Bring on the Mad Men and the Barbarians
Of Mad Men, Spider-man, Anne Carson, the Classics and Advertising A preamble. Lately I’ve taken to sitting down and starting to write an essay with no particular subject in mind. This is one of those,...
View ArticleMary Meeker – Internet trends report 2013
KPCB Internet Trends 2013 from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
View ArticleSilicon Valley miopia
No comment required. Twist is hardly the only start-up whose target audience does not seem to extend far from San Francisco Bay. Among many, there’s BlackJet, which offers “affordable private jet”...
View ArticleNike+ Accelerator Demo Day
The 10 companies that presented at the Nike+ Accelerator demo day. Click image for full-size version I spent most of my day on the Nike campus yesterday with about 800 others (according to Silicon...
View ArticleCapturing thoughts: cats and digital forests
Image via: Nenviron What does it mean to be creative, to be innovative, to think? Well one answer could be that it means we are alive; as I write this post my brain is whirring with extramural...
View ArticleMyDigitalO – not so exciting
MyDigitalO “I say, beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes. If there is not a new man, how can the new clothes be made to fit? If you have any...
View ArticleOregon Media Group and its competition as a digital first company
I had a thought during lunch yesterday as I was poring over my Twitter feed. Actually two thoughts. One was about how two nights ago, along with the rest of the world it seemed, I had been following...
View ArticleMyDigitalO an update
From Willamette Week: Loyal subscribers of The Oregonian have wondered if they will get a break on the cost of the newspaper once the paper drops to a four-day-a-week delivery starting Oct. 1. The...
View ArticleMore thoughts on music tech rhetoric inspired by David Byrne
I came across this David Byrne TED talk again on my friend Chris Riley’s website. Byrne’s talk is from February 2010, more than three years ago, and it consists of his wonderful insights into how...
View ArticleCommunity managers and musicians need to consider complexity theory
Image: Mynabirds at Pickathon. Credit: Me This essay was first posted in the LinkedIn Influencer forum. I have just begun to write for Linkedin and I’ve found that given the community that’s gathered...
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