Category Archives: Random Musings

Davis Square Chugger Alert

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Frank

My British friends have an expression for those people hanging around, blocking sidewalks and taking other disruptive measures to get you to give to their cause of the day.  They call them charity muggers or “chuggers“. Given the plethora of … Continue reading →

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Stuck at the Airport? Social Media to the Rescue

Posted on June 11, 2008 by Frank

Having spent the better part of Sunday traveling and looking for ways to kill time that dreadful “two hours before an international flight”, I came across this interesting article on Mashable. Many are obvious but all are great time killers.

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Unusual Unica bucks business blogging routine, retires blog

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Frank

Sometimes the tone here at the ‘Slice can be a little down. So few businesses seem to know what they’re doing with social media marketing, so many techniques are overblown, so much to criticize. But the other day, I ran … Continue reading →

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Further evidence of the decline and fall of live events

Posted on September 27, 2007 by Frank

This turgid PC World headline popped out of my newsfeed this morning: Startup Company Asked to Leave Demo Show. Naturally, I had to click on this and find out what the fuss was all about. Here’s the skinny: A scheduled … Continue reading →

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We’re gonna party like its 1999

Posted on September 25, 2007 by Frank

I read in the Wall Street Journal this morning that Google and Microsoft are in an epic battle for the hearts and minds (and ad dollars) of Facebook. Besides not knowing who to cheer for, my mind drifted to Geocities … Continue reading →

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Data fetishists and people who love them

Posted on September 24, 2007 by Frank

There’s been a lot of swirl around Ian Ayres, an econometrician and law professor at Yale, and his new book, Super Crunchers, and I’m generally in favor of it. Ayres advocates using data, not intuition, to make decisions. “duh” you … Continue reading →

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