Mashable
In case you haven’t been following my tweets for the last few days, I have written 1,998 posts on Mashable. Tomorrow, at Google I/O, I will almost certainly write post #2,000. I wanted to mark the occasion by quoting my very first post on Mashable, “Are Social Media Jobs Here to Stay?” I wrote this… Continue reading My First Article on Mashable
Discussing Paywalls, Privacy & Tech Trends with Jeremiah Owyang on NBC’s Press:Here
I made a recent appearance this week on Press:Here, NBC Bay Area’s Sunday tech talk/interview show. Our interview this week was with Jeremiah Owyang, partner at Altimeter Group, web analyst/strategist, and all around great guy. We covered everything from the impact of social media on the newspaper industry to the future of privacy. I’ve embedded… Continue reading Discussing Paywalls, Privacy & Tech Trends with Jeremiah Owyang on NBC’s Press:Here