The Birth of a Name: What NYC Startups Can Learn From Google, Twitter & Apple
July 18, 2011
Would Google be as successful a company had it been named Backrub? That was the name the search engine started with in 1996, and it’s a question that weighs on the founders of hundreds of companies that are created in New York City every week. I did this story for WNYC with economics reporter Lisa Chow. We interviewed Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey and Apple’s Steve Wozniak, as well as the founders of NYC startups.
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How a College Student Created an App for Journalists and Dropped Out to Move to the West Village
July 14, 2011
An article I wrote for Poynter about David Estes, who created an iPad app called SoundNote.
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A Guide to Mobile Mapping
July 01, 2011
A guide I wrote for Poynter about engaging an audience in a mobile mapping project.
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What Breed is Your Candidate? Political Conversations in the Dog Run
October 25, 2007
In the run up to the 2008 election campaign, I interviewed New Yorkers in the Tompkins Square Park dog run to hear how people felt about the candidates. I ended up asking them to compare each candidate to a dog breed (they answered with surprising consistency).