Jay and I had an interesting conversation with Peter Corbett from iStrategy Labs a few days ago. If you aren’t familiar with the firm, they are the brains behind the acclaimed data-off sponsored by the DC City Government – Apps for Democracy. The idea was frankly brilliant in both its elegance and execution. So much [...]

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The city isn’t really prepared for it when it comes. Drainage is a more a wish than a planning construct. Windows, roofs, and dusty umbrellas all seem surprised when asked to perform their intended roles, protesting through errant drops. Nonetheless, rain is so infrequent that complaints are muffled by the relief of water arriving in [...]

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“Do you know how to solve this problem?”
He asks me this as I blink into the unbelievably bright sunlight filtering through the eerily still, gauze-like drapery and curls of smoke rising slowly from his cigarette. During the time it has taken him to ask this question, I have been served what seems like my 12th [...]

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Earlier this year, amidst intense rabble rousing to herald the arrival of 08, I had what at the time seemed like a vision. Perhaps even an epiphany. Dare I say…a revelation. Admittedly, most things that penetrated my champagne haze were met with an internal “dude…that is a great idea” but unlike my notion of genetically [...]

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Nothing makes me think more about Enterprise 2.0 than a 70$ haircut. I mean, I need to think about something other than the outrage that is this decent-bar-tab-priced grooming ritual. If I don’t, I fear I may intentionally spear the slight French man architecting my coif with his own clearly expensive shears. (Sacre bleu!) It [...]

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