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How RomeVille Gradually and Insidiously
Usurped Control of My Life
Those of you who know me well will be unsurprised by the hyperbole in the title of this piece. Those of you who know me even better will, with some amusement, realize that this is no exaggeration. I refer to the fact that I have only recently cast off the shackles of an addictive Facebook…
Volunteering for Business à la Tom Sawyer
Now that I finally have a moment, I’d like to share with you a brief after action review of Hodgson’s participation in this year’s CVC-sponsored Volunteering for Business Day. As you may recall, last year’s event at the Button Farm entailed dislodging/sawing/hacking some absolutely massive logs before exerting superhuman effort to move them to a…
Race to End Poverty Successful—Chevy Chase, MD No Longer Impoverished!
Saturday April 9th saw an elite group of Olympic-caliber athletes emerge from behind the keyboards and monitors at Hodgson’s Kensington offices to strive with champions in “The Race to End Poverty.” This 5K charity event was sponsored by A Wider Circle, a local philanthropic organization that “provides basic need items to families transitioning out of…
Groupon for Business: The Next Blue Light Special?
By now, you’re probably familiar with the sorts of deals available to the average shopper via sites like Groupon and Living Social: $20 for $40 worth of cupcakes, 50% off museum admission, discount laser hair removal, etc. These location-based deals give consumers a chance to save some money while simultaneously allowing businesses to generate buzz…
The Starbucks Mobile Card App or:
The Reason I Spent $130 on Coffee Last Month
Recently, while I was reading web developer/man of letters Vlad Oprică’s article about microtransactions, I was struck in particular by his example of Starbucks coffee as an incremental expenditure common to many consumers. As he rightly points out, most people would probably balk at the notion of shelling out $60 or $70 at a time…
Project Wallaby: An Awkward, Tiny Kangaroo
Adobe Labs recently released a preview version of Wallaby, an “experimental technology” that aims to convert Flash projects into HTML5 canvas files. The purpose of this endeavor, as is frankly admitted on the Wallaby download page, is to give the platform some degree of relevancy in the popular but anti-Flash world of iOS. Following Seve…