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Answered: What is the project at the Artesani Playground on Soldiers Field Road?
Over the last few weeks, crews have shut down the parking lot at the Artesani Playground on Soldiers Field Road in Brighton, a neighborhood in Boston. It is the most bizarre system of giant rubber tubes that seem to be … Continue reading
Speed up customer service by using Twitter instead of calling on the phone
Last weekend, I was booked on a Southwest flight from Boston to Nashville for a series of work meetings. Most of the Northeast had been crippled by a winter storm, but both Boston and Nashville just received glancing blows. My flight … Continue reading
Social media’s attempts to appeal to casual users is driving down my usage
Congratulations, Facebook… all of your hard work to appeal to casual users has been successful. I hardly look at you any more. And careful, Twitter… you are risking the same fate! I used to love Facebook. I found it a great … Continue reading
How Twitter saved my credit card
Once again, staying active on Twitter has paid off. This time, it saved my credit card. For a few days between Christmas and New Year’s, my wife and I took a short trip to New York City while the kids … Continue reading
The Lands’ End science t-shirt I bought for my daughter ends up being a surprise hit
Lands’ End caused quite the stir this past summer over their science t-shirts. As part of their 2014 clothing line, they had a series of science themed shirts with diagrams showing the planets or detailed skeletons of dinosaurs. However, when a … Continue reading
The great thing about a hyphenated name is that you are easy to find on Google
My wife and I just celebrated our 15th anniversary a few days ago. When we got married, I changed my name from “Jeremy Rothman” to “Jeremy Rothman-Shore.” I had never specifically wanted a hyphenated name, but it was important to … Continue reading
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App makes dialing into conference numbers from your cell phone easy
Have you ever tried to call into a conference number from you mobile phone? It’s a royal pain. The challenge stems from the fact that once you dial the number, you have to enter a 9 or 10 digit conference … Continue reading
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Tagged iOS, iPhone, location services, mobile, shortcuts, social media, travel
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Abandoning my networking rolodex and relying entirely on LinkedIn
My company is in the process of being acquired by IBM, and while this has many positives, it means that we will all be switching from Microsoft Outlook over to Lotus Notes. This feels a little bit like switching from … Continue reading
In the amusing world of off-the-mark Twitter adver-followers, I’m caught by surprise: a well-targeted one
People who spend any time on twitter are familiar with the adver-followers. You see with delight that you have a new follower, only to realize that the account now following you isn’t really a person at all. Instead, it’s a … Continue reading
Egypt proves Malcolm Gladwell was wrong about social media… and right
In October 2010, Malcolm Gladwell published an article in the New Yorker entitled “Small Change: Why the revolution will not be tweeted“. In the article, he rejects the idea that social networking tools like Twitter and Facebook will be agents … Continue reading
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