Something that came up in conversations at BarCamp and after the NY Tech Meetup (re: Gawker) were vague notions to “unify” tags across systems (e.g., Flickr, Del.icio.us, Technorati, etc.) and I was having trouble articulating exactly why this was problematic or at least why the result might not be greater than its parts. I […]

Fresh on the heels of two great NYC geek community experiences (NY Tech Meetup and Dorkbot), I’m on my way out the door to BarCamp NYC. Since I didn’t have time to pull together a presentation (it’s hard to have active projects when you’ve just moved twice, faced potential lawsuits, started a new job, […]

To contrast my negative local restaurant rant, here’s a positive one. Tonight Lizz and I returned to one of the first NYC dining experiences: Saigon Grill. We were staying at a B&B in an Upper West Side brownstone, and were too hungry to hunt down a “recommended” place, so we settled on the […]

One thing I was well braced for upon moving to NYC was the high price of movie tickets. Typical cinema admission is $10.75 and matinees aren’t much cheaper, which is why I got giddee when I saw the New York Times’ “Arts & Leisure Weekend” included $5 admission to Loews on 34th St. from […]