I have to admit, as much as I preach about the environment, I harbor an awful, nagging sensation deep down inside that I am not as sustainable as I'd like to be. I routinely leave my home in a mad morning rush for work, forgetting to shut off the ceiling fan. ...[Read more]

StumbleUpon is a social application that allows you to discover Web sites, people, videos, online communities, product information and more in a manner very much like channel-surfing, but for the Web. How does StumbleUpon Work? StumbleUpon recommends sites based on your personal preferences and the recommendations of friends and other websurfers like ...[Read more]

Social media optimizers have long touted StumbleUpon's usefulness in driving new direct traffic to your site. A number of social media optimization experiments have demonstrated StumbleUpon's ability to generate a significantly larger amount of traffic than other social media sites. Last June, Social Media Optimization performed an experiment to see What ...[Read more]

Two weeks ago I went to StumbleUpon's summer party at 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco's Soma district, conveniently located downstairs from their office and a fortunate 3 blocks from my house. Complimentary beer, wine, and champagne flowed all night long, and San Francisco's tech crowd was happy. Photo courtesy of Scott ...[Read more]

This map made me crack up and I can't resist posting it, even though I've stolen it from my friend's site (though I'm sure he stole it from someone else). I discovered it while surfing my friend Greg Narain's blog Social Twister for social media insights and ideas for a web ...[Read more]

Xin Sarith Azuma Phan Wuku is the Ninja for Hire. In an effort to break into feature films, he created a video highlighting his martial arts skills. He swiftly became a legend of viral video, gathering over 4 million hits on YouTube.What I love about Xin is not ...[Read more]

It's been a few months since I've been writing for a tech blog called bub.blicio.us - covering the social economy. My job, primarily, is to cover the SF Bay Area tech parties and blog about recently funded startups. In addition to discovering what's cool about certain emerging technologies and statups, I ...[Read more]