A food walk on the west side of Chelsea

My friend Shakti and I went for a little impromptu food walk from Chelsea market to Penn Station yesterday. For posterity, here are the results:


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I highly recommend the sweet snacks at Three Tarts - try the blood orange goat cheese Panna Cotta. And to wrap it up - make sure you visit the new Highline park for some excellent views of the city and a glimpse into the Equinox Yoga studio at the Caledonia building. This picture shows the view up 10th Avenue from the little "theatre" they've built into the highline park. Nice job, NYC!

Get your wingsuit and go for a flight

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Great Ted Talk by Ueli Gegenschatz - enjoy the flight (if you're impatient, go to minute 5:50 to only see the flying action. It's a nice gesture by Ted to release the videos for free this year.

Future of social networks presentation by Charlene Li

This is a good overview about some aspects of the future of social networks by Charlene Li. I enjoyed the part on the open stack vs. facebook connect but thought the part about revenue was a bit weak - no real groundbreaking thinking there. Having just implemented Facebook Connect at Takkle (free registration required), I agree that it's going to be a key piece of any 2009 content/social site - it's just too good to pass up on. Also check out Glue which could be an interesting way to span the networks.
The Future Of Social Networks

The Future Of Social Networks

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Speech "The Future Of Social Networks: Where We Are Today" given on Thursday, Jan. 22, 2008 to the San Francisco American Marketing Association at the offices of Adaptive Path. Focus is primarily on the marketing and advertising opportunities in social media in the future.

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President Obama's first weekly Youtube address in HD

Image via WikipediaWhat a pleasure to see that President Obama is continuing his open approach and transparency drive. The speech is a little too condensed for my taste as he addresses every imaginable initiative in 5 minutes, but at least it gives you a flavor of his thinking.

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Check out my interview with Russell Scibetti about the new Takkle Recruiting

I recently did an interview with Russell Scibetti about the new the best way to get discovered by college coaches - the new Takkle Recruiting. The interview is here and i'm thankful for your comments. Thanks Russell!

Best viral videos from 2008 - the Silicon Alley list

Here's the list of the best viral videos for 2008. Let's not forget that millions of videos never even surpassed the 10,000 view mark, so these here are truly special. And here is my favorite viral video from the 2008 selection:


Let's hope that "We can" in 2009 and that the US government manages to bring the country back on track. Happy Holidays everybody!

How to get your viral marketing campaign off the ground

Marketingsherpa has done a useful survey of the best promotional tactics to get your viral video/ widget/ other campaigns off the ground. Contrary to some myths, it's definitely worthwhile spending $ on getting your viral promotion going, unless of course you already have massive distribution. In my experience, a strong Youtube channel is a key part of any viral video campaign.
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