Congratulations Nate Westheimer!
January 5, 2009 by Bill Sobel
Nate Westheimer, for those who don’t know is not only a super nice guy, but he’s the founder of BricaBox and entrepreneur-in-residence at Rose Tech Ventures and this week will take over Meetup CEO Scott Heiferman’s position as organizer of the New York Tech Meetup. Nate was recently interviewed by Mary Kathleen Flynn of The Deal to talk about his role running one of New York’s hottest meetups.
Behind The Money: Chris Coyne on ‘red shoes for the rest of us’ and investing beyond the bottom line
January 5, 2009 by Bill Sobel
If you have been following this blog for the past few weeks you might be familiar with SaberSeven and Dorthy.com. I have known the team at the folks at SaberSeven for the past few months and have been impressed with this team of young, energetic and smart people.
I also had the pleasure of meeting with Chris Coyne, Managing Partner of The Coyne Group and one of the early investors in SaberSeven and their exciting new project dorthy.com Saber Seven’s initial project, Dorthy.com, filters social media and other Internet content based on your aspirations, hopes and dreams.
FOR THE COMPLETE STORY FROM THE DEAL CLICK HERE
Before Our Time: a simpler life?
January 4, 2009 by Bill Sobel
Phyllis Barr, our resident historian, came across an interesting website that I found fascinating. If you were born before 1965 I would expect you might find it of interest as well.
The Idea Alison and Megan are Australian Gen-X women with a love of technology and all the comforts of a 21st Century life, but does it make their lives any simpler than that of their forebears?
Revel in the dodgy research and the use of their families as guinea pigs as they examine the skills and knowledge of the pre-1970 world.
CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT “BEFORE OUR TIME: A SIMPLER LIFE”
This week on DigIn! Radio with Limor Schafman “mobile web 2009 and beyond”
January 4, 2009 by Bill Sobel
Tune in to DigIn Radio with Limor Schafman on Monday, January 5th at 4pm Eastern Time: Paul Nerger of dotMobi on Mobile Web
dotMobi is the offical site for the .mobi domain. The organization, a consortium of device, content and wireless providers is a resource center for mobile web developers. Paul Nerger, VP of Advanced Services and Applications for dotMobi, the mobile web consortium, will be joining us. We will take a look at how mobile web grew in 2008, new tech advances and what to expect and look for in 2009.
www.blogtalkradio.com/Limor-Schafman
Ellis Henican: Uncle Ted, is it payback time yet?
January 4, 2009 by Bill Sobel
Ok…I admit it…I have my favorites…people who are close friends, advisors and people who I trust..both personally and professionally and the feeling (I hope) is mutual. I don’t need to name them…just check my blog on a regular basis and you will notice I use terms like “my good friend,” “my dear friend,” “my advisor” and my Rabbi (or shall I say Rabbis?).
Anyway, one of the newest members of the mishpacah (extended family in Yiddish) is Ellis Henican…Newsday Columnist, Fox News Analyist, radio show host (WOR, Fox Radio Network to name a few) and one of our favorite NY:MIEG moderators.
Henican’s column in today’s Newsday is one of the best I’ve read about this whole Caroline Kennedy For Senator business.
How they elected a Kennedy
Caroline Kennedy isn’t the senator. Not yet. But even now, it isn’t a minute too soon to look at the facts as we know them and tease out the backroom politics. I may be getting ahead of myself here. But believe me, there’s an awfully juicy backstory…
Start with this undeniable political fact: In endorsing Barack Obama during the Democratic primaries, Ted Kennedy did him a major favor. No endorsement was more helpful in defeating Hillary Rodham Clinton.
