by Wayne Kurtzman | Oct 27, 2014 | Marketing
Disruption is becoming an expectation in the emerging economy. The so called “middleman” jobs are disappearing and an economy of collaboration based on P2P (person-to-person or peer-to-peer) relationships are clearly emerging. From Uber and 3D printing to... read more
by Wayne Kurtzman | Sep 10, 2014 | education
Recent business articles lament on the need for creativity in the business, but always have a single shortcoming: You can’t teach someone to be creative, they had to learn to apply creativity before getting the job. Raise the banner, rock the laser show and cue... read more
by Wayne Kurtzman | Apr 26, 2014 | Analytics, eCommerce, featured, Geolocation, Innovation, LBS Location Based Service, Marketing, mcommerce, Social Media
There has been a lot of speculation of the future of Google+ as Vic Gundotra, the head of the social network leaves Big G. Even before Google Wave,I believed Google+ was on a seven-year adoption plan. Start with college students needing an integrated mobile app to... read more
by Wayne Kurtzman | Mar 23, 2014 | manufacturing, Marketing, Social Media, SxSW, wearables
This post originally appeared on the Pitney Bowes Software blog. If piloting businesses through the internet years was not enough, the big single takeaway from SXSW interactive, the world’s largest disruptive technology conference, is that the changes are not over.... read more
by Wayne Kurtzman | Mar 18, 2014 | Geolocation, Social Media, SxSW
One of the great parts about SXSW are the great conversations, like this one with Brian Solis in the PayPal Social Media Lounge. Connected consumers pose challenges and opportunities to businesses. Most of the business expertise we have individually hasn’t... read more
by Wayne Kurtzman | Mar 8, 2014 | mobile, Social Media, SxSW
About seven years ago, a little booth in the trade show of the South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference and Festival was manned by people from the startup called Twitter. The disruption that followed helped democratize the web and essentially gave everyone a platform to... read more
by Wayne Kurtzman | Feb 16, 2014 | featured, NFC, Social Media, SxSW
The South by Southwest Conference and Festivals, or SXSW – or, to the veterans, “South-by” is where the tech-set come to let their “Geek flag fly.” It’s where early adopters come to stay early adopters and learn what they need to... read more
by Wayne Kurtzman | Jan 16, 2014 | augmented reality, Content, eCommerce, education, gamification, Innovation, LBS Location Based Service, mobile
Each year I write what will be coming for the upcoming year. Everyone does that. So here are the things that aren’t changing, and the implications of not changing. The list is based around two ideas: First. to paraphrase David Armano at Edelman Digital,... read more
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