When Ben sent out a call for contributors, I immediately responded. I hope to bring a slightly different perspective to this blog, and let me make it clear that these positions will not be neutral. I am the founding director of Somerville Local First, a nonprofit network of Local Independents (locally owned and independent businesses) [...] [...more]
With July now in full swing, it’s time for our final update on the Buy Local Challenge. For those of you who haven’t been following it, we here at CitySquares gave ourselves a challenge to buy only from local businesses for the month of June. Below are words from my fellow CitySquares staff members. “Even though [...] [...more]
Amended 7/22/08: New version of the animation posted, with a new ending. A couple of months ago we had an idea to put a bit of an animation together that demonstrates how we feel about traditional print media, specifically the phone book and local newspapers. We didn’t want it to be too serious or lengthy, so [...] [...more]
I’m in NYC this week attending the SES conference. I’m staying uptown at my friend Rich’s place. Last night, to thank him for putting me up (and putting up with me) I treated him to sushi and sake. Rich and I used to work together at Delphi.com, who later become Prospero.com, from 1999 thru 2001. [...] [...more]
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