Category: Blog

The aftermath of last Friday night’s intense storm left residents of DC, Maryland and Virginia in a state of utter chaos this week.  With more than 1,200,000 residents left without power, many A/C deprived locals turned to social media to voice their irritations. Using

I have a confession (ok an obsession). And though I know I’m not alone in this, it still took me a while to publicly admit that I, too, am addicted to “Game of Thrones.” In case you’ve been living in the Dark Ages (pun

As GMG’s resident sports freak, I often find myself relating real-life situations to those I’ve encountered as an athlete or as a fan (ahem, Redskins). From the preparation before the big game, to the way you portray yourself afterwards at the press conference, being

We’ve all had that experience–you know, the one where on a completely random day you look in the mirror and realize that you’ve highlighted your hair just one too many times, left that teeth whitening strip on for just 15 minutes too long, that

Forgive the rant, but we’ve come across a quite a bit of geography-bias lately in our travels in the tech world. There are some that think you’re nobody in tech if you don’t have an office in the Bay Area–and I don’t mean the

Last summer, we just couldn’t get enough of the latest tech startup, Klout, here at the GMG offices. In case you’re not familiar, Klout is a program that measures your overall online influence through True Reach, Amplification Probability, and Network Score on a scale

It’s spring in the capital: the cherry trees have bloomed, and the museums are packed with schoolchildren and their parents, eager to get a first-hand glimpse of American history. Sitting on a crowded subway car with many children and parents in matching sweatshirts got

We’ve gone from sundress-weather back to our winter coats in less than a week–must be springtime in DC! With it comes the inevitable hatchlings–and we’re not just talking about baby animals. We’re talking about startups and the many bright ideas that swirl about this

A recent article in Forbes about incubators in southern California and their role in helping startups find their footing–and funding–got us thinking about places that are particularly auspicious for new ventures. Having a home base in northern Virginia might make us a bit biased,

PR and marketing often get a bad rap. Recent examples of stunts made in poor taste–in the name of marketing and PR, unfortunately–include the transformation of homeless people in Austin, TX into wifi hotspots during the SXSW interactive festival. Just last week in Britain’s