For a couple of years now I’ve been telling people who ask me where the “next” thing will be happening that Geolocation and Mobile are the answer. These two technologies are very different, and yet they go hand in hand. For the end user, they come with inherent risks along with the benefits. For the [...]

In which I discuss the need to look beyond the minutia of the daily and into the future, charity, and more.

(if you follow me on Twitter, you will see this twice – once direct from Utterli and once from the blog)

I’m talking about workshifting space hogs over on Workshifting today. Are you “That Guy”? Do you know “That Guy”? It’s time to stage an intervention.

It’s time to open the tool box again, and talk about tools for solopreneurs, entrepreneurs and business owners or CEOs who are always on the go. We discussed before that a good tool kit for managing social media is essential, but your business is about more than just engaging online. If you are like me, [...]

Uptown Uncorked has a lot going on in the way of lunch and learn sessions, networking events, podcasts and more in April. We want to achieve our goals of connecting people, improving how you use the tools you have and teaching you what you need to know to drive your self or your business to [...]

2008 was a big year. An economic recession, presidential election and wild weather certainly made the year exciting; for tech and media, we saw the continued adoption of smartphones, the advent of online mobile application stores, the success of Twitter, and an increase in the use of social media tools by both young and [...]

Here’s a little secret from me to you regarding mobile social media and networking: if it is too frustrating or time consuming for people to access social content from handheld devices, they will simply stop trying.
I’m a Blackberry user.  You might even say that I am a Crackberry addict.  I won’t say it, because that [...]

Of course, now that I said that, some bored software junky will design the “Ponies and Rainbows” app for the G1 just to spite me.  I won’t be too heartbroken.
Probably everything you’ve heard about Google, T-Mobile and HTC’s new superchild, the G1 handset, is that it is the phone that will revolutionize the handset industry, [...]

I did a presentation at the North Shore Web Geeks group meeting tonight in Newburyport, MA titled Managing Your Social Media Work Flow. In it I talked about the need to manage your time spent online wisely from the moment you choose your first social network. If you don’t, your social media profiles could easily [...]

FaceBook released an iPhone App for the iPhone 3G a while back that had everyone underwhelmed. It shut people out from their favorite features and it made it impossible to make or accept friend requests and other oddities. Version 2.0 of the FaceBook fixes these issues and many more, making it a better application over [...]