Back in the day, I used to go to Red Sox games…lots of Red Sox games, as many as 30 or so a year. In the past couple years, not a game. In fact, I’ve never taken my two daughters. Prices obviously enter into this – read this on the pricing thisyear from ESPN Following an across the board freeze of all ticket prices in 2009, approximately two-thirds of the tickets at Fenway Park will stay at 2009 levels or…
Brilliant…
The big secret of iPhone apps is coming out of the bag: most apps that are downloaded are rarely, if ever used. While I’m not saying we’ve jumped the shark here, it is important to note that if the New York Times has picked up on this fact, then it’s approaching common knowledge. Read their article, “When iPhone Apps Are Too Smart” here. So, for every zealous owner whose iPhone is loaded with little-known programs that predict asteroid fly-bys, there…
Over the past few months I’ve been messing with Foursquare…the geo location service-based social network-game. Frequent readers will possibly remember that I’m not a really big fan of sharing geo location information, even though I’m perhaps one of the few who has directly had his life saved by cell phone geolocation. Foursquare is an interesting study. By turning the geo location service into a game and allowing the most frequent visitors to locations to earn the title of “Mayor” of…
Think about this: much of the “web traffic” we see now doesn’t actually go through a web browser at all, instead a lot of traditionally “web” type interactions are now happening on smartphones, etc. through applications. It’s pretty cool stuff. On my phone I have all kinds of neat stuff, such as the Navionics app that allows me to carry around every navigational chart for the eastern seaboard of the US, and navigate in real time, which is great if you’re a…
This one is a left-handed request. A “new” reader requested it, in an off handed way… The Foo Fighters – “You’re So Vain” from the 2008 Grammys.
I don’t talk publicly about politics much. Not that I don’t have something to say, but more because I think our votes are personal things. I respect your right to use yours however you want. I live in Massachusetts. That makes it easy to be apathetic about politics, as we’ve got a one party state government. Personally, I am an an independent. Throughout the fall, I watched as the Democrats argued over which of them would become the heir to “Senator Kennedy’s…
Today is DeLurker Day, the day in which bloggers like myself celebrate our readers by offering you an invitation to leave a comment. I know there are a lot of you out there that read this blog almost daily, but as you know, there aren’t always a lot of comments. Take the time and let us know who you are and what you like, don’t like and what you’d like to see here or in the world in general, in…
Last night Karl Susman opened his new site which I developed over the holidays. The site is to support his new book, “Love Your Geek”, which was released over the weekend for the Kindle and will be arriving in the full splendor of print on February 1. Many of you will know Karl from his WestsideGadgetGuy.com podcasts, and if you don’t you ought to check them out. The site is a combination of WordPress and BBPress Forum, designed to foster…
One of the first tasks I’ve tackled this week was updating both the software and the theme on Discussnames.com. A fairly simple project, but one with big rewards for the Afternic.com crew, I think. The project was fairly simple. Take one vBulletin site that had a completely separate look and integrate it into the look and feel of the Afternic.com site. No small task, but luckily one I had some level of experience with, having worked on the http://domainersadvantage.afternic.com WordPress…