Author - Colin Delany

Quick Hits — June 12, 2007

The Shock of the New. What the history of the electric dynamo teaches about the future of the computer (we ain’t seen nothin’ yet). Related idea: It’s the Use, Not the Tech. Return of the Live Commercial. Another attempt to outwit...

Reminder: Party for Your Right to Fight

Don’t forget Tuesday night’s fundraiser for NOI — it’s shaping up to be one hell of a party. I work right across the street; you’ll have to be pretty quick to beat me to the bar at 5:30. Here’s the scoop: The New...

Facebook: Playing Favorites with Obama?

Josh Levy raised some serious questions yesterday in a techPresident piece about Obama’s preferred treatment in the launch of Facebook’s new Platform application, which lets users build tools for the Facebook community: But when Platform...

Quick Hits — June 5, 2007

What Kills a Social Media Campaign. Case studies of bitter failure. Amateur charge infuriates blogosphere. “Millions and millions of exuberant monkeys … are creating an endless digital forest of mediocrity” (e.politics is proud to...