This month my 1999 M3 turns 11. She is one of the last E36 M3s built, since production of the M3 coupe ended in April of 1999. She has her quirks, but she’s a great car built just before cars became computers on wheels. I share how I feel about her in this birthday post […]
Last night I attended a very interesting discussion on where the Internet is going. Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project, presented the findings of the “Future of the Internet IV” survey at the meeting room of the American Institute of Architects across from the Old Executive Building (nice digs, BTW). […]
In the late 90’s I worked for the Cellular Telecommunications Internet Association (CTIA), the trade association representing North American wireless carriers. It was a fantastic experience, and the highlight of every year was the annual conference and show, arguably the most important event for the telco industry. Almost every employee attended, working very hard but […]
Last weekend was beautiful in the DC area, and a great time for a little car spring cleaning. I took the snow tires off the 530, swapped out the interior rubber mats for carpet and gave her a thorough hand washing. For the M3, I needed to wash her and then remove the lip spoiler […]
Late last year, I wrote about the success TANDBERG was having with its public sector blog from an SEO perspective. The client had a strategy, and stuck to it. We had helped them launch the blog, had attracted a large readership through the consistent publishing of quality content and were ranked #2 in organic search […]
For the past couple of years Gabriele and I have rented a cabin in the Shenandoah for a quick, relaxing getaway from DC. It’s located about 14 miles outside Front Royal, VA. We’ve always had a nice time, but last weekend was especially fun due to some new food and wine discoveries. The first find […]
I read a good post the other day from Caroline McCarthy of CNET. The post was about market consolidation in the social aggregator space: Social-network feed aggregators–FriendFeed, Socialthing, Plaxo’s Pulse–have been part of the dizzying array of Web apps ever since it became evident that the average Internet user was using more than one of […]
My job as a communications professional often means I counsel clients on all types of marketing efforts. This is especially true because for some clients PR lives within a broader marketing P&L. So I was interested when a representative from the Technology Marketing Corporation (TMCnet) contacted me and offered to meet today. I’ve been aware […]
With the days short, the nights long and with holiday bills to pay it’s easy to rely on old favorite wines during the winter. Gabriele and I can be guilty of that, but we try and make sure we’re trying new juice as well. Here are some winners we’ve found recently, enjoyed between digging out […]
If there is one thing that working on your car instills in you, it’s a little humility. You never know when a task will be tougher and more frustrating than advertised. Such was the case earlier this month when the brake light circuit error started flashing across the display screen of my 1999 M3. The […]
It’s pretty cool when a client of yours designs a way for the Internet to work better. Last week Neustar hooked up with Google to design an improvement to the Domain Name System (DNS), a fundamental protocol that makes the Internet work. Neustar is the leading provider of managed DNS services for companies and sovereign […]
Last Saturday Gabriele and I enjoyed a nice dinner at Columbia Firehouse in Alexandria, on the site of the long-time Portners and the very short-lived Bookbinders. It was our second meal there, and it’s obvious that the Firehouse is another success in the expanding Neighborhood Restaurant Group (NRG). A lot of the links on their […]