Sean D. Francis

Three geeks have assembled around the table to discuss and cavort… is cavorting the right word in this context? Probably not.  I assure you, no cavorting took place in the recording of this podcast.   Bleu, Jeff, and Sean did however dissect some pretty heady topics, like whether the police have a right to privacy while [...]

I listen to a lot of Leo Laporte’s TWIT network and am caught up in the concept of ‘curation’.  Curation is the process of organizing, finding, and maintaining a collection.  In terms of content and the web, curation is what we do when we find things we like and send them to our friends and [...]

Last week I decided to go to GenCon, a massive gaming convention held in Indianapolis, Indiana every year. Over thirty thousand gamers, geeks, and random people got together to enjoy games, buy costumes, meet Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day, and enjoy each others’ company. Large conventions are massive spectacles of chaos turned into wonderment. At [...]

I do think it has become trite to say you watch the Super Bowl for the commercials. Honestly, the commercials just aren’t that innovative and entertaining. There are always some that come off as fun, funny, and forgettable and some that are epic and change the landscape of advertising for years to come. As much [...]

There are some things you just feel in your gut.  Recently I was speaking to a friend about Foursquare and GoWalla.  Both are services that let you ‘check in’ at different locations via your mobile communication device.  We were chatting about the importance of ‘going local’ in the future of marketing and social media.  To [...]