Last week I launched FourGroupTwilVen, a fun mashup of Foursquare, GroupMe, Venmo and Twilio designed to entertain my bored friends on Christmas. When my Foursquare friends checked in at a Chinese food restaurant, they unlocked a little surprise: 1)  First, they would get a phone call wishing them a Happy Jewish Christmas and playing them [...]

Christmas day can be depressing. It seems like the entire world is decorating trees, opening presents and feasting with family. Meanwhile, we Jews are lonely, bored and hungry. We’re left to scour the town looking for entertainment and food. And we always end up at a chinese restaurant and a movie theater. Well, my fellow [...]

“If it has 80 percent of the features and it costs 10 percent of the money, I’ll take it”- MTA Chairman Jay Walder In June, the MTA hired a bunch of interns (grad students) to explore cheap ways to bring cellphone service in the subway system. The entire project only cost $30,000.  This shift is [...]

A few months back I had the pleasure of traveling to Austin for the first time.  I’ve travelled a lot and exploring a new city has become second nature to me.  And of course as a Tech Geek I take full advantage of the latest web and mobile technologies.  So I thought I’d share my [...]

(This is the first in a two part post. Part one contains a framework for viewing the world.  Part two contains resulting recommendations). Apple’s app store taught me that living in New York City is expensive.  How expensive? $1.25 an hour. Consider that the rent for my (rather modest) Brooklyn apartment is roughly $900 a [...]