Feb
22
2006
Job: Wiki Developer
Scott Johnson introduced me to another Scott recently who is working on what seems to be a very interesting web startup. They are looking for a wiki developer. The company is based in San Diego but you can be located anywhere. It seems to be a contract job at least initially.
Startup looking for an ...
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Feb
21
2006
Interactive Playpen at SXSWi
Lego and other modular toy fun at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival! Ryan Gantz and I conspired with Hugh Forrest at SXSW to set up this room. It should be fun.
Here's what Ryan wrote on the playpen website:
For a couple of years I had this idea in the back of my head that it ...
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Feb
21
2006
Game Night Tonight at the Common Ground
The latest installment of Exploit Boston Game Night is tonight (Tuesday, February 21st) at the Common Ground in Allston. It starts at 7pm and usually runs for three or four hours. We have lots and lots (and lots and lots) of board and card games. It's 21+ and free admission. There's more information about game ...
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Feb
17
2006
Boston Unplugged
The Boston Foundation held an event on Wednesday, February 15, 2006, where they released the “Boston Unplugged†report about city wi-fi in Boston. There are a few notes about the meeting on the BostonWAG weblog. And here's a pdf of the report, too. I had work comittments so I wasn't able to attend so I ...
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Feb
16
2006
Send me a voice message
This seems like a fun thing that Odeo has set up. You can send me a voice message by clicking on the button below. It's also at the top of the sidebar over there on the right. I think that everyone who gets super cranky towards people they barely know online should be required to ...
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Feb
15
2006
Annie Hall
Michael is slowly (yet surely) making his way through the AFI's Top 100 List from a few (OK, many) years ago. His latest review is up about Woody Allen's "Annie Hall." And much like his sports writing, Michael can even make a Woody Allen movie sound interesting. Or at least interesting enough to read a ...
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Feb
13
2006
2006: The Year of the Human
Late last year Pete Caputa invited a few of his cohorts to compose 2006 predictions. I missed the deadline and I'm sure I've passed the grace period for these sorts of predictions. But well, better late than never.
The more I hear about the latest event websites popping up, the more I am convinced of it. ...
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Feb
13
2006
Community Broadband Action Alert
MuniWireless.com reports (via Adina Levin at the Community Broadband Coalition):
This coming Tuesday [February 14, 2006], the Senate Commerce Committee is holding a hearing on municipal broadband. It is critical for the committee to hear from you — the people who are making community broadband work, and who are bringing the benefits to your community.
Please call, ...
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Feb
13
2006
Rosie O’Donnell, Martha Stewart and Flickr
A while ago I noticed that Rosie O'Donnell had a flickr account so I added her as a "contact." She mostly takes a lot of photos with her camera phone. This morning it looks like she took a few photos while on Martha Stewart's show. Here's one she took of Ms. Stewart.
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Feb
9
2006
Notes from last night’s Boston wi-fi meetup
Tom McGonagle, co-founder of the Watch City Wireless Project in Waltham lead a discussion last night about Linux and wi-fi routers at the Boston Wi-Fi Meetup. There were about 25 people there which was a great turnout for the Wi-Fi Meetup. I am looking for interesting topics for future events so if you have a ...
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