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One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Does 2nd Deployment in Ethiopia

I love the One Laptop per Child project so much.  Being able to expand the horizons of young minds… showing them the world through the Web is so frickin’ cool. One thing that I miss from my old job is that I’m not involved with h...


Library of Congress Photo of the Week - Pres. Wilson addressing Congress

In the Library of Congress’ recent upload of photos to Flickr, I found this gem.  It’s one of President Wilson address Congress between 1910 and 1950.  Because of the Presidential election that we’re in now, I thought that this p...


Micah Baldwin on Who’ll Survive the Economic Downturn

My friend Micah Baldwin has got a great blog post about who’ll survive the economic downturn that we’re experiencing right now.  I think he’s right on… People that are good at something will fail. People that are great will...


A Little Fun at Clearspring

On Friday, we were having fun at Clearspring playing some foosball so I decided to make a little video.  Enjoy!       


Happy Wednesday - Widget the World Watcher

Here at Clearspring, we’re big into helping people share widgets.  So when one of my co-workers found this YouTube video about Widget the World Watcher, we all shared it around and got a good laugh…. enjoy!     ...


What Facebook/Social App Do You Use Often?

Appssavvy’s recent round of investment made me rethink about the question… What Facebook/social app do you use often?  For me,  it’d be none.  I don’t actively use any Facebook Apps.  How about you?     ...


Speaking at NonProfit 2.0 Workshop in Washington, DC

Guys, I’m going to be speaking at the workshop NonProfit 2.0 on October 27th from 3pm to 6pm.  If you’re working at a non-profit, this is a great place to bring your co-workers who should learn more about various Web 2.0 technologies a...


Twitter, Retweeting, and Sharing

The social Web has really redefined the Web in a way that we haven’t really seen since the onset of online search.  People are using their online friends to find information online and as a filter to what is and isn’t important. Twitte...


Take Notes About Who You Meet and Then Follow Up… Building Community

Regardless of whether your a politician or a hockey mom, throughout your life, you’re going to be meeting people and building a community around your interests, thoughts, and ideas. Often, you’ll end up meeting more people then you can...


Broadcasting My Sister’s Wedding Live on Ustream

I’ve always been fascinated with the idea of broadcasting events live over the Web but never really had the opportunity.  When I jokingly suggested that my sister let me broadcast her wedding, I totally excpected her to say “no way in ...


Where is your community? That’s where you need to be.

I talk to a lot of folks.  They ask me, “there are all these social media tools. I’m not sure where my company and I need to be.” First, let me say… take a breath. Now, my first question is - where is your community?  What ...


Got a Ticket for Future of Web Apps Miami in February 2009

Today, the cool kids at Carsonified released 100 conference tickets for $100 and 20 conference/workshop tickets for $200 for their Future of Web Apps (FOWA) conference in Miami on February 22-24, 2009. I was lucky enough to snag a conference/works...


A Great Way to Alientate or Even Lose Friends

I love this blog.  I love that I have a venue where I can really dig deep into my life experiences and try and extract out some kind of lesson or meaning.  I love that I get to do it with all of you…   And you all rock for reading this! The ...


BarCampDC2 Draws 30 Sponsors of All Shapes and Sizes

I’m SO proud of the Washington DC tech/social media/web community.  We’ve been working on BarCampDC2 for the last few months… specifically raising the money so that everyone can do all the cool stuff we want to do. The community ...


Clearspring CEO Hooman Radfar on “Clearspring + AddThis = Universal Sharing”

So… as you all know, this morning, Clearspring announced its acquistion of AddThis.  Well our CEO Hooman Radfar has just recently published a blog post about it, which I think is worth reading. Here’s an excerpt… Our vision is to...


Clearspring Acquires AddThis

Big news today at Clearspring HQ.  We’ve acquired the bookmark and content sharing service AddThis, the button thats frickin’ all over the Web.  Together, we make the most comprehensive set of sharing services on the Web.  We’re ...