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Happy New Year! Before they left on vacation, our award-winning research staff was tasked to come up with an under-the-radar technology that will reshape our lives this year. They have risen to the challenge and informed me of the breath-taking … Continue reading →

Even the iconic Wooden Mirror had gone completely virtual. Maybe it was me, but this wintry NYU ITP show seemed to be less physically endowed than this school’s last public event held in the Spring. There were fewer spinning gears … Continue reading →

Honestly, Now is a personal advice site that I first saw demoed at Hoboken Tech Meetup in March. Started by Bob Petrie and Tereza Nemessany, NYC-based Honestly is a Q&A sub-genre specializing in personal advice and appearance feedback. You ask … Continue reading →

I was listening to Occupy Wall Street’s Beka Economopolous, and I couldn’t help it: my mind wandered to pitches I’ve heard in the startup world, especially the part when the founder gets to the bulletpoints on consumer engagement. I was … Continue reading →

I won’t pretend to have understood all of the 5-minute presentations given by members of this NYC hack community on their works-in-progress at last night’s Hack and Tell meetup. If you’re a developer or other interested party who wants to … Continue reading →

General Assembly Demo Night is an informal tech gathering in which this startup community’s members learn about new projects and launches hatched within its comfy coworking space located on NYC’s lower Broadway. No judges, no awards. Just a guy or … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago I received a review copy of Ralph Roberts’ “Google App Inventor” from the ebook publisher Packt Publishing. I took a quick look at it, was favorably impressed by the sections I read, and was left with … Continue reading →

They argued over lists and schedules and experts witnesses and limitations placed on adverse witnesses and written versus oral testimony and perhaps the number of coffee breaks–’cause this trial will require plenty of that. I am referring to the pre-trial … Continue reading →

How quickly they grow up. First an idea is conceived at a long Startup Weekend, then the next thing you know the little tike is winning awards–1st place at an Ultra Light Startup pitchathon–and before you can say Round A, … Continue reading →