The Big Idea: Using RSS Feeds for Fun and Profit

Pity the poor RSS feed.

It was a Web 1.0 thing that found a utility among users who wanted to look at multiple items from their favorite blogs in one place, Google reader.

The Big Idea: Making Infographics Without Looking Like a Fool

Infographics. Those are the long, data-packed PDFs that you see circulating on the web all the time. They got popular a couple of years ago, and have remained so. The reason why is not so surprising: they allow people to…

The Big Idea: Hosting and the Very Basics of Websites

Websites, and how they are “hosted” is something that confuses a lot of people, especially when it comes to WordPress. So in this edition, I want to go over a few things that will hopefully make the process a little simpler.

Modus operandi

Ever since I left my regular full-time job in late April I’ve been in what one friend calls “expansive mode.” It’s been a little bit giddy, the world feeling like my proverbial oyster. Except for a stint in grad school and a 5-week-long layoff in 2002, I’ve been steadily employed in the 9-to-5 world…

#Mopho Monday: Taste the Rainbow

Dontcha love the summertime? I hold contests with myself to see how many colors I can pack into a meal. With this one, I was particularly proud of the generic “kebab” beef that I turned tender and flavorful with 45 minutes of pre-salting as well as the charred shishito…

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#Mopho Monday: Open House

This is a story about forgetting your camera. Last week I started a new gig at the New York City Ballet. I’m helping them to launch a new website.

Even though I’d spent almost three years working at Lincoln Center at the Film Society, I’d never been to the…