Tag Archives: Geek

There is a Cult of Internet Celebrity in Washington

Zach Goldfarb wrote a great post over at the Washington Post and popped me an email to see if I had any comment on it. I did! The article was posted on Friday last and is called TechPost: Washington’s Twin Tech Towns. My comment starts right below the following video:

I attended the Spank party for […]

A Report from PodCampOhio by AnnOhio

I have been trying to think of the best way to convey the weekend at PodCampOhio but my virtual friend new friend Ann Miller did a much better job of honoring the weekend!  And, yes, I was one of the folks who received hand-made cookies! And here, below, is Ann Miller’s (AKA AnnOhio’s) Introduction to […]

No Matter What They Say College is Not for Everyone

I have finally gotten around to catching up on all the Atlantics that have piled up in my absence in Berlin. One very compelling article is an anonymous essay written by “Professor X,” In the Basement of the Ivory Tower.
I am still trying to sort out my thoughts on this — please excuse the disjointed […]

Achieving Lingerie 2.0 Thanks to Knicker Picker

Inline video and photo embeds have become essential tools in marketing 2.0. Sex sells, and so does playful innovation. I am impressed by this embedded Flash-based widget from the gang at Knicker Picker, a UK-based reseller of intimate apparel.Of course, since sex does sell, I found the skimpiest, cutest, little outfit possible: there […]

CNN Radio Called Me to Comment from Berlin

I just got a call from CNN Radio to comment on Microsoft’s withdrawal of the offer for Yahoo! I love being on the Radio. I am lucky enough to be on CNN’s list as a technologist and total geek so CNN Radio sometimes calls me if they need a geek with a good voice. […]

An Ode to the Ricochet Network and Modem

(This is a reenactment of what my experience was like)
I just discovered that Ricochet ist tot, according to Boing Boing Gadgets, WiFi News, and TechDirt. Wow, I had both the original Ricochet (the brick) and then the later “Crickochet” (because it was much smaller — shown above) and ran it on my Compaq Aero […]

I Was a D&D Dungeon Master

OK, in honor of the passing of Gary Gygax, the creator of Dungeons & Dragons, I am coming out. I, Chris Abraham, played D&D from 6th grade until I was in 9th grade, although it might have been longer. I was a Dungeon Master, I held games at my house, I owned all the books […]

I Am On the Spock.com Leader Board

I don’t know how I got onto Spock.com but I know I discovered it because Mark and Taylor both were amused by how ubiquitous I am online and pointed me to my emergent profile. They were also interested in how complete my personality profile is through the Spock.com filter — even before I started watering […]

Successful SNS’s Will Be Modeled on the College Campus

The future of Social Network Services (SNS) can be discovered on High School and College campuses. I believe that topic-specific “vertical” SNS’s are very important, but I also think that the model needs to be University-like – a modularized SNS. There needs to be a campus “brand” (or University) within which the topic-specific “clubs,” “houses,” […]

New Media Strategies Was New Media Before New Media

I spent nearly three-years living the life if an “NMSer.” It is where I got trained up in the art of new media strategy and new media marketing. I had an amazing experience working there and I am also happy to share the latest post-Meredith purchase in the form of a very nice article, Tracking […]