Category Archives: Publications
Wall Street Actually Occupied (Briefly)
[Fast Company] Can a leaderless, agenda-less movement also survive without a home base? With the specter of eviction looming, Occupy Wall Street tested their “organized chaos” approach to protesting and wound up on Wall Street proper. [Read the rest of Wall … Continue reading
Translating Content Is The New Having A Web Presence
[Fast Company] A New York City translation tech venture, Smartling, today released a host of new features and services to help users translate their websites, mobile, and other digital content into many languages, quickly, affordably, and accurately. [Read the rest … Continue reading
The Inside Story Of Occupy Wall Street
[Fast Company] Frustration, doubt, chaos, and failures dominated the early days of Occupy Wall Street. So how has it lasted so long, grown, and spread around the country? Fast Company reporter Sean Captain was at the occupation from day one … Continue reading
What To Expect From iOS 5
[Fast Company] For most of the 16.4 million Americans with an iPhone 4 or iPhone 3Gs, according to ComScore, as well as iPads and recent iPods, the real news from Cupertino today is what they’ll get for free by downloading … Continue reading
Amazon Channels Apple At Kindle Fire Launch
[Fast Company] The founder and CEO paced across the stage before a massive screen displaying the company’s achievements in recent years–skyrocketing sales of media and a heritage of innovative, beloved gadgets. Steve Jobs? Could be. Or it could be Amazon … Continue reading
Make Your Smartphone Smarter
[Wall Street Journal] We love our iPhones and Androids. And “we” doesn’t just mean tech geeks. Virtually all Americans (kids too) have mobile phones. And 40 percent of them have smartphones. That number keeps growing—fast. And tablets (read: iPads) are … Continue reading
A Web-Fomented Protest On Wall Street Is Louder Online Than Off
[Fast Company] A modest, recession-inspired demonstration grabs plenty of online attention. Is the future of activism more digital than physical? Fast Company goes inside the Sept. 17 OccupyWallStreet demonstration in New York (and follows reactions online) to find out. [Read … Continue reading
Android Is Having A Cinderella Moment
[Fast Company] For years, the Android smartphone operating system stood as the neglected stepsister aside the iPhone’s radiant, beloved iOS. Tens of thousands of suitors–app developers including large corporations and rising creative talents–hurried first to build something for iOS phones. … Continue reading
Publishers Are Mining Solid-Gold From Apple And Amazon’s Nugget-Sized Reads
[Fast Company] Try explaining an e-book to a Luddite. How would you describe it? Well, it’s a book–a novel, a biography, some textbook or tome in a digital form. That definition needs a rewrite, now. This week Apple introduced a … Continue reading
Dashboard Your Life
Tame the tangle of bills, finances and frequent-flier miles by visiting only a few websites instead of 20 [WSJ] They tower ominously, mocking our lax responsibility. They are the stacks of bills, account statements and frequent-flier updates. Even going paperless doesn’t … Continue reading