Alexander H. Williams: Archive

Apr 29th

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Soaking at the Kennedy School - Finally, I Am...

I am sitting in the soaking pool at the Kennedy School and thinking why not just think of everything as a garden? Don’t roll your eyes, goddamit. Hang with me for a minute. Look out the door and think of a garden. Walk down the street. Think of it as a garden. Think garden first and then what should go in the garden. A soaking pool is perfect for a garden. A chicken coop would work in our...

Apr 25th

Twitter Trends: Twist →

Apr 23rd

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Sonific Going Offline: Blames Major Labels

Gerd Leonhart is pulling the plug on Sonific starting May 1. Sonific offered a “play list” widget to place on your blog, web site or social network page. Sonific was founded in 2005. The intent was to build a company that offered a music catalog for non-commercial and commercial usage. The company had the added stated goal of developing licensed products and services. In his...

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Twitpitch: The Elevator Pitch Hits Twitter -... →

Stowe Boyd taps the Twitter meme big time with a new way for people to get in touch with him. It’s called the #twitpitch. Borrowing from Read Write Web, here is how it works: To further explain the concept, Boyd put forth a set of rules for the pitches as follows: All companies who would like to have a meeting with me, need to send me a Twittered description of the product. Yes,...

Apr 21st

Travel Ad Network Raises $15 Million in Series A... →

It does seem odd that the company raised seed money in 2003 and only now hsa completed its A round? Points to the funny number games companies slop around when they “complete,” their first round.

Apr 21st

Apr 20th

Futuristic Play by Andrew Chen: Viral coefficient:...

http://andrewchen.typepad.com/andrew_chens_blog/2008/04/viral-coefficie.html

Apr 20th

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Scripting News: 4/16/2008

http://www.scripting.com/2008/04/16.html

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Go Big Always - The new Scoble? →

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Are you a high life man?

Apr 12th

a tweet: what makes a great qa person? →

Apr 12th

Apr 11th

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ryanadams: my afternoon. whatever. i felt like making something. no props. no script today and i am very tired from writing new tunes and making my incredibly bad films. so this will have to do. just imagine you went shopping with crazy. and you can press stop when you get tired of crazy. thats how i deal with me. ha.

Apr 9th

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Apr 7th

In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till... →

The headline is what gets me. Blogging is intensely competitive. But there have been plenty of reporters who have driven themselves to the point of collapse. Investment bankers work endless hours. Where is the drop dead story about them? I miss my friend, Russell Shaw. I hate to see his death used by the Times in such a sloppy way. I see other bloggers who work long, grueling hours. But it is...

Apr 7th

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