Social Network Service and Feed Pluralism
A few months ago my biggest concern was over whether or not it was a good idea for someone to create a social network aggregator. I spent some time looking at social network aggregators and even more time considering the implications for user privacy involved with them. I also considered the subject of OpenID, a […]
Android vs. Blackberry Platform?
“Research In Motion (RIM) (TSX: RIM; NASDAQ: RIMM), RBC (RY: TSX; RY: NYSE) and Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI; TSX: TRI; LSE: TRIL; NASDAQ: TRIN), today announced plans to launch the BlackBerry® Partners Fund, a US$150 million venture capital fund, to invest in mobile applications and services for the BlackBerry® platform and other mobile platforms. The […]
Startup Women
I have been to far too many creative, technology and startup company related events where I’ve left scratching my head as to why the crowd has so few women in it. If I started looking for Women who have founded startup companies the number decreases yet again. In the the recent Mid Atlantic Business Plan […]
Social Media Dev Camp East
Today I’m participating in SocialDevCamp East in Baltimore, MD. The crowd is different from the usual DC crowd, but there are a few familiar faces.
Panels
There are a wide range of panel topics (The full list is available here). While there are a lot of developers here, there are also quite a few people from across […]
Featured Company: Positive Energy USA
This week’s featured employer is Positive Energy USA. The folks at Positive Energy have just added eight new jobs to the jobs list here (one was here already), and for a startup that is incredible.
They an energy efficiency startup delivering products designed to make a significant dent in carbon emissions. The product they are building […]
Android Update
If you got excited about the iPhone then get ready for the next roller coaster ride, the Android Phone. If you haven’t been following lately then you probably haven’t missed much. But now that summer is near, so is the debut of the Android Phone, which will be based on a new open source operating […]
Twitter Blacklist Emerges
If you’ve used Twitter then you’ve probably noticed the noise has been increasing as more people jump on the bandwagon. And what would the web be without spam, right? The good news is that Twitter is working to put a stop to spam. Want to know if someone connected with you is a spammer? Check The Twitter […]
“Human Resources” Has To Go
A little under a year ago I had a personal aha moment where I realized that I was onto something big. Like most, the events that lead up to this happened over the course of many years, but unlike most of them it would change my life. I realized that the phrase “Human Resources” had […]
What’s in your interview portfolio?
I just got off the phone with a recent graduate of a top computer science program that happens to be in the DC area. The guy clearly had things going on upstairs, but said he had just accepted a programming job at a government contracting compnay (not even one that I had heard of before) […]
Pitt Stop Needed for Linkedin
I’ve been using LinkedIn since the early days and would pitt the effectiveness and value of my online social network there against anyone. I’ve been a big fan for a very long time, but I am starting to question whether or not it has any value. I say this for two really important reasons:
1. It takes about […]
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