April 2010
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Nick - you’re so comfy on camera.. years of practice? somewhatfrank: My pal Nick O’Neill makes his CNN Debut in a special report on Facebook privacy. Seems like just yesterday Nick and I were having breakfast at Boulevard Woodgrill in Arlington, Virginia and talking about blogging and the idea of him launching a Facebook focused blog. Happy to see it come so far, way to go Nick.  :)
Apr 28th
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“Mitchell remembers her own youth: “In high school I had all the tech...”
– Shireen Mitchell - Qworky | Fast Company
Apr 28th
earth day tribute →
i tend to post a lot of travel, tech event or nature pics. i guess i’m pretty true to my passions. in honor of earth day/week, here are a few of my fave nature pics from over the years. i’m just…
Apr 25th
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Apr 19th
“Well, it gets bigger. It was recently announced that Twitter was going to give...”
– Cheeky Fresh    -really interesting food for thought. do you care? does it change the way you think of your tweets or Twitter?  Mark makes a really interesting point here… So, let’s review. You don’t own your tweets. It’s not even clear who does. And it’s not clear...
Apr 19th
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“We don’t want this to feel like this small group of people has dictated this...”
– -Jen Consalvo of Shiny Heart Ventures on Digital Capital Week provides a way to give back - Washington Post (via somewhatfrank) that’s me! that’s me! 
Apr 19th
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“WOMEN now outnumber men at elite colleges, law schools, medical schools and in...”
– Why So Few Women in Silicon Valley? - NYTimes.com
Apr 19th
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positioning for the brightest blooms →
last week i shared a bit about the planning process i undertook to shoot the cherry blossoms at sunrise around the tidal basin in dc. once the sun was up, the challenges changed a bit. last year… see all the photos & read the rest of the post here.
Apr 18th
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“There’s an incredibly dreadful hack hitting sites using the popular open source...”
–  WordPress Hacked! Virus Cloaks Search Engines - on techcocktail.com nasty nasty… we’ve been battling it for days. soooo frustrating and no one seems to be able to help. fingers crossed Wordpress will figure it out.
Apr 9th
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Apr 9th
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Apr 8th
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dc cherry blossoms at sunrise →
yesterday morning i joined hundreds of other photographers for the pre-dawn trek down to the tidal basin to watch the sunrise and capture some of the glorious light that magically lights up…
Apr 5th
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Apr 4th
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The Apple iPad Has Arrived! My First Impressions →
somewhatfrank: I really was not planning on getting an iPad today. Read my first impressions on this article I wrote for TECH cocktail. I can see the iPad a few feet away from me… so shiny!  ♥ 
Apr 3rd
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Apr 2nd
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“When ecosystems change and inflexible institutions collapse, their members...”
– The Collapse of Complex Business Models «  Clay Shirky
Apr 2nd
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Caterpillar Cowboy: The inside story on how I... →
GigaOm just posted about the $350,000 angel round we just raised. Here’s the inside story how we raised the money. Back in January, we raised about $150,000 from friends & family - my mentor from DreamIt Ventures, my old Amazon VP, my parents, a friend from college, a bizdev guy I met at …
Apr 1st
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“Irrational passion is the key change agent of our economy. Faith and beauty and...”
– Seth’s Blog: Are you rational? An irrational decision is based on gut instincts, conviction and faith. No one is rational all the time. In fact, somewhere along the way we made ‘irrational’ into a bad word, but it shouldn’t be. Steve Jobs is irrational about product design. As a result, focus...
Apr 1st
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“Postling, a New York-based startup co-founded by David Lifson (CEO), Chris...”
– For Postling, Angel Investors Mail in Their Checks I’ll give you guys the inside story in a bit :) (via caterpillarcowboy)  CONGRATS!!!  So exciting!!
Apr 1st
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