eric rochow

Brooklyn Industries, working with a local pet photographer, is holding a contest to vote for the top brooklyn dog. People brought their dogs to the store and were photographed by Shaina Fishman. The photos were then posted on Brooklyn Industries Top Dog Contest blog.
I didn’t know of this contest until I was talking with other [...]

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Most sites, be they blogs or whatever, have a listing of links along a sidebar. With some of them, if you put your mouse on each link, it may list a short description. I find this useless.
When I go to a blog, I’m interested in where that person goes on the web, but most of [...]

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I’ve been contacted by a number of people after the LCT Monthly article about Gardenfork was published.

One of them is the Silo Cooking School, who has asked me to shoot a Gardenfork episode in their kitchen. We’re planning on doing this in September. Stay tuned.

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Matt Danzico is planning on crisscrossing the United States relying soley on people who read or watch him on the web.

Around the World in 2.0 is an Internet-based film project created to explore trust and connectivity. The primary objective of the project is to rely solely on users of video sharing websites, such as [...]

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A really nice article in the Litchfield County Times magazine LCT about Gardenfork. The writer, Rebecca Ransom really ‘got’ what Gardenfork is all about, and the photographer, Robin Gourd, took some great picts.

You can read the full text of the article online here

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I was invited to Mint Digital’s UGTV panel discussion last night, and of course, I had a couple of thoughts.

Rob Norman of MEC Interaction chaired the panel, and to start off he put some pictures of known celebrities up on the screen, then he put up a picture of someone who looked familiar, but I [...]

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Meeting Bill Sobel was one of the smartest things I’ve done lately. He’s the master connector of media, and he’s got a big heart as well. [He has a stack of gardenfork.tv postcards prominently displayed at his events.] His monthly NYMIEG breakfasts are great. He has engaging panelists, I always meet several interesting people, [...]

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Yet another example of how networking while walking Henry in Prospect Park pays off:
One of my neighbors, Liz Libre, is a graphic designer/printer who does custom note cards, invitations, etc. She has an online store, and I suggested she also have a blog to allow her customers to get to know her better. So she [...]

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OK, I’ve been invited by Chris Brogan to join another social media site Facebook.
 
 
 

I’ve heard of Facebook, but truth be told, I haven’t signed up as its just one more thing I have to manage. I asked on Twitter yesterday, can I just export my LinkedIn connections and paste them into Facebook? I didn’t get [...]

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Bill Cammack, who writes Fast Company’s Technology column, interviewed me last week. Here is the link

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