Father, husband, musician, digital media professional, Orioles baseball lifer and diehard Redskins fan. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-581435-10’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @davefrancois)http://davefrancois.com/<iframe src="https://embed.spotify.com/?uri=spotify:user:davefrancois:playlist:7ipnF2w1fFBq555GsDx0dc&view=coverart" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" style="width:500px;height:580px;"></iframe><br/><br/><p>I don’t always recommend entire albums, but when I do, it’s Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.</p>http://davefrancois.com/post/24132979853http://davefrancois.com/post/24132979853Thu, 31 May 2012 12:14:27 -0400musicspotify<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4owyzPdHG1qzlso2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=421574414542139&set=a.387852884580959.96538.104003592965891&type=1">Cover Photos | Facebook</a><br/><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=421574414542139&set=a.387852884580959.96538.104003592965891&type=1">facebook.com</a></p> </blockquote>http://davefrancois.com/post/23868730646http://davefrancois.com/post/23868730646Sun, 27 May 2012 12:40:11 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4mxk1oEDg1qzlso2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://instagr.am/p/LEe_LHkQ7R/">Major league millionaires in Durham: Tejada on 1st. Matsui in left field (not pictured).</a><br/> nicknc, <a href="http://instagr.am/p/LEe_LHkQ7R/">instagr.am</a></p> </blockquote>http://davefrancois.com/post/23797790157http://davefrancois.com/post/23797790157Sat, 26 May 2012 10:57:36 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4mxj212br1qzlso2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://instagr.am/p/LDSitSCXjh/">Tampa mayor Bob Buckhorn stopped by to say happy retirement to Don.</a><br/> askheidi, <a href="http://instagr.am/p/LDSitSCXjh/">instagr.am</a></p> </blockquote>http://davefrancois.com/post/23797763387http://davefrancois.com/post/23797763387Sat, 26 May 2012 10:57:02 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4f5cvpIlE1qzlso2o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://mashable.com/2012/05/22/spacex-dragon-launched/">SpaceX Dragon Launched Successfully</a><br/> Stan Schroeder, <a href="http://mashable.com/2012/05/22/spacex-dragon-launched/">mashable.com</a></p> <p>The Fal­con 9 rock­et car­ry­ing the SpaceX Drag­on cap­sule has launched suc­cess­ful­ly at 3:44 AM ET.</p><p>Drag­on has sep­a­rat­ed and the solar arrays have deployed, SpaceX has announced.</p><p>With this achieve­ment, SpaceX is the first com­mer­cia…</p> </blockquote>http://davefrancois.com/post/23537648996http://davefrancois.com/post/23537648996Tue, 22 May 2012 06:05:18 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4f5byxNXA1qzlso2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/22/3035914/hulu-kevin-smith-spoilers-summer-lineup">Kevin Smith’s ‘Spoilers’ one of ten new shows in Hulu’s summer lineup</a><br/> By Jeff Blagdon, <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/22/3035914/hulu-kevin-smith-spoilers-summer-lineup">theverge.com</a></p> <p>Hulu’s orig­i­nal pro­gram­ming ambi­tions are grow­ing, with the stream­ing video provider announc­ing the addi­tion of three shows pre­mier­ing this sum­mer on Hulu and Hulu Plus, com­pli­ment­ed by seven inter­na­tion­al pro­grams new to US…</p> </blockquote>http://davefrancois.com/post/23537636736http://davefrancois.com/post/23537636736Tue, 22 May 2012 06:04:46 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4f589wwb01qzlso2o1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2012/05/npr-snags-brian-boyer-to-launch-a-news-apps-team-and-theyre-hiring/">NPR snags Brian Boyer to launch a news apps team</a><br/> Andrew Phelps, <a href="http://www.niemanlab.org/2012/05/npr-snags-brian-boyer-to-launch-a-news-apps-team-and-theyre-hiring/">niemanlab.org</a></p> <p>NPR has hired Brian Boyer, head of the Chica­go Tri­bune’s news apps team, to lead a new, sim­i­lar team of data grinders and design­ers focused full-time on inter­ac­tive sto­ry­telling. That makes NPR the lat­est major out­let — like The New Yor…</p> </blockquote>http://davefrancois.com/post/23537578213http://davefrancois.com/post/23537578213Tue, 22 May 2012 06:02:33 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46zvqaUVt1qzlso2o1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.camdenchat.com/2012/5/17/3021147/1997-orioles--ripken-bordick-shortstop-third-base">The Last Good Year: Cal Moves Over</a><br/> by Andrew_G on May 17, 2012 11:45 AM EDT in 1997: The Last Good Year, <a href="http://www.camdenchat.com/2012/5/17/3021147/1997-orioles--ripken-bordick-shortstop-third-base">camdenchat.com</a></p> <p>The Bal­ti­more Ori­oles had a prob­lem.</p><p>In 1996, the Ori­oles soared to the play­offs on a mon­ster offense that scored 949 runs. Not only was this the best offense Bal­ti­more would ever put onto the field, it was an offense that has been topp…</p> </blockquote>http://davefrancois.com/post/23260220625http://davefrancois.com/post/23260220625Thu, 17 May 2012 20:26:14 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m46j1c57Wn1qzlso2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Awesome! I met Tim Meadows today!</p>http://davefrancois.com/post/23237947940http://davefrancois.com/post/23237947940Thu, 17 May 2012 14:22:24 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m45xefFfZj1qzlso2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Rainy Florida morning (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://davefrancois.com/post/23222825777http://davefrancois.com/post/23222825777Thu, 17 May 2012 06:35:02 -0400<a href="http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2012/media-map.html">The Media Map: Who's Reading What And Where</a>: <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.forbes.com/special-report/2012/media-map.html">forbes.com</a></p> <p>We worked with Bitly and its data on mil­lions of Web clicks to find the most influ­en­tial media out­lets in the coun­try. This map shows which news sources are read and shared at above-average lev­els by state. Roll over and click on the media…</p> </blockquote>http://davefrancois.com/post/23222720713http://davefrancois.com/post/23222720713Thu, 17 May 2012 06:30:37 -0400<a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/roundup/get-your-facebook-page-stats-on-iphone-1080720?attr=all&src=rss">Article: Get your Facebook Page stats on iPhone</a>: <p>Get your Facebook Page stats on iPhone</p> <p><br/> (</p>http://davefrancois.com/post/23222683753http://davefrancois.com/post/23222683753Thu, 17 May 2012 06:29:00 -0400<a href="http://gizmodo.com/5910686/">When People Discuss Android Fragmentation, This Is What They Mean</a>: <blockquote><p><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5910686/">gizmodo.com</a></p> <p>You’ve prob­a­bly read about Android mar­ket frag­men­ta­tion and won­dered just how big a deal it is. This visu­al­iza­tion spells out the prob­lem quite clear­ly: there are almost 4,000 unique Android devices out there run­ning a sin­gle app…</p> </blockquote>http://davefrancois.com/post/23158826748http://davefrancois.com/post/23158826748Wed, 16 May 2012 06:05:13 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m40p80gBue1qzlso2o1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://espn.go.com/blog/nfceast/post/_/id/39085/hightower-returns-to-redskins-should-start">Hightower returns to Redskins, should start - NFC East Blog - ESPN</a>)</p>http://davefrancois.com/post/23039123608http://davefrancois.com/post/23039123608Mon, 14 May 2012 10:50:24 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3v07mHzSt1qzlso2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://mashable.com/2012/05/11/apple-to-drop-google-maps/">Apple to Drop Google Maps, Add 3D in iOS 6</a><br/> Todd Wasserman, <a href="http://mashable.com/2012/05/11/apple-to-drop-google-maps/">mashable.com</a></p> <p>Apple will drop Google Maps in iOS6 for an in-house app that’s “clean­er, faster and more reliable,” accord­ing to a report.</p><p>Cit­ing “trust­ed sources,” 9to5Mac reports that Apple is using its pur­chas­es of Place­base, C3 Tech­nolo­gies, and Po…</p> </blockquote>http://davefrancois.com/post/22838623087http://davefrancois.com/post/22838623087Fri, 11 May 2012 09:02:09 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3q6bvmDv91qzlso2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Meta (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://davefrancois.com/post/22675435877http://davefrancois.com/post/22675435877Tue, 08 May 2012 18:26:18 -0400<a href="http://cinemagr.am/show/6488916">cinemagr.am</a>: <div><p><img src="http://cinemagr.am/uploads/6488916.gif"/></p> <br/><p>(Taken with <a href="http://cinemagr.am"><a href="http://cinemagr.am">http://cinemagr.am</a></a>)</p></div>http://davefrancois.com/post/22533317002http://davefrancois.com/post/22533317002Sun, 06 May 2012 15:08:48 -0400cinemagraphgif<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/football-insider/post/mike-shanahan-says-robert-griffin-iii-is-the-starter-period/2012/05/06/gIQAWGu05T_blog.html">Mike Shanahan says Robert Griffin III is “the starter. Period.”</a>: <blockquote><p>Mike Jones, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/football-insider/post/mike-shanahan-says-robert-griffin-iii-is-the-starter-period/2012/05/06/gIQAWGu05T_blog.html">washingtonpost.com</a></p> <p>Wash­ing­ton Red­skins coach Mike Shana­han came away from his team’s 2012 rook­ie mini­camp so impressed with quar­ter­back Robert Grif­fin III that he named the rook­ie the team’s starter.</p><p>“He’s the starter. Period,” Shana­han said Sun­day aft…</p> </blockquote>http://davefrancois.com/post/22531983868http://davefrancois.com/post/22531983868Sun, 06 May 2012 14:49:33 -0400<a href="http://mobile.camdenchat.com/2012/5/5/3001619/orioles-8-red-sox-2-folks-this-is-getting-awesome">Orioles 8, Red Sox 2: Folks, this is getting awesome - Camden Chat</a>: <p>Dave Francois</p>http://davefrancois.com/post/22472840521http://davefrancois.com/post/22472840521Sat, 05 May 2012 17:51:05 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3k9gpwt981qzlso2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Watching some afternoon ball while the kids nap. #orioles #baseball #Hammel (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am">instagram</a>)</p>http://davefrancois.com/post/22457607002http://davefrancois.com/post/22457607002Sat, 05 May 2012 13:48:25 -0400oriolesbaseballhammel