Apple iPad initial impressions, I’m kinda cool
Yes, while I realize everyone and their dog (and possibly their cat, their mouse and their chicken) have written about the iPad. The reviews are…
Clinton Stark
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Theater Review: Berkeley Rep’s ‘Girlfriend’ musical shines
Summer love. Baseball. Drive-in movies. And music—plenty of it. Berkeley Rep might be onto something. First with the white hot, soon-to-open on Broadway American Idiot…
Verizon launches HTC Incredible on April 29: New king of Android?
Verizon has officially taken the wraps of its plans to release the new feature-packed HTC Incredible smartphone. Available April 29th for $199 with a two…
Canon T2i photos, testing lenses using FD-EOS adapter
(Update: I’ve added photos of the lenses in a gallery below.) Our love affair at SSC with the new Canon T2i is still going strong.…
HootSuite goes social
HootSuite is a company on the move, and and their latest update adds some interesting collaboration capability to an already strong product. I’ve been tracking them…
Gone in 60 Seconds: Pebble Beach Food & Wine
When you think of Pebble Beach, it’s easy to conjure up images of beautiful golf greens overlooking waves from the Pacific Ocean crashing down on…
Stark Insider Presents: Robert Kelley on TheatreWorks, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’
Much like Silicon Valley's venture process for tech startups, Kelley and his team introduced the New Works Festival nine years ago.
Google Docs updated, takes another shot at Microsoft Office
Google today announced an updated version of it’s increasingly popular online productivity suite called Docs. The new features include the ability collaborate with 50 people…
Theater Review: TheatreWorks’ ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ elegant, touching
In the end hope prevails in TheatreWorks’ To Kill a Mockingbird. And despite a down South journey involving serious—and very relevant—issues including racism, rape, and…
Stark Insider On Location: Michael Chiarello Pebble Beach Food & Wine
Michael Chiarello is an Emmy-award winning Food Network television host. But also, as I know all too well, he runs the NapaStyle retail shops here…