Fridays are filled with all sorts of requests, so I decided today to start a Feature Friday where I share per week, ongoings during the month. This Friday’s three share are: Digital Detox, a get away to escape your digital gadgets, Dent the Future, a conference that brings together people from all over the world … Continue reading
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Facebook’s Newsfeed chooses YOU
You can View the press video here. Facebook just had a much anticipated press event where it announced a re-vamped newsfeed where news stories were highlighted and we would get mobile consistency. I’m sure Robert Scoble has his hands on it already, but more so, it makes the users curators of their feeds and highlights … Continue reading
Future Friday : My BIL Talk Tomorrow on Future Tech Media
Tomorrow I am giving a talk at BIL where I am really asking the audience, and all those who read my question here, on twitter, and my facebook page and the likes: What does the future of media look like? Thus far, my talk seems to be covering a few things: What sort of … Continue reading
Peter Thiel-backed MetaMed: Brilliantly Unconventional
Update: Since I wrote this, a posting on hackernews around MetaMed has gained a buzz, join the discussion. MetaMed is also on twitter. New York, NY: MetaMed, a start-up backed by PayPal co-founder and billionaire Peter Thiel and co-founded by Skype founder Jaan Tallinn, has begun accepting new patients who want to be certain they … Continue reading
MYO Gesture Control Armband: Is the Time of the Keyboard Ending?
MYO, by Canadian Thalmic Labs, is a gesture control armband that is currently on preorder, is planned to sell for $149 usd off their site. The website has a video of the product and holds a caption that points to a potential that will have us all gesturing our commands. I suppose Italians will … Continue reading
Macworld Has Gone to the Zombies
Original is posted on blog.pop17.com I can’t lie, Zombies and stars were the highlight of MacWorld. What once used to be the hotspot for all things Apple, now has the blogger world wondering if the conference will start shifting to be a space for enterprise and media to connect on mac things, but lose the … Continue reading
Failcon: Failing Has Allure
Although SV seems to be a forgiving and at times failure promoting space, not too many people talk about their failures until they’ve “made it”. The SV culture has seen an influx of international startups this past couple years, and many of the fresh transplants have a keen interest to know about the failures … Continue reading
GAFFTA: Be a Part of the Summer of Smart Hackathon in San Francisco
Originally posted at: Be a Part of the Summer of Smart Hackathon in San Francisco | Dutiee San Francisco, CA: GAFFTA provided opportunity for Hacking for Public Health and Food Spaces. This is my first hackathon as a participant, after attending over a dozen of them in my life. Day one of the Summer of … Continue reading
RV chats with Startup Genome Guys + Tom Currier to SXSW
I am finally recovered from my road trip to SXSW from San Francisco and ready to share what I learned from my startupRV experience! SXSW interactive attracts startup folks, techies, designers, and tech groupies from all over the world. Last year the conference attracted attendees from 63 different countries, more diverse countries than any of … Continue reading
HUB Trotting: HUB Milan Where Design and Entrepreneurship Flourish
Originally posted late October 2011 at Dutiee.com here Italy is known for food, design and fashion – Milan its second largest city is considered the center of business and fashion. The current economic crisis has placed Italy in a negative light, this brings us to the people at HUB Milan who are working harder than … Continue reading