Warning! This doesn’t apply to everyone who has tried to pitch me a story, but enough for me to write this blog post. Please don’t jump all over my head thinking that I am referring to you. When I started off as a part-time rogue blogger, I found it easy to write on things I […]
Author: Joseph Puopolo
Top 5 tips for Recruiting a Technical Co-founder
For the last 2 months, I have had my head down building the first start-up in which I was one of the founders. While I spent time coming up with the idea, figuring out how to make money with it, and deciding what it would do, I knew that I needed technical expertise. I started […]
WWE Pushes The Social TV Envelope At Wrestlemania 28
WrestleMania has transformed itself from a small wrestling event to an international media spectacle. In its 28th incarnation, held at the beginning of this month, there were no signs of it stopping. The WWE did something unique last year – it announced the main event for Wrestlemania over a year in advance. The big match featured […]
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson On Social Media And His Favorite Tech
It’s the eve of WrestleMania 28, and I got a chance to meet with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. What does that have to do with tech? Well, in the video interview, Johnson shares his thoughts on how social media has changed the game, what is his favorite tech and how he uses it to engage […]
Ten Days on the High Seas with Oceania
Ten Days on the High Seas with Oceania Well, the sad truth is that after spending over 10 days on an amazing cruise ship the journey is over. These past days have been fantastic on a number of fronts. When you are constantly moving, you rarely have time to stop and reflect on life. This […]
Joseph Puopolo Leaving StickerYou
After nearly 18 months of sticker awesomeness, I have mutually decided with StickerYou to part from the company. Over the past year we have accomplished so many things, whether it is getting picked up by Groupon or Living Social and having our retail product featured in Toys R’ Us and other major retailers. Over the […]
No Longer An Awkward Teenager? Gamification Grows Up
Over the last year, you may have noticed that a once-niche trend not only crept into the mainstream, but is starting to really make a big splash. Gamification has become one of the hottest buzz words in the industry and is probably in the process of taking over a website or user experience near you. […]
The Emergence Of The Content Creation Class
The content creation class shall inherit the Internet. Richard Florida coined the expression the “Creative Class”, his belief being that these some 30 to 40 million would be the driving force for economic development in a postindustrial world. Instead of driving the macro economy the Content Creation Class refers to the group of people who drive content on the […]
Social Media Influencer Superbowl Party
So I usually have a pretty lively Superbowl party and this year I decided to evolve it further. One of the highlight of my party 2 years ago was that Mill Street Brewery and a few other companies sponsored their product for the party. I thought this year I would take this to the next […]
Giants vs. 49ers – NFC Championship Game
After our crazy adventure to New England, me and my dad decided to keep the insanity going by flying to San Francisco. So after a crazy trip we got to watch the game. Now it was definitely a wet one, but an adventure we will never forget. There was an incident at the game, but […]