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Sixth Photo Meme

Sixth Photo Meme

by Ben Saren on Dec Tue, 2008 in New Media and Web 2.0, Pop Culture, Social Networking

My friend Sooz tagged me in a little Interweb game called Sixth Photo Meme. Basically, Sooz went to her Flickr account, to her 6th page of pictures, and to the 6th picture on that page and then tagged me in the picture. Now although I’m not actually in the picture isn’t the point – the [...]

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Off to ILM

by Ben Saren on Nov Thu, 2008 in Networking, New Media and Web 2.0

Next week myself and Jason (account executive from CitySquares) are off to Santa Clara, CA for The Kelsey Group’s annual superbowl of all things local – ILM:08. This is a fantastic event that I’ve had the pleasure of attending in the past. The panels are excellents, the keynotes as well, but what I really like [...]

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Local 1.0

by Ben Saren on Sep Wed, 2008 in CitySquares, Local Search, New Media and Web 2.0

I believe that this local search thing is quite early, and to keep up with the Jones’ I’ve started to refer to it as Local 1.0. Hear me out here, because I’m diving deep.
Web 1.0 was a passive web, about adoption and about moving to an interconnected digital medium, and Web 2.0 is very much [...]

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iPhone 3G: One Month Later

by Ben Saren on Aug Mon, 2008 in Gadgetry, New Media and Web 2.0, Pop Culture

So now that I’m a proud, card-carrying Mac dude, although a little embarrassed that it took me this long to see the light, it was inevitable that I was going to get the iPhone 3G. Last year when the first generation iPhone came out I was using a Blackberry Pearl, which I absolutely loved after [...]

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Social Media is Mostly Noise

by Ben Saren on Jul Wed, 2008 in New Media and Web 2.0, Pop Culture, Social Networking

I’m a fan of social media, I am, but it’s noise. Like too much time in the subway, or at the airport, it’s just loud and mostly unpleasant noise. Yet somehow many of us us can’t help but get lured into some of it, like a drunk at a bar fight (I know, odd parallel [...]

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Poking Fun at Print Media

by Ben Saren on Jun Sat, 2008 in CitySquares, Local Search, New Media and Web 2.0

At CitySquares we had an idea to put a Flash video together that properly conveys our feelings on traditional print media like phone directories and the newspaper. We couldn’t think of a better way to demonstrate our feelings than by killing a fly with a rolled up newspaper (which begs the question, where did the [...]

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Mobile Evolution & Revolution

by Ben Saren on Jun Tue, 2008 in Gadgetry, New Media and Web 2.0, Pop Culture

When the first iPhone came out last year I stayed away mostly because of price, and because I was warned by numerous people, websites and blogs that a) any first generation device from Apple is for die-hards and early-adopters and b) it wouldn’t be enterprise friendly (e.g., no push email, no syncing, no Exchange support, [...]

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Help Me Migrate from Drupal

Help Me Migrate from Drupal

by Ben Saren on May Sat, 2008 in Computers, New Media and Web 2.0, Uncategorized

I’m entirely fed up with hosting my own blog. When I first started this blog I had a geek moment – I wanted to control every aspect of it and perhaps grow it into something beyond a blog. I chose Drupal, and have been hosting it on Network Solutions. Well, today, I don’t care and [...]

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The new website is delayed 1 week

by Ben Saren on Oct Thu, 2007 in CitySquares, New Media and Web 2.0

It’s with regret, but not total surprise, that I am announcing the launch of the new Citysquares.com is delayed by one week. It wasn’t a fun realization and no one wanted to admit it, but it was the pink elephant in the room that we all needed to look at. Bob and his team, Justin [...]

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Another webinno

Another webinno

by Ben Saren on Sep Mon, 2007 in Networking, New Media and Web 2.0

Another webinno
Originally uploaded by Benee
Yet another webinno. And it keeps getting better.
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Ben Saren
Citysquares.com
617.459.4922
blog: www.yoursuspect.com
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