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Entries from March 11th, 2009

Twitter talk at the IxDA NYC Recap of Interaction 09

March 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Conferences, Events, Twitter

Last night, IxDA NYC hosted a recap event of the Interaction 09 conference in Vancouver last month. Thanks to our lovely hosts, JPMorgan Chase, and to all of the volunteers who helped pull it together. MJ Broadbent, one of IxDA NYC’s fabulous local leaders, asked if I would be willing to talk about how Twitter [...]

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Photo of the day: Brick wall behind glass

March 10th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Photography

Last year I was going somewhere on the Upper West Side of Manhattan when I passed the Paul Saini Deli on 95th Street and Columbus. In the first window were several shelves filled with an array of grocery products, pretty typical. But as I kept walking I saw there was a second window — and [...]

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Photo of the day: Calorie Counts at Dunkin Donuts

March 9th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Photography

Sometimes regulations are evil. On April 30, 2008, NYC passed a law requiring fast food restaurants to very visibly post calorie counts on their menus. Unfortunately for me, that meant finding out that my favorite doughnut at Dunkin Donuts, the Boston Kreme, is the most caloric of them all. Oh how I hate you Mayor [...]

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Photo of the day: At the MIT Bookstore

March 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Photography

Okay, so photos of the day. While I was at UIE’s UI13 conference in October, I took a gander through the MIT bookstore. When I stumbled upon these two geeky tees, I couldn’t help but snap a pic while no one was looking. I went to Carnegie Mellon a.k.a. Nerds ‘R’ Us and even we [...]

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Photo of the day: Please don’t touch, lick, stroke or mount the exhibits

March 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Photography

It’s Saturday, so let’s get a little risqué. Over Thanksgiving, the lovely Sharin and I took our 18-year-old friend Jason to the Museum of Sex (what else does one do with an 18-year-old boy?). I snapped a pic of this sign hung prominently near the entrance and posted it to Flickr. Somehow someone found it, [...]

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