Thoughts from the road
I’ve been on the road a heck of a lot lately, getting to meet lots of interesting people, talking about new media. Ever since September, it’s been go-go-go and I’m grateful for a pause until spring. In order:
- NASFAA
- Podcasters Across Borders
- PodCamp Philly
- Emerson College
- Bentley College
- NASFAA private engagement
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Crosspost: Student Loan Radio 44: Becca Loebe at the Lizard Lounge
Becca Loebe played a great concert at the Lizard Lounge on September 16, 2007. Recent events, like PodCamp Boston, conferences, etc. have kept me so busy that I didn’t get around to publishing it until now, but here it is for your listening enjoyment.
Enjoy, and [...]

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Groundwork Phase: Preparing for the Future
November and December are typically slow months at work and in the many projects ahead. PodCamps tend to slow down in terms of occurrences, and lots of time is re-allocated to family and friends as the holidays approach. I’m in the midst of a few different groundwork projects right now.
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Fashion and ridiculous pants aside, if there’s one thing you can never take away from MC Hammer, he could DANCE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMzoBkaFxh4

Ah, the 90s.
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The One Laptop Per Child project is opening its doors on November 12 to purchasing. For $199, you can donate a laptop to a child in a developing nation.
For $399, you can get one yourself and donate one under their Give 1 Get 1 program beginning November 12.
I’m buying one for myself, but not for [...]

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Once You Step Up, You Can Never Go Back
One of my fondest memories of PodCamp Boston 2 was sitting at lunch on Sunday talking with one of my martial arts instructors, Dennis Mahoney, about profound knowledge and Sisyphus vs. stairs. I’m constantly in search of profound knowledge, which, as Anthony Robbins defines it, is knowledge [...]

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Everybody Needs A Ninja
I have the good fortune in life to have access to lots of very, very talented people. It’s my pleasure to be able to bring their works together and present them as best as I can. In this case, I present the music of podsafe music superstar Matthew Ebel and the martial [...]

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Well now. This is a new twist. MySpace and Google have teamed up on OpenSocial, making the list of OpenSocial API services considerably more interesting.
Engage.com, Friendster, Hi5, Hyves, Imeem, LinkedIn, MySpace, Ning, Oracle, Orkut, Plaxo, Salesforce.com, Six Apart (the parent company of TypePad, Movable Type, LiveJournal, and Vox), Tianji, Viadeo, and Xing.
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There’s an economics concept called moral hazard that I kept hearing on Bloomberg and finally did a little research on.
Moral hazard refers to the prospect that a party insulated from risk (such as through insurance) will be less concerned about the negative consequences of the risk than they otherwise might be; for example, an individual [...]

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The Superheroes of PodCamp Boston 2
One of the problems with an event the size of PodCamp Boston 2 is that things get lost along the way and after. Events like that need a public face or two, but rarely does the rest of the group get publicity. I want to take a moment to single [...]

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