My first attempt at astrophotography last night yielded only one post-worthy photo, this one of a waxing crescent moon. This was taken with a Canon EOS 7D mounted to a Meade LX90.
© Copyright 2011 Ben Saren - All Rights Reserved.
© Copyright 2011 Ben Saren - All Rights Reserved.
a sort of blog, from Ben Saren
I'm Ben, a Marketing executive and behaved citizen by day, unruly insomniac by night. A dash of mania, a sprinkle of wonder, combined with a heaping tablespoon of impulsiveness. Unwilling to follow the masses, longing for truth and meaning, having some fun along the way.
Another favorite recent shot from Burano. See my portfolio here.
A sort of blog from Ben Saren, a Marketing executive and behaved citizen by day, an unruly insomniac by night.
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New media entrepreneur, currently Vice President of Marketing at Litle & Co. Find out more on my LinkedIn profile.
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By nightInsomniac
A semi-professional photographer when time permits. You can see my online portfolio, including freelance work, here.
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ContactMARKETING EXECUTIVE AND BEHAVED CITIZEN BY DAY, UNRULY INSOMNIAC BY NIGHT.
Ben is an entrepreneurial and innovative executive with 15 years of marketing, technology, and business development experience for B2B, B2C, and Internet businesses. Ben is currently Vice President of Marketing at Litle & Co., one of America’s fastest growing companies and a pioneer in e-commerce payment solutions and Payments Intelligence.
Ben is one of those rare individuals that you meet and just know will be successful. For nearly 10 years I have watched him take on numerous challenges with conviction, drive and integrity. His leadership and steadfast belief has been the driving force in the creation and success of CitySquares. It has been a pleasure to call him a colleague and friend.
Prior to joining Litle, Ben was Co-Founder and CEO of CitySquares.com, the pioneer in hyper-local search, with the backing of several of the world’s most recognized investors including Mark Cuban and Jonathan Kraft.
Known for disrupting and challenging the status quo, Ben has been covered from industry blogs to The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, the Boston Herald, and Mass High Tech. He’s a frequent speaker on innovation, Payments Intelligence, Internet trends, and entrepreneurship and has presented at conferences ranging from Web 2.0, and Search Engine Strategies, to The Kelsey Group conferences, New England New Media Association, the Web Innovators Group. Ben regularly speaks about entrepreneurship at Boston area colleges and universities.
Prior to Litle & Co. and CitySquares, Ben ran an Internet and technology consulting group, serving Internet start-ups and multinational corporations, alike. He’s also held positions in IT and business development at start-ups such as Delphi.com, Prospero Technologies, and at multinationals such as Bell Atlantic, Digital Equipment Corporation, GE Capital, RSA, and Parametric Technologies Corporation.
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My first attempt at astrophotography last night yielded only one post-worthy photo, this one of a waxing crescent moon. This was taken with a Canon EOS 7D mounted to a Meade LX90.
Arab Spring. An intertwined Europe. A watchful eye in Asia. And, socio-political discord in America. These all are elements of a perfect storm. They are tidings of a sea-change occurring across the planet that has more to do with empowerment of the individual and disenfranchisement from traditional pillars of power—political, social, and commercial.
They are centered on the power of the web, the Internet, to create bonds of unity that surpass echelons of establishment. For those attending the Web 2.0 Expo (#w2e), there’s nothing extraordinary about anything that’s going on around us. Over the last decade, we’ve been … Read more
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Ali and I spent two weeks bouncing around northern Italy and into Croatia. It was a hell of a time to say the least. I posted pictures up on flickr, you can find them here, but I wanted to also include my personal favorites on my blog. They’re below.
As a side note, we were most impressed with our AirBnB stay at Villa Migliorini, just outside Florence, my new favorite city. Our hosts, Stefano and Pamela, could not have been warmer, cooler, more hospitable people and the accommodations could not have been more interesting – a 14th century villa, a … Read more
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