Giving Twitter credit for effectively spinning off companies like Foursquare, Gowalla, Plancast, GetGlue, and Foodspotting. Happy Days is one of the most successful and iconic sitcoms of all time. This idealized portrayal of life in the ’50s and ’60s ran from 1974 to 1984. It gave us the Fonz, the term “jumping the shark”, and [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Web 2.0'
Twitter is the Happy Days of the Internet
August 3rd, 2010 by Max Gladwell · 1 Comment
Tags: Entrepreneurs · Lifestreaming · Web 2.0
Live Blogging Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco 2009 (#w2e)
March 31st, 2009 by Max Gladwell · 1 Comment
Providing live commentary and feedback from the “Power of Less” Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco. Part I: Economics 2.0, Highly Effective Strategies for Putting Your Business on a Recession Diet This three-hour workshop from Dion Hinchcliffe explored a number of key topics relating to Enterprise 2.0, including both the opportunities and pitfalls of the [...]
Zumbox is the Paperless Mail Alternative for Businesses, Consumers, and Direct Marketers
December 24th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 12 Comments
Zumbox delivers digital mail to physical addresses and provides a viable alternative to the good ol’ U.S. Postal Service. It saves trees, saves money, and reduces emissions. It’s also more secure. Start-up company Zumbox entered its public beta this week, just in time for Christmas. According to the company, “Zumbox is a paperless postal service [...]
Tags: Entrepreneurs · Green Living · Web 2.0
The Heroic Ideal of Max Gladwell and Barack Obama: Part II
November 16th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 4 Comments
Social media is the accelerant that drives change and innovation, moving us more quickly and efficiently toward the solutions of our time. That’s precisely what it did for Barack Obama. In this second post of our series on the heroic ideal of the networked social entrepreneur, we explore the networked component: social media. Max Gladwell [...]
Tags: Politics · Social Media · Web 2.0
Ten Ways that Social Media and Sustainability Align
August 18th, 2008 by Max Gladwell · 10 Comments
The mega-trends of social media and sustainability share plenty of the same DNA. The Arnold Palmer is an exceptional beverage. It takes two individual beverages, iced tea and lemonade, each very good in their own right, and creates an even better one. That’s how we feel about social media and green living i.e. sustainability. There [...]
Tags: Alternative Energy · Sustainability · Web 2.0











