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On Media Attention, Bob Mayo, Bram Reichbaum and Dejan Kovacevic

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ January 22, 2010 / 4 Comments

Bob Mayo posted an interesting answer to my question on the coverage of the BRESMA situation over on his blog, The Busman’s Holiday. I’m posting my question and excerpts of his answer below. His answer implies, to me, that the primary reasons main stream media stayed away from giving credit...
On The 2010 Pittsburgh Pirates

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ January 21, 2010 / 1 Comment

Disclaimer: When I was in Las Vegas in December I placed a $50 bet on the Pittsburgh Pirates to win the NL Pennant (it pays $3750 if they do). My brother placed the same bet. So any predictions I have about the Pirates are, necessarily tainted.** Baseball is the sport...
On Conan, The Internet and the First Webwork

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ January 20, 2010 / 3 Comments

For those of you who don’t follow the Bits Blog by Nick Bilton (and others) at the NYT, you should start. Today he made a post that was both interesting and incomplete. He asked, “What if Conan said, “Bye, NBC. Hello, Internet?” It’s a great question. As Bilton points out,...
Life Hack: Have Your People Read the News

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ January 19, 2010 / 2 Comments

Who are your people? Bloggers. I have been getting my news exclusively from blogs for about 2 years now. I’ve found that when something absolutely critical is happening, someone tells me. There’s no need to read the national news regularly. The bloggers and tweeters of the wold comb through it...
You Know What Could Help Twitter? Experts.

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ January 18, 2010 / Leave a comment

Over the last week, I’ve made a couple posts about how the digital age has impacted our ability to solve real world problems. Last week I spoke about Virginia Montanez (the artist formerly known as PittGirl) and her efforts to bring home a couple Burghers and the orphans they’ve been...
Sunday Sauerkraut

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ January 17, 2010 / Leave a comment

Image via Wikipedia As I go through the week, I use twitter to send out little updates and links. I realize that I do this quite a bit and that not all of you have Twitter, so with that in mind I’d like to take Sunday to do sort of...
Saturday Musings: What if Kitty Genovese Had Been Murdered in the Twitter Era?

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ January 16, 2010 / 1 Comment

I posted yesterday about the book Super Freakenomics, which I just finished reading. In a chapter on “unbelievable stories of apathy and altruism” the authors discuss one of the hallmark cases of apathy, the murder of Kitty Genovese in 1964. For those who are unfamiliar with the murder, she was killed and...
On Super Freakonomics by Dubner and Levitt

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ January 15, 2010 / 1 Comment

The sequel to one of my favorite books was good, but not as good as the original. If you haven’t read the first one (Freakonomics), go get it, now. I’ll wait. This one (Super Freakonomics) has a similar format. It has only four chapters; “How is a Street Prostitute Like...
The Power of the Burghosphere n’at

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ January 14, 2010 / 3 Comments

I promised yesterday a post on technology companies in Pittsburgh, but I feel the need to cover the news around the burghosphere and twitsburgh (that’s new, you can use it). The three fairly awesome young ladies in the picture above are Virginia Montanez (the artist formerly known as PittGirl) and...
Webenomics: On Battling Technology Giants

Posted by Burgher Jon
/ January 13, 2010 / Leave a comment

Warning: This post is a bit more technical then many of mine and deals with my job (IT Infrastructure Architecture). If that makes you want to run, that’s fine, no offense taken. Tomorrow I will have a post on wooing technology companies to Pittsburgh. If you’re up for expanding your...

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On Media Attention, Bob Mayo, Bram Reichbaum and Dejan Kovacevic

On The 2010 Pittsburgh Pirates

On Conan, The Internet and the First Webwork

Life Hack: Have Your People Read the News

You Know What Could Help Twitter? Experts.

Sunday Sauerkraut

Saturday Musings: What if Kitty Genovese Had Been Murdered in the Twitter Era?

On Super Freakonomics by Dubner and Levitt

The Power of the Burghosphere n’at

Webenomics: On Battling Technology Giants

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