Archive for November, 2009

TEDx Talk on Building Community

I just had a chance to see the talk I gave at TEDxRochester. I know I’ve said this before, but I just have to repeat how much fun I had there. While I was happy with the talk I gave, the review posted by Tony Karakashian just blew me away.  I hope those of you [...]

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Finding Red Balloons – A social media experiment

A couple weeks ago, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) , announced a project to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Internet. And they’re using balloons to do it.
To mark the 40th anniversary of the Internet, DARPA has announced the DARPA Network Challenge, a competition that will explore the role the Internet and social networking [...]

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The TEDxRochester experience

TEDxRochester 2009 has come and gone. It was a huge honor to be invited to be a presenter.  I’ve been downloading TED Talk podcasts for a while now. I frequently find myself excitedly sharing some random bit of information I learned from the latest talk I had on my iPod. Now, I was given a [...]

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