Breaking News on E-Books at the Boston Public Library, and a Special Performance by David Pogue

October 24 2 Comments Category: Gadgets, Writing & Journalism

Got an unexpected scoop today while attending a session on the future of reading at the inaugural Boston Book Festival. Turns out that the Internet Archive and the One Laptop Per Child Foundation have been working behind the scenes for the last year to convert the 1.6 million public-domain books scanned by the Archive for [...]

The Whole Story Behind the New Look at Travelswithrhody.net

October 02 0 Comments Category: Startups, Writing & Journalism

The following is an excerpt from today’s World Wide Wade column at Xconomy:
Maybe you’d like to have a sleek, attractive blog or website for yourself or your business. Maybe you’ve looked around at some of the free blogging or lifestreaming platforms like Blogger, Posterous, Tumblr, TypePad, and WordPress.com and you’ve been underwhelmed by the cookie-cutter [...]

Yes, There Is A Role for Public Relations. No, Not All Journalists Look Down on PR People.

September 30 3 Comments Category: Startups, Writing & Journalism

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

September 28 0 Comments Category: Startups

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 [...]