SXSW has been the place for social media to come onto the world stage over the last few years. This year a host of cool socially oriented companies, leading bloggers and Twitteristas are spreading the word about what is hot.
Today the social media keys to saving are:
1. Swapping – great way to turn your old [...]
Going to the local Ice Cream stand is a family tradition. I have vivid memories as a kid visiting Learned’s Ice Cream or Dairy Queen. On a special day we would make the long trip to Kimball Farm’s.
We have the same tradition in my family. We always look forward to the opening of the Dairy [...]
Google, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, Swaptree and thousands of sites have transformed how we search, find, connect, communicate, buy and swap on the Internet. YouTube has also gained incredible traction as a platform to syndicate video content.
In an interesting twist on the use of the Internet in an old fashioned application process, Tufts University this year has become the [...]
My daughter has outgrown her clogs and today was the day we were destined to get the new pair of Sanita Clogs. A little easier said than done from my experience though.
This morning we “Googled” the term Sanita Clogs and came to a very nice corporate web site. Up in the right hand corner was [...]
Lets face it everytime you turn these days someone is trying to get you to pick up the phone, buy this crappy product, support this cause and so on.
There are many “rip offs” that exist and a whole cottage industry coming up with these scams and implementing them.
Today Time Magazine posted a list of these [...]
Since my birth there was one constant…Ted Kennedy was the U.S. Senator from Massachusetts.
He was challenged, lampooned, pilloried but he fought on for all of the citizens of my state for my whole lifetime.
Today a new day has dawned as Scott Brown was sworn in officially as the U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. It took a [...]
I traveled to New York today for business.
All was great on the train from Boston to New York…dry…warm…Wireless…eMail..IM..Pandora…morning paper.
One step out of Penn Station and it was a monsoon…driving rain and wind.
Back into Penn Station to buy a $5 umbrella.
Wait in the line with all of the other lemmings from the train? No not me…I [...]
Swap is the barter and exchange of goods. This was the predominant method of trading in the 17th and 18th centuries. It is coming back and playing an important role in our economy.
The popularity of cashless deals tends be countercyclical to overall economic conditions, fading when times are good and growing when things are bad. [...]
Amazon has announced that later this year the Kindle Store will start featuring active content produced by developers who can suggest their own prices.
The Kindle Development Kit is already in use by a small group of developers including Electronic Arts and Handmark, which is building a Zagat app. Amazon is looking to expand this base [...]
I grew up in a family that was very interested and engaged in politics…and we still are. Dinner time was always lively discussing the topic of the day. We just did not talk though…we worked on campaigns…we were delegates to conventions…we voted. My Dad, Ted Bennett, also served our home town in elected office for [...]
