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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 →

New Jersey-based Mutual Force pinged us the other day about their upcoming beta service that pays former employees for their institutional wisdom. We have been in many, many situations where we left assignments, have good feelings for our old employers, … 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 →

I finally got around to putting together another track of audio from The Singularity Summit. Continue reading →

NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program exists at that oft-referred-to intersection of art and technology. At their semi-annual shows, the public gets to see how students have made imaginative use of wires, pulleys, solenoids, robots, Kinect boxes, video projectors, and the occasional … 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 →

You mean you never heard of Billy Durant, the real founder of General Motors? Durant was an early 20th century entrepreneur, whose series of pivots, board firings, and general insane greatness reminds me of another more recent incarnation of this … Continue reading →

I had great unobstructed front rows seats for last night’s Hacks/Hackers Meetup NYC. Exiled to the long waiting list, I instead watched a livestream of the interactive map making presentations with my MacBook propped on the coffee table in my … Continue reading →

FanGager has added over 100 new engagements to its repertoire of games, videos, and other hooks for measuring user interactions with a brand. This latest batch works with Facebook’s Timeline and includes a trivia video, a spot-the-difference puzzler, and online … Continue reading →