Hello, I'm Wade Roush. By day I'm chief correspondent and San Francisco editor for Xconomy, covering startups, innovation, and digital life. The buttons at left map to the places I hang out online. This blog is named after my intrepid dog Rhody.
Yes, There Is A Role for Public Relations. No, Not All Journalists Look Down on PR People.
The panel on “Bootstrapping PR for Entrepreneurs” at the Web Innovators Group meeting on September 29 was extremely well attended, and I had a great time serving on the panel alongside Bob Brown of Network World, Peter Kafka of the AllThingsD blog, and Scott Kirsner of the Boston Globe. Mike Troiano of Holland-Mark, and formerly [...]
An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Bootstrapping PR: Speaking at the Web Innovators Group Sept. 29
Early-stage startups need to spend every cent they have on product development—but at a certain point, they also need to get the word out about what they’re doing. I’ll be speaking on a panel this Tuesday night about exactly how technology entrepeneurs can reach out to journalists without having to call in an expensive public [...]
The Kid in Me Wants One of These Rolling Robots for Christmas
Robonica, a startup in Beverly, MA, is rolling out a new robot toy this week, via the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog. My story about the debut is up at Xconomy this morning. I had a chance to play with one of the Roboni-i devices at MassTLC’s Tech Tuesday event a couple of weeks ago, and I [...]
Basking in the Glow of Ra Quintet
Larry Hardesty, an old friend and colleague from Technology Review (now with the MIT News Office), has turned me on to a new local jazz-fusion group that I’m really excited about. Ra Quintet is their name; Larry describes them as “Bach meets Bird meets Black Sabbath,” or if you prefer alliterations from a little deeper [...]
Mobile Blogging from My iPhone
When I switched away from Tumblr as my blogging platform I thought I’d have to give up mobile posting from my phone (via e-mail in Tumblr’s case). Then I discovered the Wordpress app for the iPhone, which seems to work well. If only I could type faster with my index finger.
Light and Shadow: Adventures in High Dynamic Range Photography
I’d hoped to get out to World’s End yesterday, but didn’t have time. Instead I grabbed my camera and headed out on a walk around the South End, with the goal of taking some auto-bracketed pictures that I could use for my first experiments with high dynamic range (HDR) photography.
I’d read about Photomatix, a program [...]
Ansel Adams Meets Apple: The Camera Phone Craze in Photography
Seattle-based commercial photographer Chase Jarvis is known for his arresting, color-saturated images of people in motion—skiing, swimming, somersaulting. He’s also known for (literally) trademarking the phrase “the best camera is the one you have with you.” His point is that you don’t an expensive SLR to take great pictures. You can do a lot with [...]
Put Yourself On the Map, Build a Virtual House: Seven Projects to Stretch Your Digital Wings, Part Three
When I set out to write “Seven Projects to Stretch Your Digital Wings” two weeks ago, I really meant to put all seven projects into one column. But I’m famous around Xconomy for my inability to say anything briefly. If 800 words are good, then 1,600 words are even better—that’s my motto.
The point being that [...]
Become an Amateur Podcaster, Make a Digital Movie: Seven Projects to Stretch Your Digital Wings, Part Two
Whether the fall is back-to-school season for you or not, there’s always more to learn. In last week’s column I outlined three fun weekend projects involving new technologies for digital self-expression. My suggestions covered art (digital “finger painting” with an iPhone app called Brushes), writing (”lifestreaming” with Posterous and Friendfeed), and photography (building three-dimensional photographic [...]
Seven Projects to Stretch Your Digital Wings: Part One
I love September. There’s a back-to-school crispness in the air that always gets me jazzed to learn something new, even though I’ve been out of school for 15 years. Maybe you feel it too. And with a long holiday weekend coming up, perhaps you’ve got a few hours free to experiment with a new tool [...]
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