Today Twitter announced that it purchased Backtype, a tiny company doing Big Data. The website says the company does “social media analytics” which is pretty much saying “Oprah sits on a couch.” It’s the buzzy-est of buzz words, but if you dig into this you find that the company doing things that everybody wants. Like …
Monthly Archives: July 2011
The surfing pop up
I’m back at the beach. A barefoot drop-in to the doughnut shop for a ‘buttermilk chocolate’. Standing on a fence to spot the best break. Squeezing into a wetsuit like a cannonball through a garden hose. Finally, down to the water.. There’s only one problem, I don’t know how to stand-up. Everyone thinks I’m a …
“We were always dreaming of how it was going to be.” George Lucas
"We were always dreaming of how it was going to be." George Lucas
We finally made it to California
I feel compelled to write this after Amy’s posts on being bicoastal and her dream of living the ideal life. I am part of this too…well, half of it. I also want to live in both Washington, DC and Southern California. Each one is home to a lifelong love of surfing and politics. In both places …