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I’ve recently taken notes on the top 5 things in my life which I believe are indicators of what the future looks like:

Twinkle
AppleTV
Silicon Alley Insider
Meetup / The Point / CarrotMob
DonorsChoose & Kiva

Twinkle
No need to put the iPhone or Twitter on my list, because the Twinkle application (jailbroken phones only, for now) combines both of these [...]

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Fred Wilsons post called “Executives vs Leaders” got me thinking about my senior honors thesis called “Signs of Leadership.”
Fred’s observation about the current Democratic front-runners is one which many share: Obama and Edwards are daring and visionary leaders, while Clinton is efficient and detail oriented. As Fred puts it, it’s “the visionary leader versus the [...]

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Last Friday (or perhaps two Friday’s ago) Kyle and I sat down in the SparkSpace conference room and hashed out our strategy for the coming month and a half leading up to launch.
The following video and photo are results of this meeting. Talk about anti-stealth: this is a real peak into our decision-making process. If [...]

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Last week, as many are aware, the Silicon Alley Insider released the much awaited Alley 100 list.
I say much “awaited” because (I feel no shame in pointing out) leading up to the release of the official list there was a large amount of activity on, and buzz around, a site I put up (using BricaBox) [...]

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Improvisation doesn’t just mean “making sh*t up” it means adding to the structure (conversation) and responding to others (listening).
What is the relationship between structure and improvised collaboration? How do we make music together — without coordinated notes on paper — and still make sense?
The quote above came from Forrester researcher and social media consultant Jeremiah [...]

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Any moment now, the Silicon Alley Insider will announce it’s much anticipated “Alley 100” list — a list which will serve as the Who’s Who of New York City technology for the next year.
Reader beware: the release will and has already caused a lot of buzz and controversy.
This is likely my last post on the [...]

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Those of you who know me, know about my love for Brandeis University. It’s a place that matters a lot to me, and where I really took so much.That being said, it excites me to learn that Bill Clinton will be speaking at Brandeis in early December, there to dedicate a new program at [...]

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I love Scott’s posts because they’re nearly always small enough to “clip” in their entirety.Theses are good lessons. Notes taken.

clipped from scott.heiferman.com

Secrets to Fotolog’s Scaling Success:
* The site is intentionally simple.
* Popularity is driven by a base of active users, not a rich set of cool features.
* Constraints in web sites can, like [...]

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USV’s Brad Burnham has a good post about web services and open source software today.
One of his paragraphs could be taken out of context and applied to a lot of other things, especially community groups.
If the architecture is designed to further the interests of the community, it will thrive, if it is designed to further [...]

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In case you missed the news… it was announced yesterday that New York-based NPB (I’ve been the Technology Strategist since February) was bought by NPR and WGBH. It’s a very exciting time for the organization and I think the result will be good for all parties — really.
Here’s a portion of the press release – [...]

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