A Life of Play

Today I chatted with author JC Hutchins about his recently released novel, 7th Son. He talks about writing, publishing, science, podcasting, his mysterious first two initials and even gives some advice to writers. Give a listen. And head over to my blog. I've posted a copy of his book for you there...for free. Address is http://jeffcutler.com/jeff Have fun out there!

If you had me shove a microphone in your face at the Asgard in Cambridge during the Ford Taurus Test-Drive Tweetup, your sound is on this podcast. Give a listen.

Here's the uncut and unedited audio for the Community Roundtable discussion that took place on August 14, 2009 in Cambridge, MA.Enjoy.

Join #pcb4 attendees as they discuss the Future of Work. Tamsen McMahon, Mike Langford and Jeff Cutler lead this lively talk at Podcamp Boston 4.Luminaries like Matthew T. Grant - the Professor, and Chris Brogan - author of Trust Agents, join the fray.Fun for everyone. And coincidentally, the time of the show is 44:44 and it was the fourth session of Podcamp Boston 4. That must stand for something!Comments and sharing welcome. Creative Commons, blah blah blah.

July 9 we held an ice cream social at Bread & Lily Cafe in Newton Highlands, MA.If you didn't make it, here are a few of the attendees waxing poetic about what makes ice cream social.Enjoy.

Listen to @rachelhappe and @jimstorer as they lead a lively discussion about media and community building within businesses.This talk took place Friday, June 26, 2009 at John Harvard's Brew House in Cambridge, MA.Enjoy and tweet your comments to me @jeffcutler

Here's the sound from two great panels at Thursday's What's Next in Tech event at the Boston University School of Management.Scott Kirsner is the moderator.Send all comments to me on Twitter @jeffcutler or on Facebook.com/thejeffcutlerThanks!

Here's a quick, once-around-the-room interview of the group at Cuff's Boston Tweetup last night (Thursday, June 24).I like this format and will probably share many more of these.Let me know what you think.

I was at an event the other night and ran into Comcast social media guru and Twitter adopter - see him at @comcastcares - Frank Eliason.I hit him with a couple questions about social media and figured why not share them here.Enjoy.

This is the fifth in a series of five Jonathan Coulton episodes. Here's the scenario... In March 2008, I sat down and interviewed Jonathan Coulton for about an hour and 20 minutes. That interview has now been cut into five segments for your listening pleasure. During each episode you'll also hear snippets of Coulton's music. Find more of that here. If you have a topic for A Life of Play podcast, gimme a shout at jeff@jeffcutler.com or at alifeofplay@gmail.com. And please leave your comments here on the blog. Thanks!

This is the fourth in a series of five Jonathan Coulton episodes. Here's the scenario...<br/><br/>In March 2008, I sat down and interviewed Jonathan Coulton for about anhour and 20 minutes. That interview has now been cut into five segmentsfor your listening pleasure.<br/><br/>During each episode you'll also hear snippets of Coulton's music. <a href="http://jonathancoulton.com">Find more of that here.</a><br/><br/>If you have a topic for A Life of Play podcast, gimme a shout at jeff@jeffcutler.com or at alifeofplay@gmail.com.<br/><br/>And please leave your comments here on the blog.<br/><br/>Thanks!<br/><br/> ;

This is the third in a series of five Jonathan Coulton episodes. Here's the scenario... In March 2008, I sat down and interviewed Jonathan Coulton for about an hour and 20 minutes. That interview has now been cut into five segments for your listening pleasure. During each episode you'll also hear snippets of Coulton's music. Find more of that here. If you have a topic for A Life of Play podcast, gimme a shout at jeff@jeffcutler.com or at alifeofplay@gmail.com. And please leave your comments here on the blog. Thanks!

This is the second in a series of five Jonathan Coulton episodes. Here's the scenario... In March 2008, I sat down and interviewed Jonathan Coulton for about an hour and 20 minutes. That interview has now been cut into five segments for your listening pleasure. During each episode you'll also hear snippets of Coulton's music. Find more of that here. If you have a topic for A Life of Play podcast, gimme a shout at jeff@jeffcutler.com or at alifeofplay@gmail.com. And please leave your comments here on the blog. Thanks!

This is the first in a series of five Jonathan Coulton episodes. Here's the scenario... In March 2008, I sat down and interviewed Jonathan Coulton for about an hour and 20 minutes. That interview has now been cut into five segments for your listening pleasure. During each episode you'll also hear snippets of Coulton's music. Find more of that here. If you have a topic for A Life of Play podcast, gimme a shout at jeff@jeffcutler.com or at alifeofplay@gmail.com. And please leave your comments here on the blog. Thanks!

My name's Jeff Cutler and I'm a journalist and content creation specialist. I train companies and individuals how to communicate - and I sell my writing to companies when their resources or skills are too strained to deliver effective messaging. I can be reached at jeff@jeffcutler.com and you can view my portfolio at jeffcutler.com. As part of my ongoing research, I attend numerous technology and business events in the area. I recently made it to the Girls in Tech event in Cambridge, MA. I recorded the event and am making it available for anyone that would like it. Here's how the Girls in Tech event for May 2009 was described... Have you been wondering how to incorporate digital tools into your marketing or organizational processes? Well, here's your chance. We've got a stellar group of panelists, each of whom focus on a specific aspect of "social media."  They will have a discussion about how you can start thinking about implementing these tools and concepts into your organization (company, university, non-profit, you name it!) in an effective and beneficial way.Additionally, we will be conducting two case studies, whereby each organization will be given the opportunity to describe themselves, what they do, what they have (or haven't done) with social media, what they hope to do (or maybe they don't know!) and gain valuable feedback from the panelists and audience members on how they can move in the right direction within the space. The really great news? Those case studies will be two of you ladies (on behalf of yourselves or your organization). If you would like to submit your organization for one of our case studies, please email Kate: kate@girlsintech.net and include the following information. -Your name-Your company name-Brief description of what your company does-Your current marketing or business development strategy (2-3 sentences)-What you've done so far with social media, including what has been successful or unsuccessful-Any pertinent questions you would have for the panelists-Why you think your company makes a good case study! Our panelists include: Karen Rubin, Product Owner, HubSpot Karen Rubin is a product owner at HubSpot, an internet marketing company whose visionary efforts have changed the nature of internet marketing for small and medium businesses. She has also worked in project and content management for some of the world's top web 2.0 companies, such as MainStreet.com, Stockpickr.com, iVillageLive.com and GiftCertificates.com. Karen also is co-star of HubSpot TV, a weekly video podcast about marketing and social media trends. Karen has a degree in Computer Science from Trinity College. Feel free to follow Karen on Twitter at http://twitter.com/karenrubin. To visit HubSpot, go to www.hubspot.com. Rachel Happe, Co-Founder, Community Roundtable Rachel Happe (http://www.twitter.com/rhappe) is Co-Founder and Principal at The Community Roundtable and has over fifteen years of experience working with emerging technologies including enterprise social networking, ecommerce, and enterprise software applications. Combining a career in business and software with a lifetime of watching her parents manage church communities, Rachel brings some unique perspectives into how both profit- and passion-driven organizations operate.Prior to The Community Roundtable, Rachel served as a product executive at Mzinga, Bitpass, & IDe.  In addition, as a technology analyst, Rachel initiated IDC's enterprise social software practice where she wrote groundbreaking research including The Power and Passion of Organic Communities: How Technology Can Be Used to Increase Discovery, Engagement, and Productivity; The Social Enterprise: How Social Networking Changes Everything; and U.S. Social Networking Application 2008â2012 Forecast: Enterprise Social Networking Takes Hold. Rachel started her business career at PRTM as a Business Analyst focused on helping technology companies understand and improve their product development operations. She writes at http://www.thesocialorganization.com Mike Langford, Founder & Head Tweeter, TweetWorks Mike is a serial entrepreneur with passion for making a difference in peoples lives. In addition to his roll at Tweetworks, Mike is a principal at the investment advisory firm Course Pilot Financial. Prior to launching Course Pilot he held a variety of roles as a member of the finance teams at Fidelity Investments and State Street Corporation.  Mike earned his MBA from Boston Universityâs School of Management. Cappy Popp, Co-Founder & Principal, Thought Labs Cappy Popp is co-founder and Principal at Thought Labs, a social media strategy and implementation firm which has been building custom Facebook and social media solutions since the launch of the Facebook Platform. He has created successful Facebook strategies, applications, Pages, and integrated social media presences for companies of all sizes.Before starting Thought Labs he was a Principal Engineer at NuMega/Compuware where he specialized in emerging technologies and used his fifteen years of software engineering experience to create award-winning enterprise debugging, testing, and monitoring software.He has a deep understanding of Facebook internals, best practices, and strategy and is currently writing 'Facebook Development: A Complete Guide to Smart Application Development for the Facebook Platform' for Pearson/Addison-Wesley. Agenda: 6:00-7:00 will be general networking 7:00-8:30 will be panel discussion and case studies, followed by Q&A 8:30-9:00 will be reserved for either wind-down networking or further Q&A if people are finding the discussion worthwhile! Please use the Twitter Tag #GiTBos for the event There will be an iPod raffle, courtesy of QTask, our new corporate-level sponsor. This event is sponsored by MICROSOFT