Many of you know that, in addition to my role on the BigTreetop team, i am also working on my Doctorate at Indiana University's School of Informatics .  As part of this position, i teach a 300-level course on New Media Theory - where we look at things like YouTube, Facebook, SecondLife, etc. from a media... (more)

We have just released a new enhancement to the blogging feature on BigTreetop.  We have provided "friends" of a Treetop the ability to add comments to blog posts.  To continue to increase the social aspects of the BigTreetop platform we felt blog comments were important to facilitate... (more)

The last two years I've trekked up Turkey Hill at dawn to catch the sun's first light on the Boston skyline, 20 or so miles away. This year turned out a little more exciting than I figured when I managed to get my all-wheel drive car stuck in a snowdrift. The weather was impressive: 5 degrees F with a 20-30 knot wind,... (more)

One of the most satisfying experiences I've had recently involves the Hingham Farmers Market. About 3 years ago a group of HFM patrons joined with the few remaining vendors and began a project to rejuvenate it. Although still very much a work in progress, the market today is a far cry from what it was. We seem to have... (more)

From time to time I'll comment on the local real estate market and what I see going on. Headlines and ominous news stories are one thing, but the truth of the matter is that the real estate market in Hingham while slow is by no means dead. Total sales of single family homes in Hingham are... (more)