Monthly Archives: March 2009

When mobile banking is the ONLY banking

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Chris Zach

I recognize that recommending a TED video is one of the slam-dunks of blogging, up there in taking-the-easy-way-out with pointing a friend to someecards for a laugh. But that’s not going to stop me from linking anyway. After all, I’m … Continue reading →

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Updates in Craft Beer Press Releases | Beernews.org

Posted on March 19, 2009 by Chris Zach

Dogfish Head (out of Delaware) is one of the few breweries in the country brewing big IPAs that can keep up with the Pacific Coast breweries (particularly those in San Diego!). Plus, they have some awesome new artwork for their 75 … Continue reading →

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Chumby Multiplies on to New Screens

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Chris Zach

Cross-posted from StartupSD.net. What’s a chumby? The quick answer is this: chumby is many things, and the list never stops growing. We last wrote about chumby in April 2008, when they raised $12.5 million in a Series B round in … Continue reading →

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OpenCandy Has a Sweet Tooth for Recommendations

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Chris Zach

Cross-posted from StartupSD.net. In February of 2008, six guys in San Diego decided to fundamentally change the software community for the better. You need only read the first sentence of OpenCandy‘s About us page to learn a telling amount about … Continue reading →

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My question about Media Cloud

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Chris Zach

From MediaPost.com: Thomson Reuters has partnered with Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society to launch the Media Cloud, a set of research tools for tracking online media coverage. The joint effort is meant to bring some clarity to … Continue reading →

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To Achieve a Local Food System, Farmers Must Be Hip

Posted on March 8, 2009 by Chris Zach

I’m not talking about hipsters wearing “ironic” John Deere baseball caps. PSFK recently posted (via Edible Brooklyn) about a nascent young farmers movement and its emerging name, Greenhorns. Growing up in Iowa, I was surrounded by farming most of my … Continue reading →

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