Every week the New York Times seems to run an article about Foursquare, the redhot mobile game. Most has been technology press, but one NY/Region piece stood out as especially interesting. Beyond Twitter: An App That Lets You Truly See City is written by a non-technology columnist and describes how the ‘tips’ feature of foursquare opened the writer’s [...]

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 [...]

Benny and Ashley and I officially launched Exit Strategy NYC last night at the NY Tech Meetup!
Exit Strategy NYC is an iPhone, Blackberry, and Android app that answers the quintessential New Yorker’s question: “Where should I stand on the subway platform?” After months of full-time subway riding, we’ve created detailed diagrams for hundreds of NYC [...]

(This is the second of a two part post.  The first part contains a profile of a startup.  This part contains numbers and analysis related to that startup.)
First, some background.  I became interested in the mobile coupon business space a few years back when I started thinking about how mobile coupons could effectively be applied [...]

The weather in New York has turned nice and I’ve been biking a lot lately. And I’ve been thinking about biking a lot too since Transportation Alternatives held their 8th Annual NYC Commuter Race last week. The race pits Bike vs. Taxi vs. Subway to see which gets a morning commuter to work the fastest.  [...]