Kadisco: Josh Kadis is a technologist.

More on bikes and social media

Posted on 07. Apr, 2009 by in Bike industry, New Media, Trends | 7 Comments

The bicycle isn’t something about which we have a common cultural understanding in the same way that many of us instinctively understand cars or baseball or that you’re not supposed to eat ice cream for breakfast. Beyond simply learning how to ride as a kid, cyclists rely on sharing individual experiences with each other. That’s why social media has been so significant in both professional cycling and the more utilitarian uses of bicycles.

Twitter and pro cycling’s human element

Posted on 27. Feb, 2009 by in Bike Racing, Bike industry, New Media, Sponsors, Sports Business | 3 Comments

More than any other pro sport, cycling has taken to Twitter like a fish to water. I believe it’s because the approachability of the tweet fits with the already approachable nature of the sport. As Twitter and other social tools permeate our everyday lives, myths will become human and a pre-humanized sport like cycling will adapt more quickly and naturally than its larger counterparts. In other words, we’ll benefit from the convergence of what Mike refers to as the road version and the raw version.

TechCrunch scares me.

Posted on 18. Jan, 2009 by in New Media | 1 Comment

I haven’t spent too much time sifting through the mountain of tech blog speculation on Steve Jobs’ health, but I did notice this back-and-forth between TechCrunch impresario Michael Arrington and GigaOM founder Om Malik. Arrington started the mini-row with this comment on Malik’s posting of Walt Mossberg’s comments on the Jobs situation:
Walt is seriously undervaluing [...]

Redesigns: ESPN.com vs. Cyclingnews

Posted on 07. Jan, 2009 by in Bike industry, Marketing, New Media | 3 Comments

Within the last two days, the world’s #1 sports site and #1 cycling site both launched redesigns. ESPN.com’s was a complete rebuild with entirely new strategies for user experience and advertising options. Cyclingnews, on the other hand, accommodated a new ad display strategy with fairly small code tweak that significantly alters the user experience. A [...]

Customer service, Twitter-style

Posted on 04. Dec, 2008 by in New Media, Personal | No Comments

Having sold my beloved Ford Focus ZX5 in February, Kadisco’s 4-wheeled transportation needs fall to Zipcar. I rarely need to use a motorized vehicle, so pay-by-the-hour carsharing works out great (although it is a bit stressful to always be in a hurry to return the car on time). Anyways, the car that I reserved Monday [...]

Consolidation is a bummer (updated)

Posted on 02. Dec, 2008 by in New Media | No Comments

I Want Sandy and Pownce, two of my favorite web services, will be shutting down in the next couple weeks after being acquired by larger sites. I use I Want Sandy all the time to send myself little reminders: send @s a direct message on Twitter like “buy milk 5pm tomorrow” and she reminds me [...]

Post-Thanksgiving PPT

Posted on 01. Dec, 2008 by in Marketing, New Media | No Comments

I came across this presentation on SlideShare while looking for some inspiration to finish up a proposal I’m working on. A lot of companies that I’m a customer of could learn a thing or two from this.

by Fabio Cipriani

Interbike Lifestream IS LIVE!!

Posted on 24. Sep, 2008 by in New Media, Personal | No Comments

I’ve used Twitter, Flickr, and Kyte to build a lifestream page from Interbike in Las Vegas. Here’s a preview:
Latest Tweet
Anyone at interbike want to split a cab to the airport? # 2008/09/26
Latest photo

More videos, photos, and text updates
(post frozen after Interbike)

Remember this?

Posted on 16. Sep, 2008 by in Bike Racing, New Media | 1 Comment

Before Cyclingnews, this was all the information you’d get about the Vuelta had until VeloNews came in the mail. (It’s on the left, next to the WNBA box score.)

Now that I’m commuting on BART, I get free coffee but no cell reception most of the way, so I’ve been looking at actual newspapers.