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Sparrow’s Advisor John Maeda Shows Importance Of Design Centered Startups

My email situation is a serious mess. I’m sure you can relate. I have four different Google Apps accounts and an Outlook account. I’ve given up on checking all but.

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Sqoot Apology Round 2: “We Can Do Better”

Yesterday we reported that sponsors of the “Boston API Jam” were pulling out after the host, daily deal API service Sqoot, listed women as an event ‘perk’ ( See more here).  After being berated with criticism by both.

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Comedians Continue To Cut Out The Middle Man

This week Aziz Ansari released his newest stand up special titled Dangerously Delicious for download exclusively on his website. Ansari is the third comedian now to cut out the middle.

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2012 Retro Handheld Roundup

This year will see at least two new gaming portables hitting the market with the GameGadget and SNK’s slick NEOGEO handheld. With mobile gaming running rampant on smartphones everywhere, and.

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Internet Explorer Embraces Image; Never Meant To Hurt You, Baby

Microsoft has launched a new ad for Internet Explorer equivalent to Lloyd Dobler blasting Peter Gabriel via boombox through your bedroom window. In a new self-effacing video from the software.

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What Could You Have Done In The Past With A Laptop? [Infographic]

The Direct2Dell blog posited an interesting question: What Could You Do With A Simple Laptop…In the Past?  (One assumes they also meant an unlimited power supply as well) I have to.

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Smithsonian Begins Exhibition On Art In Video Games

Starting this month the Smithsonian American Art Museum will be holding a half-year exhibition on the art of video games. The Smithsonian website says the exhibit “focuses on the interplay.

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Chicago (And The Midwest) To pando daily: Shove It

Yesterday as I was perusing various news sites and getting caught up on everything, I was treated to a very special episode of pando daily about Chicago written by Trevor.

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The Future Of Comments

Comments are full of trolls, which is stifling conversation as the real experts are reluctant to add to the discussion. A publisher and a publishing tool are here to change that.

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Editorial: In Defense Of KONY 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc In the wake of the KONY 2012 film being uploaded to YouTube on March 5th, 2012, Invisible Children, Inc. (the non-profit organization that produced the film) has catapulted to.

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