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Richard Saul Wurman delighted me when he spoke at the SenseMaker Dialogs last Tuesday in New York City. I remember picking up his book, Information Anxiety for the first time in the early 90’s, a terrified and confident young man, and loving every little bit of it, the provocative micromanifestos, the frequent sidebars, the anecdotes, […]

I love these guys. The Creamsicles rock. I met the bandleader, John Sully, back in the late 90’s when he was pushing the edge of the theatrically possible in underground (sometimes literally undergound) happenings we called Augenblick—hybrid mashups of classical greek theater, glam rock, and cyberpunk that spilled into the Subways of NYC and […]

View from the nosebleed seats, with notes in the margins

Waiting for rush tickets in the lobby.
The two sketches above are from Ira Glass’s appearance at the Kimmel Center in Philly, January 24, 2009. Ira Glass is the executive producer and host of This American Life. Who needs a camera?
Glass gave an entertaining and moving seminar […]

My cousin, Yanni Goldthtein, Holithtic Healer, made an appearance at the Ace of Clubs in Manhattan last Saturday night singing “Wild Thing” as part of the Creamsicles Rock-and-Roll Variety Show.

(Jonny Goldstein doing his Evard Munch impersonation at the Reichstag)
I just got back from a brief trip to Germany to visit a relative. Look, I’m Jewish, so it’s no shock that the German brand does not resonate totally positively for me. I had a kind of multi-pronged discomfort with brand Germany that I have never […]

Over at Indy Hall I sit next to the lead developer for the Mac application RipIt, a program which provides you a brain-dead easy way to back up and play your dvd’s at full quality on your computer. It’s nice to see them getting some recognition at blogs like The Unofficial Apple Weblog and Smoking […]

There are many ways to connect with potential customers. You can advertise anywhere from broadcast TV to Google AdWords; you can blog; you can hire a PR firm to get you coverage. But at the end of the day, you need to build trust. Nothing builds trust like face to face interaction. Unfortunately, you can’t […]

I am about to participate in a new media tour of Pittsburgh with other bloggers and DIY media makers. We have been invited by visitpittsburgh.com and PodCamp Pittsburgh. They invited us to check out some of the cool stuff that the Pittsburgh has to offer. I think inviting bloggers is a wise effort on the […]

Great weekend sailing with Jimmy CraicHead, Magda, and scrcasm, On the way into the mooring we saw what we thought was an original whaling boat—turned out to be of more recent vintage, but still a sweet vessel.
If you have talked with me lately, you’ll know that I am getting obsessed with the psychological concept […]

My amigo, Bre Pettis, is appearing in a pilot of “History Hacker” on the History Channel! He looks at tech innovators of the past and then tries to duplicate their projects using junk from his closet. Bre is an awesome guy who loves learning, tinkering, and showing other people how to unleash their […]