Archive for the ‘Newton’ Category

Beatrice Family Update– House Will be Saved

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Thanks to the many folks who sent their best wishes, and even contributed to the Beatrice Family Fund this past fall and winter. Great news- the Newton Tab has reported that the Fund's efforts have been successful, and that the Beatice family will be able to keep their house. This is an incredible story ...

How Twitter, Posterous & Friends Make the World Safe for Pedestrians (or: “Still Think Twitter is Silly?”)

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

Here's a little story about how social media got the sidewalks cleared in my neighborhood. Sounds like a small deal, but it is an important safety issue. I had one of those unexpected gratifying moments on Twitter today. Actually, it was on Twitter/Flickr/Blogs, via Posterous (and, as I realized blow, as I was writing ...

Robots! Trucks!

Friday, January 1st, 2010

The little boy in me loved finally getting the chance to see Newton, MA's automated garbage tucks in action. Vroom! Robots! Trucks! from Doug Haslam on Vimeo. Posted via web from doughaslam's posterous